Road superstructure: definition, composition, and types of pavement structures. Role of the component layers.
Stress and strain state. Design assumptions. Theoretical and empirical dimensioning methods.
Design of flexible pavement structures. Loads, composition, stress and strain state.
Composition and design of rigid pavement structures. Materials, technical requirements, stresses and strains.
Freeze-thaw verification of pavement structures. Required conditions, freezing phenomenon, prevention of deterioration.
Strengthening of existing pavement structures. Composition, principles, materials, stresses and strains.
Road infrastructure. Soils used for earthworks. Types of characteristic cross-sections.
Execution of earthworks under normal conditions. Preparatory works. Execution of cuts/excavations and embankments/fills. Compaction of earthworks. Quality control of works.
Execution of earthworks under special conditions. Rock excavation. Embankments on marshy ground. Execution of earthworks by hydromechanization. Execution of earthworks during winter.
Ensuring earthwork stability. Collection and drainage of surface water.
Ensuring earthwork stability. Collection and drainage of groundwater.
Ensuring earthwork stability. Earthwork deformations. Methods for ensuring the stability of earthworks. Execution rules.
Ensuring earthwork stability. Protection and consolidation of slopes.
Modern solutions for ensuring slope stability. Use of geosynthetics. Bank protection works.
Crédits ECTS
3
Langue d'enseignement
Română
Langue d'examen
Română
Langue des supports pédagogiques
Română
Acquis d'apprentissage fondamentaux
Ability to design and construct roads and highways network.
(F9_T1 - Basic learning outcome T1 (related to final LO F9) - CEB - Ability to design and construct roads and highways network. )
Acquis d'apprentissage terminaux
Ability to design, construct, maintain, and manage TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
(F9 - CEB - Ability to design, construct, maintain, and manage TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS )