Course Catalog 2006-2007

MPR-5236 DESIGN OF ROAD, STREET AND RAILWAY STRUCTURES, 5 cr
Design of Road, Street and Railway Structures

Courses persons responsible
Pauli Kolisoja

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Assignment 30 h/per 30 h/per - - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
To familiarize the student with the design criteria of road, street and railway structures, the design of road structures based on the bearing capacity and frost resistance, and the design of drainage and reinforcements of road structures.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Loads acting on road, street and railway structures.        
2. Structural types of roads, streets and railways, bound and unbound construction materials and the testing of their properties.        
3. Modelling of the mechanical behaviour road, street and railway structures, design of the bearing capacity, design against frost action, interplay of the road pavement and subgrade.        
4. Drainage and reinforcement structures for roads.        

Requirements for completing the course
Accepted design assignments and a written exam.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Exam 75 % and design assignments 25 %.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Pavement Analysis and Design Yang H. Huang 0-13-655275-7     Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    RTEK-5210 RTEK-5210 Municipality Geotechnics 5 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

    No lectures in English. Course can be started at any period. Further literature is chosen individually.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 20 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 80 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Assignments 70

    Study materials Hours
    Pavement Analysis and Design 60

    Other scaledHours
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 133

    Last modified 15.05.2006
    Modified byMinna Leppänen