Course Details

Roads 1

Academic Year 2024/25

BM001 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Credits

5 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Soils and rocks, earth works 2. Improvement of soils 3. Aggregate and unbound layers 4. Hydraulically bound layers 5. Bituminous binders 6. Asphalt mixtures - properties and design 7. Bituminous tack coats, surface dressings and slurry seals 8. Paved roads, concrete block pavements 9. Cement concrete roads 10. Design of rigid and flexible road constructions 11. Road diagnostics 12. Road maintenance and repair 13. Recycling of flexible and rigid pavements

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Introduction 2. Example - soil classification 3. Demonstration - laboratory and field soil tests 4. Example - Proctor test and CBR test 5. Demonstration - aggregate tests 6. Demonstrace - bituminous binder tests 7. Example - design of asphalt mixture 8. Demonstration - production, compaction and testing of asphalt mixtures 9. Basic information on road construction design 10. Example - design of flexible pavements 11. Example - design of rigid pavements 12. Diagnostic survey 13. Credit