BYVE3620 Road and railway engineering Course description

The student becomes acquainted with the basic principles for dimensioning asphalt pavements and road construction and gets a general introduction to Railway Engineering

BYPE1600 Mechanics

BYPE1500 Physics and Chemistry (only Physics)

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• can carry out a structural dimensioning and frost protection of a road superstructure and a railway
• knows the most important processes in road and railway construction
• can assist in planning and prioritizing maintenance on a section

Skills

The student:

• is capable of designing a track geometry plan
• is capable of assisting in the planning and prioritisation of maintenance of a section of track
• understands how the various railway components interact and affect each other

General competence

The student:

• understands the basis for road construction and is familiar with problems related to road construction in challenging climates and in challenging ground conditions
• understand the railway as a system
• understands the main principles for the design, construction and maintenance of roads and railways
• understand how the various components of the road and railway work together and affect each other

Lectures, exercises and excursions.

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

• 2 practical exercises. Both exercises are performed individually. The scope of work for each of the exercises corresponds to a workload of 3 hours.
• One of the exercises (Railway Engineering) is based on measurements in fields that are performed in groups.

Individual written exam under supervision, 4 hours

The result of the exam can be appealed.

A resit or rescheduled exam may take the form of an oral exam. In that case the exam results cannot be appealed

A handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication or to perform symbolic calculations. If the calculator’s internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.

Grade scale A-F.

On internal examiner. External examnier is justed frequently.