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Learning outcomes |
Introduce and develop aspects related to communication routes, especially roads, providing to students the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills needed to perform analysis and selection of road location, analysis of road traffic conditions and road geometric project design.
Competencies:
(a) Understanding constraints and criteria for the analysis and selection of road location.
(b) Solid knowledge of traffic flow analysis, in particular capacity and level-of-service.
(c) Solid knowledge of theoretical and practical principles of road design (horizontal design, vertical design and cross-section profile).
(d) Recognition of aspects related to earthworks and road drainage.
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Main Bibliography |
1. Teacher's notes (available on Moodle platform).
2. O’Flaherty, C. A., Highway: The Location, Design, Construction & Maintenance of Pavements, 4th edition, 2002 (ISBN: 978-0-7506-5090-8).
3. TRB, Highway Capacity Manual 6 (HCM6). Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 2016 (ISBN: 978-0-309-36997-8).
4. The Handbook of Highway Engineering, Edited by T. F. Fwa, Taylors and Francis, Boca Raton – London – New York, 2006.
5. Junta Autónoma de Estradas. Normas de Traçado (P3/94), Almada, 1994.
6. Instituto de Infraestruturas Rodoviárias, IP (InIR), “Norma de Traçado – Revisão”, Disposições Normativas, Lisboa, 2010.
7. CCDR-N. Manual de Planeamento das Acessibilidades e da Gestão Viária. Vol 1: Engenharia de Tráfego, Vol 2: Correntes de Tráfego, 2008.
8. Instituto de Estradas de Portugal, “Manual de Drenagem Superficial em Vias de Comunicação”, Almada, 2001.
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