LABORATORY FOR CONTROL OF ROAD MATERIALS AND EXPERIMENTATION
cod. 18268

Academic year 2008/09
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Strade, ferrovie e aeroporti (ICAR/04)
Field
Ingegneria civile
Type of training activity
Characterising
36 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The laboratory aims to the knowledge and the direct application of techniques concerning the control on materials for road constructions. A particular attention is paid to the procedures of laboratory and in situ analysis to verify the road structure and pavement. These procedures are typically executed by engineers supervisors of the work or inspectors of works

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

1. CONTROLS OF SOIL WORKS<br />ƒ{ Particle-size analysis and soil classification<br />ƒ{ Soil sensibility to water<br />ƒ{ The compaction<br />ƒ{ Trial section and pilot studies<br />ƒ{ The measure of bearing capacity<br />ƒ{ Controls during works<br />ƒ{ Controls in inspection phase<br /><br />2. CONTROLS OF BITUMINOUS MIXTURES<br />ƒ{ The grading distribution study of mixtures<br />ƒ{ The manufacturing of bituminous mixtures<br />ƒ{ Marshall and gyroscopic compaction<br />ƒ{ Bituminous mixtures stability<br />ƒ{ Notes about dynamic tests<br />ƒ{ Verifying of performing characteristics of bitumens and bituminous emulsions<br />ƒ{ The sampling and controls during works<br />ƒ{ Controls in inspection phase<br /><br />3. CONTROLS OF ROAD PAVEMENTS<br />ƒ{ Controls during works of friction<br />ƒ{ Controls during works of regularity<br />ƒ{ Controls during works of bearing capacity<br />ƒ{ Controls during works of noise<br />ƒ{ Notes about high-return equipments<br />ƒ{ Non-destructive control systems<br />ƒ{ Controls of vertical signals and road markings<br /><br />4. CONTROLS OF ROAD STRUCTURES<br />ƒ{ Control and sampling in span, joint and pier of road bridges<br />ƒ{ Control of bearing capacity of piled foundation<br />ƒ{ Controls on cement concrete<br />ƒ{ Cases of studying and inspections<br /><br />5. APPROACH TO EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF ROAD MATERIALS<br />ƒ{ Organization of an experimental procedure<br />ƒ{ Repeatability and reproducibility of measures<br />ƒ{ Cases of studying<br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

Lessons notes given to students.<br />- CIRS, Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Stradale, ¡§Norme tecniche di tipo prestazionale per capitolati speciali d¡appalto¡¨, Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti ¡V Ispettorato per la Circolazione e la Sicurezza Stradale, Italia, 2002.<br />- Tesoriere, G. ¡§Strade, ferrovie, aeroporti¡¨, Volume 2, Ed. Utet. <br />

Teaching methods

The examination consists in solving written tests during practice in laboratory.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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