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, physics, and technical drawing.

Teaching module 1 – Farm buildings (20 hours – prof. Patrizia Tassinari)

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, to draw its sketch (layout and section view), 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 module 2– Land survey (40 hours – prof. Daniele Torreggiani)

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.

Contents:

Introduction to survey and representation of land and rural buildings.
- 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. Fundamentals of cartography.
- Measure of distances.
- 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. Merging surveys from different survey points.
- Fundamentals of satellite survey: absolute and relative positioning.
- practical applications and demonstrations.

Readings/Bibliography

Lecture notes. Lecture notes given by the professors represent a useful base if integrated by notes taken by students during the lessons. For further in-depth study of specific subjects and in particular in case the student can not attend the lessons or can attend only part of them, it is warmly recommended to refer to specific chapters of the following books (please contact the professors in advance):

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. A. Venturi, Costruzioni rurali.

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 Farm Buildings and Livestock Breeding integrated course, together with the Livestock Breeding course unit. 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 both the course units. It is warmly recommended to acquire the knowledge and skills provided by the Livestock Breeding course unit before the verification. The knowledge and skills taught in this course unit are evaluated as follows.

The assessment takes place through a written test, which assesses the knowledge and skills acquired on both teaching modules. The student has to answer to open questions related to both the theoretical content and their use in the resolution of application cases. The student answers the questions using both written text and sketches and graphic representations by hand. The test consists of:

- 1 question on the theoretical contents related to module 1;

- 1 exercise of application of the theoretical contents of module 1 in which the student is called to illustrate graphically (by hand drawing, pencil or pen, on paper material provided by the teacher) and to comment comprehensively and clearly with a textual part the project of a stable of dairy cows of the typology and productive dimensions assigned. The answer must illustrate all the functional and distributive choices and the relative design criteria taken as reference, the methods for elaborating the project, and all the dimensional and constructive characteristics of the stable, referring to the topics covered in the course program;

- 2 questions on the theoretical contents related to module 2;

- 2 questions related to the discussion of two applications that concern respectively the use of the cartography and land survey operations.

During the test the use of the calculator is allowed, while the use of material, handouts or texts is not allowed. The time allowed for the test is 3 hours.

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 modules. A minimum level must be achieved in both teaching modules to achieve the overall passing grade. Examination dates, times and locations are published on the website of the degree course. To subscribe use the AlmaEsami web application. Students are warmly encouraged to give this exam not before passing those of Physics and Mathematics and statistics.

Teaching tools

Overhead projector and PC for lectures. Survey instruments. 

Office hours

See the website of Patrizia Tassinari

See the website of Daniele Torreggiani