Civil engineering | University of Parma

Professor: Gabriele TEBALDI
Academic discipline: Strade, ferrovie e aeroporti (ICAR/04)
Field: Ingegneria civile
Type of training activity: Characterising

48 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub:

course unit
in ITALIAN

lectures timetable

exam calls

Learning objectives

The goal of the course i to provide the students the necessary knowledge to design road infrastructures and road pavements

Prerequisites

It's recommended to have taken the course of Road construction during the bachelor

Course unit content

The course will provide the students the knowledge to do the full design of a road infrastructure: geometric layout, integration in the territory, selection and design of materials, definition and design of collateral structures and elements

Full programme

Topics faced in the course:
- geometric layout, integration in the territory (environmental constraints and anthropic constraints)
- full design of a medium service level road
- design of collateral structures and collateral elements of a road infrastructure
-techniques for embankment construction
- soil stabiliztion with lime and/or cement
- cement trated mixtures
- bitumens and bituminous emulsions for road applications
- asphalt cold recycling
- asphalt mixtures
- asphalt hot recycling
- flexible and semirigid pavements

Bibliography

There are no related books. The students will receive the teaching materials during the course

Teaching methods

The course is organized with contact hours in class, a practical exercise of road design, and visit on work places

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

Other information

There is a chance that the course be integrated either with seminars made by professional or international visiting professors

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

The topics of the course are in the field of objective 9 of Agenda 2030

INFRASTRUCTURES DESIGN ROAD cod. 1006843