After successful completion of the course, students are able to

• explain the essential historical corner stones in the development of road engineering
• explain the planning principles, the planning process and the design principles of roads
• explicate the principles of the alignment and geometric road design and apply them in small projects
• design and compute road alignments and gradients
• describe principles, methods and simple systems of road drainage and demonstrate them on specific examples
• describe design criteria and planning principles of road intersections and in particular to represent the design of at-grade junctions
• define the characteristics, applications and requirements of the most important road building materials (soil, rock, bitumen, asphalt, concrete)
• explain the structure of the road construction, the essential requirements of the subgrade as well as various layers of the pavement
• describe construction basics and construction methods of asphalt, concrete & block pavements
• explain the principles of road pavement design and to apply them in specific design examples
• specify the principles and organization of road operation and road maintenance
• explain the methods of condition survey and asset management of the road infrastructure

1. Indroduction in road engineering
2. Principles of road planning & road design
3. Alignment and geometric road design
4. Road materials & pavement construction
5. Road maintenance and road asset management

• Lecturing and explanation on basis of specific examples
• Computation and drawing exercises (5 units)

Abmeldung von Prüfungen:
§ 18(1) Die Studierenden sind berechtigt, sich bis spätestens zwei Arbeitstage vor dem Prüfungstag schriftlich (zB. EMail) oder elektronisch bei der Prüfer_in von der Prüfung abzumelden, bei kommissionellen (Abschluss)Prüfungen bei dem_der Studiendekan_in

(2) Erscheinen Studierende nicht zu einer Prüfung, ohne sich gemäß Abs. 1 abgemeldet zu haben, so ist der_die Studiendekan_in auf Vorschlag der Prüferin_des Prüfers berechtigt, diese Studierenden für den folgenden Prüfungstermin von der Anmeldung zu dieser Prüfung auszuschließen. Die betroffenen Studierenden sind von der Sperre auf geeignete Weise zu informieren.

(3) Kann der_die Studierende nachweisen, dass er_sie durch einen wichtigen Grund (zB. Unfall) oder einen anderen besonders berücksichtigungswürdigen Grund an einer rechtzeitigen Abmeldung gemäß Abs. 1 gehindert gewesen ist, ist die Sperre aufzuheben.

The exam in road design and construction includes a theory part and a calculation part. In order to pass the exam, both parts must be successfully completed. If one part is negative, the entire exam (theory part and calculation part) must be repeated.

During the first part (theory part, duration: 1 hour) no tools (no formula collection, no pocket calculator) are allowed.

During the second part (calculation part, duration: 2 hours), which will be worked on after the first part has been collected, only the formula collections handed out by the institute and non-programmable pocket calculators are allowed to be used.