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15787
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
1
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| Workload |
TP(16H)
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| Scientific area |
Engenharia Civil
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Entry requirements |
Secondary education or bachelor's degree.
Basic knowledge of transportation and traffic.
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Learning outcomes |
Introduce and develop aspects related to two-lane highways’ traffic conditions, providing trainees with the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to analyse two-lane highways’ level of service and capacity.
Skills:
(a) Mastery of the theoretical and practical knowledge that supports the analysis of road traffic conditions on two-lane highways, in particular aspects related to the determination of capacity and level of service.
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Syllabus |
1. INTRODUCTION
HCM, fundamental concepts of level of service and capacity, the importance of determining road capacity and level of service.
2. ANALYSIS OF TWO-LANE HIGHWAY LEVEL OF SERVICE AND CAPACITY
Scope and limitations of the methodology, two-lane highways, base conditions, input data and typical values, operational analysis: procedure for determining the level of service and capacity of two-lane highways segments.
3. EXERCISES.
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Main Bibliography |
Santos, Bertha. 2023. Níveis de serviço e capacidade em estradas interurbanas de 2 vias (fluxo ininterrupto). Manual de formação. Covilhã, Universidade da Beira Interior.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Highway Capacity Manual 7th Edition: A Guide for Multimodal Mobility Analysis. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26432.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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