Transport Infrastructures
Objectives
It is intended that the students obtain the necessary knowledge to the planning, conception and design of transportation infrastructures, especially road infrastructures, with focus on geometric design but also considering the basic concepts of earthworks, drainage, paving and safety equipment.
General characterization
Code
7792
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Rui Alexandre Lopes Baltazar Micaelo
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 70
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge on surveying.
Bibliography
1. Diapositivos da disciplina e texto de apoio teórico-prático;
2. "Norma de traçado-revisão", INIR, 2010;
3. "Manual Prático de Estradas", Manuel Prates, 2018.;
4. “Norma de intersecções”, JAE, 1990;
5. “Norma de nós de ligação”, JAE, 1990;
6. “Manual de drenagem superficial em vias de comunicação”, IEP, 2001;
7. “Tipologias de meios e modos de transporte”, IMTT, 2011;
8. Paul Wright, Karen Dixon – “Highway engineering”, 7th edition, Wiley, 2004.
Teaching method
In parallel to the lectures on transportation infrastructures and the expositions on exercises concerning geometric design, students work in a group to conceive a road section project, which includes geometric design, earthworks, drainage, paving and safety equipment. The evaluation comprises the elements prepared for the group project, the attendance of classes and written tests.
Evaluation method
PROVISIONAL
The evaluation includes three components: theoretical-practical (50%); project (50%).
The theoretical-practical component comprises two written tests during the semester, or a final exam.
The project is prepared in a group with a maximum of three students.
Approval requires attendance to at least 2/3 of classes, a project grade higher than 9.5/20, an average grade in tests higher than 9.0/20 and a minimum final grade of 9.5/20.
Students who attended classes and did the project, in the school year 2022/2023, are dismissed from attending classes.
Subject matter
1. Transport and transportation infrastructures. Comparison between railway, road and airport transportation.
2. Road planning.
3. Phases for design. Project components.
4. Restrictions for the conception of transportation infrastructures.
5. Driving conditions. Level-of-service and road capacity. Definition of speed and sight distances.
6. Horizontal alignment and vertical alignment. Restrictions to geometric design.
7. Cross-section elements.
8. Crossing. Types and characteristics.
9. Basic elements for earthworks, drainage, pavements and safety equipment.