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 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, 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 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.

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 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 of learning is done through an oral
interview 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. 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