The aim of the course is to give student basic knowledge in the construction and design of roads and railways, and the performance and distresses during the service time. The course is based on the Swedish framework for road and railway construction but the theory and design approaches are globally applicable.
After the course the student shall be able to:

Describe:
The role of road and railway infrastructure in the society
How the society plan and realize investments and maintenance in road and railway engineering
Geotechnical survey’s for road and railway projects

Account for:
Laboratory investigation methods for bound and unbound materials
Degradation mechanisms for road and railways
Condition monitoring and rating of roads
Analytical and empirical design methods for roads
General design principles in railways
Operation and maintenance planning

Explain:
Structural design of flexible and rigid pavements
Structural design of ballasted tracks

Apply:
Basic frost depth analysis
Evaluate results from ballast testing
Basic design of road superstructures in the Swedish classes DK1 and DK1
The Swedish safety guidelines for work within road traffic environments.

The course covers design, construction and basic operation and maintenance on road and railways. Design and material requirements in this course are based on Swedish guidelines and European standards. The course extensively covers geotechnical requirements, alignment, supportive structures and the realization of construction projects processes. The focus in the course is on superstructure design and material requirements. In the course is the test for accreditation to work within traffic environments in Sweden.

The course contains lectures, individual hand-ins, and group work. A fieldtrip may be included in the course.

The final grading is based on exams, hand-ins and group work assignments.

Hans Mattsson

The course G0002B is equal to ABG101

Agardh, S., Parhamifar, E., 2014. Vägbyggnad. Liber AB, Stockholm. ISBN978-97-47-09346-5

Sundqvist, H. 1999. Byggande, drift och underhåll av järnvägsbanor. Rapport
67. Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm. ISSN 1103-4289.

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Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering

Study guidance for the course is to be found in our learning platform Canvas before the course starts. Students applying for single subject courses get more information in the Welcome letter. You will find the learning platform via My LTU.

The plan is established by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2007-01-31 and is valid from H07.

by Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies Eva Gunneriusson, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering 14 Feb 2020