Course detail

Design of Pavements Regarding Security and Environment

FAST-NMA018Acad. year: 2020/2021

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.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Hýzl, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Road Structures (PKO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

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

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

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.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

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

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-MI Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Hýzl, Ph.D.

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.