Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Pauli Kolisoja

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Accepted design assignments and a written exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

To familiarize the student with the design criteria of road, street and railway structures, the design of road structures based on the bearing capacity and frost resistance, and the design of drainage and reinforcements of road structures.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Loads acting on road, street and railway structures.
2.	Structural types of roads, streets and railways, bound and unbound construction materials and the testing of their properties.
3.	Modelling of the mechanical behaviour road, street and railway structures, design of the bearing capacity, design against frost action, interplay of the road pavement and subgrade.
4.	Drainage and reinforcement structures for roads.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Exam 75% and design assignment 25%.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Pavement Analysis and Design	Yang H. Huang	0-13-655275-7				English

Prerequisites

Last modified	17.06.2008
Modifier	Minna Leppänen