Course: Transport Route

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Course title Transport Route
Course code KDS/DDOCK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kaltounová Vladislava, Ing.
  • Šmejda Aleš, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Pokorný Jiří, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Land communication: Documentation and instructions for land communication, basic terms. Basic nomenclature road, design speed, standard speed, category's width, est. Directional elements of route, directional line, horizontal curve, vertical alignment, sight distance. Railways: Basic terms. High - speed rail, corridors, administration of railways, horizontal and vertical solution of track, physics principle move vehicle on track. Easement curve, superelevation ramp, structure clearance, track structure, construction of rail, railway sleepers, fasteners, little iron fittings. Rail joint, gravel ballast, track changing. Substructure, constructional bed, earth body, geotextile, stabilization, dehydration, building of substructure, culverts, breast wall, abutment wall, building for electrification. Bridges: Types of bridges, physical planning of bridges objects, steel bridges, floor of steel bridge. Basic types of steel bridge girder systems, arch steel bridges, concrete beam bridge. Distribution of concrete bridges, stone bridges, brick bridges. Bridges from mass concrete and from prestressed concrete, slab bridges from steel concrete, beam bridges, frame bridges. Box-girder segmental beam bridges, arch bridges, suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, elements of the bridge, dilatation of abutment, head walls, repairs and reconstructions of concrete bridges, loading of bridges. Ground structures - tunnels. Airport.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim is to acquaint students with terminology and principles designing of land communication, railways, bridges, ground structures - tunnels, airport.
After graduation have students basic knowledge of terminology and principles designing of land communication, railways, bridges, ground structures - tunnels, airport.
Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Students have to hand in the semestral labour. Exam from object (form, content, continuation) is fixed term conformable with educational and examination order.
Recommended literature
  • KAUN M., KUBÁT B Dopravní stavby 10 - Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1998.
  • KLEPSATEL F., KUSÝ P., MAŘÍK L Výstavba tunelů ve skalních horninách, Bratislava : Jaga, 2003..
  • LAT Z, KAŠÍM I, HÝBAL L., KULIŠANOVÁ J.: Dopravní stavitelství..
  • VIČAN J., KABÁTNÍK M., REIMONT T.: Dopravní cesty : mosty, Univerzita Pardubice, 2002..


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