Base Knowledge
Transport Infrastructures
Teaching Methodologies
Theoretical-Practical classes have an expository and discussion component associated with learning applicable technologies and problem- solving methodologies. It is an environment of interaction with the students but conducted in an oriented way.
Group learning takes place by solving specific project problems with some complexity. Students also carry out in groups a practical project of analysis and discussion of a conference paper, including a public presentation.
Learning Results
Complement students’ knowledge in construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of transport infrastructures, including road pavements, current bridges and viaducts, and maintenance of railways (essential aspects). Guide the analysis of technical solutions based on the principles of sustainable development, circularity and the efficient use of resources.
Develop skills: learn, analyse and synthesise; use of knowledge and adapt it to new situations; carry out autonomous and teamwork activities; predict and issue judgments; design pavements for road transport infrastructure, and know the applicable construction, maintenance and management techniques; learn how to apply laboratory techniques for the study and quality control of road paving materials; know the methods and materials within the scope of maintenance interventions in current bridges; learn the leading techniques and materials applicable in interventions for the maintenance of railways.
Program
1) Monitoring of transport infrastructures:
– Monitoring road infrastructures.: behavior and pathologies of road pavements; assessment of load capacity, surface characteristics.
– Monitoring railway infrastructures.: constitution of the track and basic layout principles; track inspection.
– Inventory of bridges: administration, technical and constitution of bridges; concept of enterprise’s life cycle cost; major bridge damage and inspection.
2) Maintenance and rehabilitation technologies:
– Roads: unbound and bound materials; quality control; non-traditional technologies and materials; pavement maintenance and rehabilitation technology: functional and structural characteristics; load capacity assessment and design of pavement reinforcement.
– Railways: track rehabilitation technology, mechanical and manual actions.
– Bridges: fundamental aspects of maintenance technology.
3) Management of physical assets of transport infrastructure
– Management systems for the maintenance of road transport infrastructures;
– Bridges management systems.
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
– RENFE (2008), Nociones básicas ferroviarias, Escola Tecnica Profesional, Edit. Marcombo, Barcelona.
– Austroads (2013), Bridge Management Using Performance Models, Austroads Publication No. AP-T258-13, Sidney (ISBN 978-1-925037- 36-4).
– Austroads (2018), Guide do Asset Management – Overview – Part 1: Introduction, Austroads Publication No. AGAM01-18 Sidney (ISBN 978-1-925671-40-7).
– Branco, F., Pereira, P. e Picado-Santos, L. (2006), Pavimentos Rodoviários, Ed. Almedina, Coimbra (ISBN 972-40-2648-5).
– Esveld, C. (2015), Modern Railway Track: digital ed., 38th edition, MRT – Productions.
– Nikolaides, A. (2015), Highway Eng., Pavements, Materials and Control of Quality, CRC Press Taylor & Francis (ISBN 978- 1-4665-7997-2).
– PIARC (2019), State of the Art in Monitoring Road Conditions and Road/Vehicle interaction, Technical Committee D.2 Pavements, World Road Associat. (ISBN 978-2-84060-530-0).
– Thom, N. (2008). Principles of pavement Engineering. Thom. Telford, London.