Diagnostics, Maintenance and Repair of Roads

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	227-0456/02
Abbreviation	DÚOV
Course title	Diagnostics, Maintenance and Repair of Roads
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jan Petrů, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Materials of road construction layers
2. Laying and composition of roads, types of construction layers
3. Design of design, basic data for design, design methods - distribution, development in the Czech Republic and in the world
4. Mechanics of roads
5. Road disorders, their causes and development
6. Classification of disturbances of lean and rigid roads
7. Surface properties of roads
8. Path Management System
9. Diagnostic road survey
10. Evaluation of diagnostic survey, load capacity measurement
11. Normal and continuous maintenance
12. Repair and reconstruction
13. Recycling of roads, proposal for renewal and reconstruction of roads

E-learning

LMS Moodle (VŠB-TUO): 2270456 Diagnostics, Maintenance and Repair of Roads

Literature

- KUMAR, Srinivasa R. Pavement Design. Orient Blackswan, 2013. 978-8173718854.
- MALLICK, Rajib B. and Tahar EL-KORCHI. Pavement Engineering: Principles and Practice. Second Edition, CRC Press, 2013. .
- DELATTE, Norbert J. Concrete Pavement Design, Construction, and Performance. Second Edition, CRC Press, 2014. .

Advised literature

- WALSH, Ian D., ed. ICE manual of highway design and management. London: ICE, 2011. .
- The Design Manual for Roads and Bridges [on-line]. The Highways Agency, Department for Transport, United Kingdom, http://www.dft.gov.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/
- A policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. 6th Edition. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2011.
- BROCKENBROUGH, Roger L. Highway Engineering Handbook, 3rd Edition. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2009. .

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