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Complements of Roads

Complements of Roads

Code	10335
Year	5
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	T(30H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Planning and Urbanism
Entry requirements	Knowledge of roads concepts.
Mode of delivery	Face to Face (theoretical and theoretical-practical classes).
Work placements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	Prepare students for the design and processing aspects of the construction and maintenance of roads, in particular the ones related to earthworks, pavement mechanics, paving technology and principles of management of the road pavement maintenance. It also aims to introduce aspects of the project of railways. The following competencies are transmitted to students: (a) Ability to understand the execution of road earthworks. (b) Ability to perform expedited design of flexible, rigid and semi-rigid road pavements and to understand analytical design of flexible road pavements. (c) Ability to understand road pavements maintenance management systems. (d) Recognition of the geometric and pavement design aspects of railways.
Syllabus	1. Road earthworks: types of soil; characterization tests and classifications of soils, compaction, consolidation and strength of soils; road earthworks, pavement foundation; specifications and recommendations. 2. Road pavements: general design; types and composition; paving materials; mixtures for road pavement layers; design method for hot asphalt mixtures; cold asphalt mixtures; surface treatments; concrete cement; paving technology; pavement design. 3. Principles of road pavements maintenance management: pathologies; pavement observation; principles of road management; structure of a pavement management system; database; assessment of pavements quality and pavement maintenance program. 4. Railways: introduction, general geometry and pavements.
Main Bibliography	1. Branco, F., Pereira, P. e Picado-Santos, L. Pavimentos Rodoviários. Edições Almedina, 2016. 2. Junta Autónoma de Estradas. Manual de Concepção de Pavimentos para a Rede Rodoviária Nacional, 1995. 3. Asphalt Institute. Asphalt Pavements for Highways & Streets Manual – Thickness Design, Series N.º 1 (MS-1), USA, 2008. 4. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, U.S.: AASHTO, 2008. 5. Pereira, P. e Miranda V. Gestão da Conservação dos Pavimentos Rodoviários, 1999. 6. Ferreira, A. et al. Sistema de Gestão da Conservação da Rede Rodoviária de Lisboa, 2ª Edição, DEC – U. Coimbra e CM Lisboa, 2006. 7. André, J. Transporte Interurbano em Portugal: Concepção Técnica de uma Alternativa Ferroviária para o Transporte de Passageiros, 2008. 8. T. F. Fwa, The Handbook of Highway Engineering, Boca Raton - London - New York: Taylors & Francis Group, 2006.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.