Course Details

Design of Pavements Regarding Security and Environment

Academic Year 2023/24

NMA018 course is part of 1 study plan

NPC-MI Summer Semester 1st year

Types of traffic in agglomeration, pavement design concept in agglomeration with regard to traffic safety, traffic calming in agglomeration, pavement management in cities with regard to disabled persons with reduced mobility, pavement design concept of roads in cities, the usage of secondary materials and tar binder issue, traffic environmental aspects, EIA assessment procedure, skid resistance characteristics, traffic accident rate, usage of GIS, traffic noise emissions, design manuals and software – the capacity evaluation, safety and overall geometrical design of roads in critical situations, traffic safety of urban mass transport, road safety audit and traffic safety.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Syllabus

1. Types of traffic in agglomeration.
2. Pavement design concept in agglomeration with regard to traffic safety.
3. Traffic calming in agglomeration.
4. Pavement management in cities with regard to disabled persons with reduced mobility.
5. Pavement design concept of roads in cities.
6. The usage of secondary materials and tar binder issue.
7. Traffic environmental aspects, EIA assessment procedure.
8. Skid resistance characteristics, traffic accident rate, GIS.
9. Traffic noise emissions.
10. Design manuals and software – the capacity evaluation, safety and overall geometrical design of roads in critical situations.
11. Traffic safety of urban mass transport.
12. Road safety audit.
13. Road safety audit and traffic safety.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of road design and construction, technologies of road construction.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

2 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Types of traffic in agglomeration. 2. Pavement design concept in agglomeration with regard to traffic safety. 3. Traffic calming in agglomeration. 4. Pavement management in cities with regard to disabled persons with reduced mobility. 5. Pavement design concept of roads in cities. 6. The usage of secondary materials and tar binder issue. 7. Traffic environmental aspects, EIA assessment procedure. 8. Skid resistance characteristics, traffic accident rate, GIS. 9. Traffic noise emissions. 10. Design manuals and software – the capacity evaluation, safety and overall geometrical design of roads in critical situations. 11. Traffic safety of urban mass transport. 12. Road safety audit. 13. Road safety audit and traffic safety.