72857 - Road Infrastructure and Transport Laboratory M

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Moduli: Joerg Schweizer (Modulo 1) Andrea Simone (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Civil Engineering (cod. 0930)

Learning outcomes

During the course the student will learn to apply  the models acquired during the  Transport Systems Engineering class, with regard to individual road transport networks. By obtaining these credits, the student will also learn the tests for the geometric and mechanical characterization of basic materials, the fundamentals of "mix design" of bituminous conglomerates and the tests for the characterization of the dynamic stiffness module.

Course contents

Transportation systems

- Introduction to the micro-simulation of a transport system - Supply and demand in micro-simulation

- Methods for generating the transport demand in the case of micro-simulation

- Microsimulation project

Infrastructure

- ITFT FATIGUE TEST - 4PB - 2PB

- CREEP - WHEEL TRACKER -

- CALCULATION  OF PAVEMENT

- EXAMPLES OF PAVEMENT CALCULATIONS

Readings/Bibliography

Microsimulation Software SUMOPy


https://github.com/schwoz/sumopy

https://sumo.dlr.de/docs/Contributed/SUMOPy.html

Teaching methods

Frontal lesson, exercises in the classroom and in the laboratory, project

Assessment methods

Oral exam

Teaching tools

For simulations, PCs with  pre-installed software  are available in the laboratory. However, it is convenient to use the software on your own laptop.

Office hours

See the website of Joerg Schweizer

See the website of Andrea Simone

SDGs

Sustainable cities

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.