Teaching GuideTerm Higher Technical University College of Civil Engineering |
Grao en Tecnoloxía da Enxeñaría Civil |
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Identifying Data | 2023/24 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Camiños | Code | 632G02033 | |||||||||||
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Third | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
1. Basic concepts | Definition of road. Types of road (this section includes considerations on autonomous and connected vehicles). Elements of the road. Infrastructure and superstructure (the basic concepts of drainage, signalling, beaconing, safeguarding, etc are introduced in this section) |
2. Traffic engineering | Basic traffic characteristics (volume, flow rate, speed and density). Traffic studies. Capacity and level of service (LOS) under uninterrupted flow (according to HCM 2010 updated to 6TH Edition). |
3. Road design | Basic design criteria. Horizontal and vertical alignment. General recommendations. Cross sectional elements. |
4. Earthworks | Earthworks construction. Load-bearing capacity. Soil stabilization. |
5. Road pavements | Pavement structure. Binders. Aggregates. Granular layers. Treated layers for bases and subbases. Surface treatments. Bituminous mixtures. Concrete pavements. Pavement design according to standard 6.1-IC. Surface characteristics. Conservation. |
6 y 7. Transport | Introduction. Road transport. Air transport. |
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