Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Road Planning and design 1 Course code: SAO1 | 5 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study: 2
Semester: 3
Requirements: Completed pre-exams in the following courses: Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2, Physics, Building Materials, Mechanics and strength of materials
Goal: The objective of the course is aimed at mastering the problems of earthworks, substructure and superstructure of roads and road maintenance, as well as basics of road design, in order to easily integrate into work both in the field and in the bureau.
Outcome: The curriculum allows students tosuccessfully master theoretical and practical parts of the course working on parts of the project in the bureau and to be easily included into the works on road construction. A large number of students have been employed in road construction companies and they work there very successfully.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1. History. Classification of roads. Concept of speed.Road cross section elements. Elements of apavement. Substructure construction. Earthen floor. Cut, fill and side cut. Slopes of cut and fill, drainage. Building a causeway on soft soil. Effect of frost on a road base. Supporting and cladding structure. Drainage. Categories of the earth. Marking batter pegs of cuttings and fills. Typical road profiles. Normal cross sections. Characteristic cross sections. Critical cross sections.
  2. Driver, vehicle, environment. Psycho-physical parameters. Visual field. Physiological constraints. Skid resistance. Coeficient of friction. Braking of a vehicle. Forced braking. Gradual braking. Stopping distance.
  3. Elements of road geometry. Directions. Circular curves. Transition curve. Grades of finished road level. Vertical curves. Roadway superelevation. Route survey. Zero line. Center line in a location plan. Center line in cross section. Analytical treatmentof a route.
  4. Pavement Structure. Classical pavements. Modern pavements. Cement concrete pavements. Bituminous pavements. Pavement structure layers.
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
  1. Content of theoretical instruction transferred into practical application through exercises and practical exercises in teaching bases.
Textbooks and References
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures: 2
Practical classes: 2
Other types of classes: 0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
10
activities on practial excersises
0
seminary work
0
colloquium
40
Final exam
Points
Written exam
40
Oral exam
10