65875 - Rural Buildings and Land Survey

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will learn the basic elements of the technical and operational characteristics of  farm buildings, as well as the fundamentals of the tools and techniques of land survey and representation. The student is able to define the design process of a farm building, considering all the elements involved in it, up to the completion of the preliminary project, as well as set up and develop basic procedures for survey of rural areas to support the design of construction projects.

Course contents

Prerequisites: The student who accesses this teaching has of a good preparation in the fundamentals of mathematics, statistics and physics. Such knowledge and skills are provided by the basic courses of the first year.

Teaching unit 1 – Farm buildings (20 hours)

Expected knowledge and skills: the student knows the main management models of breeding dairy cattle, and the functional and construction characteristics of dairy livestock buildings. The student will be able to perform a general dimensioning of a livestock building and define its interior layout.

Contents: 

- Design of livestock buildings: general functional requirements and performance expected

- Buildings for dairy cattle: methods of breeding, layout of functional areas, dimensional requirements, design criteria, structural, construction and engineering features.

- The milking parlor: plant characteristics and functional design criteria

- Hints of barns and silos: constructive characteristics and dimensioning criteria

- discussion of examples, seminars, practical activities.

Teaching unit 2  – Land survey (40 hours)

Expected knowledge and skills: the student knows the main techniques of detailed land survey within the topographic domain, with reference to the celerimetric survey through the total station and satellite survey, as well as instrumental survey of rural buildings. 

Contents:

- Introduction to survey and representation of land and rural buildings. Planimetric and elevation survey  

- Approximate reference surfaces and relevant validity domains for planimetric and elevation survey. The topographic domain: the survey of small areas / fields and rural buildings. 

- map scale, map graphical error.

- total station celerimetric survey. The survey by means of polar coordinates: polar / cartesian coordinates transformation. Measurements: horizontal angles, vertical angles, inclined distances. Inclined distance, plan distance, difference in altitude. Total station: functioning, setting, collimation and measurement. Polygonals for the celerimetric survey. 

- satellite survey: absolute and relative positioning, DGPS and RTK, errors, altitude in GPS survey.

- practical applications and demonstrations. 

Readings/Bibliography

Lecture notes R. Chiumenti “Costruzioni rurali”, Edagricole, 2004
G. Boschetti “Edifici per la zootecnia”, Bovolenta, 1989 G. Boschetti “Edifici per la zootecnia”, Bovolenta, 1989 G. Cinti, V. Valeri “Dal disegno al progetto”, La Nuova Italia, 1999 Misure, rilievo, progetto  per Costruzioni, ambiente e territorio, Renato Cannarozzo, Lanfranco Cucchiarini, William Meschieri, Zanichelli, 2012.

Teaching methods

The course consists of two teaching which provide theoretical lessons  accompanied by discussion of examples, seminars, teaching on field activities, practical applications and demonstrations. 

Assessment methods

The course is part of the Integrated Course of Rural buildings and livestock, together with the teaching of Animal Husbandry. Therefore, the evaluation of the course takes into account jointly the level of knowledge and skills acquired by the student in relation to the contents of all of the above teachings.

The knowledge and skills taught in this course are evaluated in the following manner.

The assessment of learning is done through an oral test during which the knowledge and skills acquired about both of teaching units will be assessed. The overall assessment is made by the Commission taking into account the evaluation of knowledge and skills acquired by the student in relation to the contents of both teaching units. A minimum level must be achieved in both teaching units to achieve the overall passing grade. All dates, times and locations of the examinations are published on the website of the degree course. To subscribe use the web application AlmaEsami.

Teaching tools

Overhead projector and PC for lectures. Survey instruments.

Office hours

See the website of Daniele Torreggiani

See the website of Patrizia Tassinari