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Road Design I (Geometrical Features)

Course Code:

GEO5030

Semester:

5th Semester

Specialization Category:

S.B.

Course Hours:

4

ECTS:

4

Eclass Link:

https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/GEO192/


LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Understand the design process and the degree of detail per stage of study of a road project
  • Understand the limitations and commitments under which critical limit values are derived
  • Apply basic principles and methods related to safe and functional road design
  • Evaluate combinations of critical parameters regarding road design quality
  • Solve common problems that occur in the process of geometric road design

 

General Competences

After the successful completion of the course, students acquire the following knowledge and skills:

  • Search for analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology tools
  • Teamwork
  • Work in an interdisciplinary environment
  • Design and project management
  • Respect the natural environment
  • Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

 

SYLLABUS

Theoretical part of the Course

  1. Hierarchy of road network
  2. Selection of Standard Section Based on Circulatory Capacity
  3. Vehicle Simulation in Road Construction
  4. Vehicle Dynamics
    • Adhesion
    • Promotional Power
    • Braking force
    • Vehicle Movement in Curves
  5. Speeding, Safety Criteria
  6. Design principles in Horizontal alignment
  7. Design in Vertical alignment
  8. Design principles of superelevation
  9. Cross sections – Lateral Configurations
  10. Road Design in Space, Visibility
  11. Earthworks
  12. Widening – Enlargement

 

Lab Part of the Course
A series of exercises in the main cognitive objects of the theory, the composition of which results in the design of a road section at the preliminary design level.

 

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Language of evaluation: Greek
Theoretical part of the Course
• Written exam (50%)
Lab Part of the Course
• Delivery of individual exercises and oral examination (50%)

 

ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Apostoleris Anastasios. “Road Geometric Design 1”, 1st Edition, 2013, Athens.
2. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, Fifth Edition. Washington, DC., USA 2011
3. Ed.German Road and Transportation Research Association, Committee, Geometric Design Standards. Guidelines for the Design of Roads, (RAΑ), Germany 2008.
4. Ed.German Road and Transportation Research Association, Committee, Geometric Design Standards. Guidelines for the Design of Rural Roads, (RAL), Germany 2012.
5. Hassan, Y., Easa, S. M. and Abd El Halim, A.O. Analytical Model for Sight Distance Analysis on Three-Dimensional Highway Alignments, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 1523, 1996.
6. Zimmermann, M. Increased Safety Resulting from Quantitative Evaluation of Sight Distances and Visibility Conditions of Two-Lane Rural Roads. Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design, TRB, Chicago, USA 2005.
7. Dixon J.C., “Tires, Suspension and Handling”. Second Edition. Society of Autimotive Engineers, Inc Warrendale, Pa., United Kingdom 1996.
8. Gillespie T.D. “Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics”. Society of Mining Metallurgy and Exploration Inc.1992.
9. Heisler H. “Advanced Vehicle Technology”. Edward Arnold. A Division of Hobber & Stoughton, Germany 1993.
10. Jazar R.”Vehicle Dynamics, Theory and Application”. Third Edition. Springer International Publishing AG, 2017, Switzerland 2017.