Infrastructure - Highway Design in rural Areas

Code

CE-INF1

Version

3.0

Offered by

Civil Engineering

ECTS

Prerequisites

Qualifying exam for the Civil Engineering study program.

Main purpose

The purpose of the course is to provide students the understanding of basic concepts within road constructions, including planning of roads in rural areas.

Furthermore, the students will receive introduction to CAD programs used for geometrical design of roads.

Knowledge

After completion of the course, the student must have the knowledge of:

• Road types and planning

• Intersections in rural areas

• Traditional asphalt types and use of these in road constructions

Skills

After completion of the course, the student must have the skills to:

• Perform analyses and road planning in rural areas

• Carry out an environmental screening

• Determine design parameters for a road project

• Propose relevant design of horizontal and vertical alignments, as well as, cross sections

• Describe elements in horizontal and vertical alignments

• Describe elements within a cross section, including drainage principles for roads in rural areas

• Describe why and where superelevation is used and how a cross section changes from roof crown profile to being super elevated

• Perform capacity calculations for a free road section

• Dimension road pavement structures based on the catalogue method

• Use MicroStation and InRoads for geometrical design of roads and to draw out quantities from the 3D model

• Setup and prepare road drawings for print

Competences

After completion of this course, the student must have the competences to:

• Determine a roads lay-out in regards to Danish Roads Standards and surrounding environment

• Design a bypass road in 3D using MicroStation and InRoads

Topics

Teaching methods and study activities

4 hours per week for 12 weeks will be implemented, corresponding to a 137,5-hour workload for the student. Study activities are:

Lectures taught in class, Self-study, Video guidelines and instructions, Exercises and consultation in class, Visit to a road construction site, if possible

Resources

• Danish Road Standards (http://english-vejregler.lovportaler.dk)

• Various guidelines and online tutorials

Evaluation

Examination

Prerequisites:
The students must solve course assignments based on the knowledge and skills achieved through the course. The assignments must be handed-in prior to the examination day through Wiseflow. Furthermore, drawings shall be delivered as two printed copies – details are provided in class.

Type of examination:
The examination is a 20 min. individual oral exam without preparation based upon a course assignment found by draw.
The exam is with internal assessment.

Allowed tools:
None

Re-exams:
Individual oral exam without preparation based upon a course assignment found by draw, similar to the first examination.

Any second resit is an individual oral exam without preparation based upon a subject found by draw (not course assignments).