ROAD ENGINEERING
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- VALERIA VIGNALI
- Credits
- 9
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- ICAR/04
Training objectives
- Acquire good knowledge about materials and design criteria of roads.
Prerequisites
- No specific requirements are needed.
Course programme
- Vehicle motion and stability on road curves
Road design
Functional and geometric guidelines for the construction of roads
Road embankments and cuts
Characterization of road materials
Earth pressures Didactic methods
- Lessons and team (3-4 students) works. A digital terrain model is assigned and the students design a small road project, also by CAD (no road drawing plugins).
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral examination and discussion of the project
Reference texts
- Giulio Dondi, Andrea Simone, Valeria Vignali, Claudio Lantieri. Costruzioni stradali: aspetti progettuali e costruttivi. - Ed. Hoepli
Felice A. Santagata. Strade: teoria e tecnica delle costruzioni stradali. Ed. Pearson
