Course Details

Road Design

Academic Year 2024/25

NMA008 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIK Winter Semester 1st year

Preliminary design and final design of grade separated interchange. Horizontal and vertical geometry (situation, longitudinal profiles), typical sections (category width, superelevation, road widening in curves), earth construction (typical cross section and detailed operative cross sections). Creation of 3D model and contours project. Simplified visualization. Drainage of roads (hydro technical computation). Earthwork, calculation of its volume, soil transport. Constructions on roads. Traffic safety.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Ing. Michal Radimský, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Road Structures

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Complete highway route design, computation of highway geometry, knowledge of used road materials and typical pavement constructions.

Aims

Detailed road and grade separated interchange design, road structures and constructions, earth construction and earthworks, highway drainage, safety equipment, necessary view distances, road aesthetics.
Students are able to find routing of highway under complicated conditions. Moreover they are able to complete a detailed project lay-out. They are able to design road equipmetn and essential road structures. Students are able to design both single level intersections and fly-overs.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281578

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Czech road network.
  • 2. At-grade intersections.
  • 3. Roundabouts and unconventional interchange.
  • 4. Grade-separated interchange I.
  • 5. Grade-separated interchange II.
  • 6. Design category of roads.
  • 7. Cross sections, earthworks, its measurement, volume diagram.
  • 8. Water drainage of roads.
  • 9. Culverts.
  • 10. Constructions on roads.
  • 11. Safety equipment.
  • 12.–13. Environmental.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Horizontal design of grade-separated interchange.
  • 2. Vertical design of grade-separated interchange.
  • 3. Cross sections, earthworks.
  • 4. Water drainage and culvert design.
  • 5. At-grade intersection design.