Course Details
Roads 1
Academic Year 2024/25
BMA001 course is part of 2 study plans
BPC-SI / K Winter Semester 3rd year
BPC-MI Winter Semester 3rd year
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
4 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Soils and rocks, earth works.
2. Improvement of soils.
3. Aggregate and unbound layers.
4. Hydraulically bound layers.
5. Bituminous binders.
6. Asphalt mixtures – properties and design.
7. Bituminous tack coats, surface dressings and slurry seals.
8. Paved roads, concrete block pavements.
9. Cement concrete roads.
10. Design of rigid and flexible road constructions.
11. Road diagnostics.
12. Road maintenance and repair.
13. Recycling of flexible and rigid pavements.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Introduction.
2. Example – soil classification.
3. Demonstration – laboratory and field soil tests.
4. Example – Proctor test and CBR test.
5. Demonstration – aggregate tests.
6. Demonstrace – bituminous binder tests.
7. Example – design of asphalt mixture.
8. Demonstration – production, compaction and testing of asphalt mixtures.
9. Basic information on road construction design.
10. Example – design of flexible pavements.
11. Example – design of rigid pavements.
12. Diagnostic survey.
13. Credit.