1. ROAD ELEMENTS
2. TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD
Vehicles. Resistances to vehicle movement. Linear and curved sections of the road. Vehicle course at linear sections of road. Vehicle course at curved sections of road.
3. ROAD TRAFFIC EXAMINATION
4. EXAMINATION OF THE GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROAD
a. Study of road at the horizontal level.
Isoclinic line (semislop). Polygonal line. Selection of appropriate radius. Length of spiral line. Deviation of the tangent of the cycle. Widthwise inclination of the road in its curved sections. Straight section between curved countermeasures. Widening of the roadway in the curves.
b. Study of road in the vertical level.
Ground and road length diagrams. Maximum longitudinal inclination. Fittings of the street lines with vertical curves.
5. EARTHWORK ROAD PROJECT
Road sections. Cross-sectional area measurement. Calculation of landfill volume. Diagrams of Medium Surfaces and Applicable Lengths. Landfill chart. Distribution and movement of land. Bruckner and Lalanne chart.
6. INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL DESIGN SOFTWARE AND ROAD DESIGN