Course Details

Road Design

Academic Year 2025/26

NMA008 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIK Winter Semester 1st year

Course Guarantor

Ing. Michal Radimský, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Road Structures

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/295914

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Czech road network.
  • 2. At-grade intersections.
  • 3. Roundabouts and unconventional interchange.
  • 4. Grade-separated interchange I.
  • 5. Grade-separated interchange II.
  • 6. Design category of roads.
  • 7. Cross sections, earthworks, its measurement, volume diagram.
  • 8. Water drainage of roads.
  • 9. Culverts.
  • 10. Constructions on roads.
  • 11. Safety equipment.
  • 12.–13. Environmental.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Horizontal design of grade-separated interchange.
  • 2. Vertical design of grade-separated interchange.
  • 3. Cross sections, earthworks.
  • 4. Water drainage and culvert design.
  • 5. At-grade intersection design.