Integrated Design For Road Infrastructures is a course of the Degree in Civil Engineering. This degree aims at providing tools for the design, construction, maintenance and management of civil structures and infrastructures, such as buildings, bridges, tunnels, transport systems, hydraulic works and land protection.
The course is aimed at providing students with the rules for the design of a road, according several issues such as the respect of national technical laws, the study of the system of constraints, and the optimization of the design choices including the environmental point of view. Different levels of road design are illustrated and discussed, moreover a project of a rural road is developed during the course also using a roadway design software.
At the end of the course the students will be able to: 1) use the software and applications to design and to draw a road project; 2) solve the problems of choices optimization in different design phases; 3) quantify the parametric costs for road constructions; 4) discuss to a road project showing the best technical and economical solution.
The course is aimed at providing students with the rules for the design of a road, according several issues such as the respect of national technical laws, the study of the system of constraints, and the optimization of the design choices including the environmental point of view. Different levels of road design are illustrated and discussed, moreover a project of a rural road is developed during the course also using a roadway design software.
At the end of the course the students will be able to: 1) use the software and applications to design and to draw a road project; 2) solve the problems of choices optimization in different design phases; 3) quantify the parametric costs for road constructions; 4) discuss to a road project showing the best technical and economical solution.
teacher profile teaching materials
Italian road design regulations and Public procurement code;
Handouts and slides provided by the professor.
Programme
The course will lead to an understanding of the fundamental principles governing the design of road engineering projects including technical and environmental constraints (first part); by carrying out the calculations and producing the required drawings of the different geometrical design of the road project. The course, in the second part, will cover the required knowledge for the full design of all required geometrical characteristics of a road project including horizontal layout, vertical layout, cross sections, section areas calculations, earthwork volume diagrams and volume calculations, speed and superelevation diagrams.Core Documentation
A. Benedetto “Strade Ferrovie Aeroporti” - Utet editore;Italian road design regulations and Public procurement code;
Handouts and slides provided by the professor.
Reference Bibliography
G. Tesoriere "strade ferrovie e aeroporti", voll. I e II - Utet editore; C. Benedetto, M.R. De Blasiis “istruzioni per la redazione dei progetti di strade e degli studi d'impatto ambientale” - Aracne editore;Type of delivery of the course
The course is organized into several lectures and the simultaneous development of a design exercise. The students, organized into work groups (optional), have to carry out periodic reviews of the project documents while acquiring notions for making choices at the different levels of project details required.Type of evaluation
The examination of the learning process is based on: a) development of exercises during the academic course b) production and application of the road project c) oral test on theoretical issues and discussion concerning the road project processing during the course.