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14566
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
OT(15H)
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| Scientific area |
Engenharia Civil
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Entry requirements |
Knowledge of roads concepts.
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Mode of delivery |
Tutorial
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Work placements |
Not applicable
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Learning outcomes |
The curricular unit of Transport Infrastructure Engineering aims to provide students with in-depth knowledge (concepts, principles and theories) that supports interventions in the design and operation of transportation infrastructures networks, namely road and airport, as well as the development of advanced R&D capabilities and skills in this field.
Skills:
(a) Ability to design new road pavement and flexible pavements overlays.
(b) Understanding the structure and operation of pavement management systems (main modules, their functions and interaction within the system).
(c) Understanding the methodologies used to address life-cycle cost analysis in pavement design (main steps and costs involved).
(d) Understanding the diagnosis and intervention in the field of road accidents.
(e) Understanding the potential of GIS in the transport infrastructure’ s management.
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Syllabus |
1. Design of new road pavements: principles, tensions and extensions models-calculation, mechanical characterization of materials, damage criteria, empirical-mechanistic design procedure.
2. Design of flexible pavement overlay thickness: procedures based on reversible deflections, effective thicknesses and loading factors.
3. Structure and operation of road and airport pavement management systems: structure, database, pavement quality assessment, decision support tools, conservation program.
4. Life-cycle cost analysis methodology for pavement design: design of alternatives, intervention moments, costs, calculation and cost analysis.
5. Road safety: Portuguese road traffic accidents characterization, intervention in road safety, typologies of infrastructure problems, rules and design solutions, work zones.
6. GIS applied to transport infrastructures management.
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Main Bibliography |
T. F. Fwa, The Handbook of Highway Engineering, Boca Raton - London - New York: Taylors & Francis Group, 2006.
F. Branco, P. Pereira and L. Picado-Santos, Pavimentos Rodoviários, Coimbra: Edições Almedina, 2016.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, U.S.: AASHTO, 2008.
AC 150/5380-6C Guidelines and Procedures for Maintenance of Airport Pavements, U.S.: FAA, Department of Transportation, 2014.
American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM D5340-12 Standart Test Method for Airport Pavement Condition Index Surveys, 2012.
J. Walls III and M. R. Smith, "Life-Cycle Cost Analysis in Pavement Design," Federal Highway Administration, US, 1998.
A. Seco, S. Ferreira, A. Silva and A. Costa, Manual do planeamento de acessibilidades e transportes: 11 Segurança Rodoviária, CCDRN – Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte, 2008.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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