Transport Infrastructures

Code:

M.EC047

Acronym:

IT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Transport Infrastructures

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M.EC	6	Syllabus	2	-	6	45,5	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

EXPLANATION

In the Transport Infrastructure Course the main purpose is to supplement the knowledge adquired by the students from the Roads Course under nodes, roundabouts, intersections and pavements. Airport infrastructures concepts will also be approached.

OBJECTIVES: 

Knowledge:
- know the materials used in the field of transport infrastructure and their applicable legislation.

- design any type of of road project. 

Understanding:

- understand interpret and manipulate the designed elements that are part of road designs. Identify the characteristics of road elements and associate them to indicators of their performance in functional and economical efficiency

Application:

- apply the learned knowledge in an integrated way. Formulate proposals for changing road procedures or strategies.

Summary:

- develop solutions and critical analysis in the context of the structural behavior and composition of pavements.
- define materials and equipments to be used in performing a road or airport project. Propose new technical and economic solutions.

Learning outcomes and competences

SKILLS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- To have the knowledge and the understanding to a level that forms the basis for developments and / or original applications;
- To know how to apply their knowledge and comprehension as well as problem solving in new  and  unfamiliar situations, in broad contexts and multidisciplinary;
- To have the ability to integrate knowledge, to handle complex issues, to develop solutions and to make judgments in situations of limited or incomplete information, including reflections on implications and ethical and social responsibilities that result or condition of these solutions and these judgments;
- To be able to communicate conclusions, knowledge and reasoning behind them, whether to experts or to non-specialists, in a clear and unambiguous. 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Roads
Transport Infrastructures and Urban Planning
Traffic Engineering

Program

Road layout normatives
Road junctions:

- Intersections, roundabouts, and interchanges. Design guidelines;

- Types and layout of auxiliary lanes;

- Design of tapers;

- Design of intersections with traffic islands;

- Types of interchanges. Advantages and disadvantages;

- Design of interchange ramps.

AERODROMES, PORTS AND HUBS

Aerodromes

General planning and design constraints

Classification and reference code

Runway and taxiway layout

Number and orientation of runways

Dimensioning

PORTS

Maritime logistics

Types of ports

Multimodal networks

Organization and layout

Multimodal Platforms

Requirements, organization, location and dimensioning.

ROAD PAVEMENTS:

- Flexible pavements. Bituminous mixtures. Formulation and regulations;

- Application of bituminous mixtures (manufacturing, transport, spreading and compaction);

- Laboratory performance tests.

- SUPERPAVE (SUPerior PERforming asphalt PAVEments)

- Rigid pavements (concepts and design).

SGP – Pavement Management System.

Airport pavements (operational areas, air traffic, structural behaviour, design models, análise estrutural, modelos de dimensionamento, ACN/PCN classification).
Paving Structural Analysis:
Establishment of response models for flexible and rigid pavements;
Ruin criteria;
Floor sizing models;
Software.
ACN / PCN classification.
Relevant aircraft characteristics (maximum take-off weight, tire pressure, type of landing gears);
Aircraft ACN;
Foundation strength classes;
Calculation of the PCN of pavements;

Mandatory literature

Shell Bitumen; The Shell bitumen handbook. ISBN: 0-9516625-0-3
Georges Jeuffroy; Conception et construction des chaussées
E. J. Yoder; Principles of pavement design
Canadian Portland Cement Association; Thickness design for concrete highway and street pavements
INIR; Norma de traçado , 2010
INIR; Dimensionamento de Rotundas. Disposições Normativas
INIR; Auto-Estradas. Características Técnicas
JAE; Normas de Intersecções JAE P5/90, 1990
JAE; Normas de Nós de Ligação JAE P6/90, 1990
IEP; Manual de Drenagem Superficial em Vias de Comunicação, 2001

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures will be in classroom using the projection of slides and e-learning as support. The exposure of the subjects is accompanied by case studies and problem solving.


DEMONSTRATION OF THE COHERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

The use of different methodological strategies is intended for students to achieve the referred goals and the skills in different ways, enriching the learning process.

The Transport Infrastructures course unit complements the Roads course unit offered in the 1^st degree, providing the supplementary skills required for the geometric design of any road infrastructure, specifically focusing on the study of junctions, roundabouts, ditches and culverts.

The ability to understand and manipulate the road characteristics to increase the operational, environmental and economic efficiency is evidenced by the analysis of different geometric solutions and by the focus on the Pavement Management System.

The required knowledge do analyze and provide solutions about pavement composition and behavior is transmitted in the study of road and airport pavements, including the structural analysis, the SUPERPAVE, and the ACN/PCN classification.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	16,00
Elaboração de projeto	50,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	46,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

To achieve a final classification it is required the attendance at the course unit, according to the MIEC assessment rules. It is considered that students meet the attendance requirements if, having been regularly enrolled, the number of absences of 25% for each of the classes’ types is not exceeded.

Calculation formula of final grade

FM = 0,5*T + 0,3*P+0,2*CTP

FM= Final mark
T= mark of the theoretical part of the exam
P= mark of the practical part of the exam
CTP=mark of the pratical work.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

SPECIAL RULES FOR MOBILITY STUDENTS: Proficiency in Portuguese and/or English; Previous attendance of introductory graduate courses in the scientific field addressed in this module; Evaluation by exam and/or coursework(s) defined in accordance with student profile.

Classification improvement

According to the General Evaluation Rules of FEUP