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2024/2025

Highways, Motorways and Intersections

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Code Completion Credits Range Language
612SDK Z,ZK 4 2P+2C Czech
Course guarantor:
Josef Kocourek
Lecturer:
Josef Kocourek, Petr Kumpošt, Tomáš Padělek
Tutor:
Tomáš Padělek
Supervisor:
Department Děčín
Synopsis:

Roads and motorways network, transport output. Types of direction curves. Hairpin bend. Stopping sight distance and overtaking sight distance. Levels of traffic service. Design elements of crossroads and intersections. Crossroads. Roundabouts. Intersections. Special types of junctions. Capacity of crossroads and intersections. Structure of pavement of roads and motorways. Road engineering structures. Assessment of route alternatives.

Requirements:

basic knowledge of road design

Syllabus of lectures:
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Study Objective:

Acquisition of deeper knowledge in the field of designing roads, motorways, crossroads and intersections considering complex design practice and environmental aspects.

Study materials:

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. Transportation Research Board. Highway capacity manual: interrupted flow: a guide for multimodal mobility analysis. Volume 3. Washington: Transportation Research Board, 2016. ISBN 978-0-309-37000-4.

SLABÝ P., UHLÍK M., HAVLÍČEK T.: Dopravní inženýrství I. 2., přeprac. vyd. V Praze: ČVUT, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04856-6.

Note:
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Data valid to 2024-12-14
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