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Highway Engineering II

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 227-0507/02
Abbreviation SS2
Course title Highway Engineering II
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jan Petrů, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the subject, introduction to the conditions of graduation
2. Getting to know the InfraWorks software - BIM application for conceptual design, modeling, visualization and planning, for studies, urban projects, and for line and road construction.
3.-5. Processing of 1st Program (InfraWorks)
6. Getting acquainted with software for advanced design for liner and road construction - AutoCAD Civil 3D.
7.-9. Processing of the 2nd Program (AutoCAD Civil 3D)
10. Getting to know the software for verifying vehicle trailing curves when passing route design elements - AutoTURN. Creation of a user defined vehicle type.
11. Processing the 3rd Program (AutoTURN)
12. Introduction to software for designing roundabouts - TORUS.
13. Processing of the 4th program (TORUS)

E-learning

MS Moodle (VSB-TUO): 227-0507 Highway Engineering II

Literature

Design Manual. Washington State Department of Transportation, USA, September 2022.
Highway Capacity Manual. A Guide for Multimodal Mobility Analysis. 7th Edition. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board, 2022. ISBN 978-0-309-08766-7 .

Advised literature

Walsh Ian D., ed. ICE manual of highway design and management. London: ICE, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7277-4111-0.
Rodrigue, Jean-Paul, Notteboom Theo, Shaw Jon, ed. The SAGE handbook of transport studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2013. ISBN 978-1-84920-789-8.
Kutz Myer, ed. Handbook of transportation engineering. Volume I, Systems and operations. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2011. ISBN 978-0-07-161492-4.
Kutz Myer, ed. Handbook of transportation engineering. Volume II, Applications and technologies. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2011. ISBN 978-0-07-161477-1.