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Learning outcomes |
The course aims to prepare students for the design and processing aspects of the construction and maintenance of roads, in particular the ones related to earthmoving, earthworks, pavement mechanics, paving technology and principles of road and airport pavement maintenance management.
The following competencies are transmitted to students:
(a) Ability to understand the execution of road earthmoving and earthworks.
(b) Ability to perform expedited design of flexible, rigid and semi-rigid road pavements and to understand the analytical design of flexible road pavements.
(c) Ability to understand road and airport pavements maintenance management systems.
(d) Recognition of railway geometric and pavement design aspects.
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Main Bibliography |
1. Apontamentos da docente para apoio à unidade curricular (plataforma Moodle).
2. Branco, F., Pereira, P. e Picado-Santos, L. Pavimentos Rodoviários. Eds Almedina, 2016.
3. Junta Autónoma de Estradas. Manual de Concepção de Pavimentos para a Rede Rodoviária Nacional, 1995.
4. Asphalt Institute. Asphalt Pavements for Highways & Streets Manual – Thickness Design, Series N.º 1 (MS-1), USA, 2008.
5. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, U.S.: AASHTO, 2008.
6. Pereira, P. e Miranda V. Gestão da Conservação dos Pavimentos Rodoviários, 1999.
7. Ferreira, A. et al. Sistema de Gestão da Conservação da Rede Rodoviária de Lisboa, 2ª Ed, DEC – U. Coimbra e CM Lisboa, 2006.
8. André, J. Transporte Interurbano em Portugal: Concepção Técnica de uma Alternativa Ferroviária para o Transporte de Passageiros, 2008.
9. T. F. Fwa, The Handbook of Highway Engineering, Boca Raton - London - New York: Taylors & Francis Group, 2006.
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