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14658
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| Year |
3
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
T(30H)/TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Planning and Urbanism
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Entry requirements |
Knowledge of topography concepts.
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Learning outcomes |
To 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 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 crosssection profile).
(d) Recognition of basic aspects related to earthworks and road drainage.
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Syllabus |
Chapter 1. Road design: general information
Chapter 2. Traffic Analysis
Chapter 3. Traffic Forecast
Chapter 4. Traffic Flow
Chapter 5. Sight Distance in Roads
Chapter 6. Horizontal Design
Chapter 7. Vertical Design
Chapter 8. Homogeneity and Horizontal and Vertical design Coordination
Chapter 9. Cross-Section Profile
Chapter 10. Basic concepts of Earthworks and Road Drainage
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Main Bibliography |
1. Apontamentos da docente para apoio à unidade curricular (disponibilizados na plataforma Moodle)
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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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
This semester course consists of 75 hours of contact with the teaching team, 83 hours of student autonomous work and 10 hours for evaluation (total: 168 hours). The course is credited with 6 ECTS. The course is structured with theoretical classes – T (exposition of the subjects of the course and presentation of small practical examples) and theoretical-practical classes – TP (application of theoretical concepts to solve practical problems and develop a road project). The evaluation is carried out in two phases, continuous evaluation and exam, allowing the student to dispense the exam if he/she approves in the continuous evaluation. The continuous evaluation includes two tests (65%), two practical group assignments (30%) and participation (5%). The evaluation under examination includes two tests (70%) and the two practical group assignments (30%).
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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