Road Engineering Seminar

Code:

EC5185

Acronym:

SVC

Instance: 2006/2007 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Transport Infrastructures Division
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEC	8	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	5	7	7	-
MIEC	18	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	5	-	7	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Application of knowledge of Traffic in studies and designs. Application of Computer Aided Drawing (CAD) in roads design.

Program

In the Traffic domain:
Methods, techniques and equipment in the data gathering. Traffic Data processing and handling.
In Computer Aided Design domain:
Problems related with the "automatization" of road design: problem analysis and "elementary tasks" to fulfill identification, corresponding to the "commands" or “subrotinas" to use.
Choice of the tracing of the plant in CAD. Drawing of a cross-way: "ideal" situation (without restrictions) and "real" situation (with restrictions).

Teaching methods and learning activities

Tutorial lessons.
Study visits.
Accomplishment of practical works.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Observations

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Estimated working time out of classes: 9 hours