DET - TRANSPORT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Subjects offered
DET's main customer in undergraduate education is the Civil Engineering Course at the Technology Center (CT) of the Federal University of Ceará, more than 90% of the components taught by DET are offered to Civil Engineering, whose insertion in the curriculum by semester is represented in the figure below. Additionally, some curricular components are offered to the Environmental Engineering and Architecture and Urbanism courses at CT, as well as to the Geology and Geography courses at the Science Center (CC).
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PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
The Role of Statistics in Engineering. Exploratory Data Analysis. Basic Elements of Probability Theory. Random Variables and Discrete and Continuous Probability Distributions. Sampling. Estimation and Hypothesis Tests of Mean, Variance and Proportion. Adherence, Homogeneity and Independence Tests. Analysis of Variance. Simple Linear Regression and Correlation. Multiple Linear Regression.
COMPUTATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR ENGINEERING
Introduction to computing. Numbering systems. Basic data types. Operators. Flow control structures. User-defined data types. Memory manipulation. Functions. I/O system. Algorithms.
TOPOGRAPHY
Introduction. Topographic Surveys. Topometric instruments. Topographic coordinate systems. Topology. Topometry. Topographic Surface. Tacheometry. Altimetry. Calculation of areas and volumes. Land division. Introduction to civil works leasing.
TOPOGRAPHY​
Introduction, definitions, divisions and Norms; Shape and Dimension of the Earth, Coordinate Systems, UTM Cartographic Projection; Topographic Design; Introduction to the theory of errors; Angular and Linear Quantities; Planimetric Surveys; of GNSS in topometric surveys.
CIVIL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS II
Materials for road paving. Dosage of concrete. Mortars. Woods. Ceramics. Metals. Polymeric materials. Protective materials.
ANALYSIS AND PLANNING OF SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION
Transport systems: characteristics and components. Social, economic, political and environmental aspects of transport systems. Problem and principles of transport systems analysis. Stages of a transport project: planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance/monitoring. Transport systems planning: definitions, horizons and spatial levels. Transport systems planning methodology. Transport demand modeling. Balance in transport networks. Transport economics: costs, revenues, tariff policy and financing. Assessment of transport projects.
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
Studies and Projects for Highways and Railways. Construction of Highway and Railway Infrastructure. Drainage. Earthworks. Introduction. Concept. Materials. Conversion Factors. Compression. Preliminary Services. Resistance. Mechanized Earthworks. Machine Production. Cost Forecast. Construction of Cuts and Landfills.
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD SUPERSTRUCTURE
Geotechnical studies. Characterization of the materials of the pavement layers. Construction of superstructures for highways and railways. Empirical and mechanistic methods of pavement design.
TRANSPORT SYSTEM OPERATION
Cargo and Passenger Transport System: Principles of operation. Modal systems and intermodality. Dimensioning and costs. Performance evaluation. Regulation. Environmental impacts. Logistics.
SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING
Practice in Real Work Situation.
GRADUATE PROJECT I
The course must include guidance from students on the development of the proposal and the project itself, including aspects of writing and formatting technical and scientific reports. The remaining content depends on the topic chosen by the student. It must contain a bibliographical review related to the chosen theme and the preparation of the work plan to be started this semester and concluded in the Graduation Project II discipline.
UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT II
The discipline must include monitoring the work of students regarding the development of project activities and the preparation of the monograph and the final seminar. The course content also depends on the topics chosen by the students. It must contain a bibliographic review related to the chosen theme, the development of the project itself, and the preparation of the monograph and the defense seminar.
ENGINEERING EVALUATIONS AND EXPERTISE
The Engineering of Evaluations, General Concepts and Applications. The Assessment Processes. The Engineering Expertise.
GEOTECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO ENGINEERING
Topography errors; Topographic Study and Survey using electronic equipment. Digital Terrain Modeling – MDT; Fundamentals of Analytical and Digital Photogrammetry; Introduction to Geometric Geodesy; Fundamentals of Remote Sensing; Satellite Positioning Systems – GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO), Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems.
FLOOR MANAGEMENT
Dosage of asphalt mixtures. Mechanisms and empirical methods for designing flexible pavements. Reinforcement project. Floor evaluation and restoration. Implementation of a pavement management system.
SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS
Distribution Channels; Physical distribution; Modal characteristics in the transport of goods; Capacity in supply chains; Inventory management; Search and selection of suppliers; Service level; Packing; Material handling. Storage; The impact of information technologies on distribution; Origin and evolution of the logistics services industry; Logistics operators; Customer and supplier relationship policies; Procurement Processes.
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
Production, refining and processing of asphalts; Chemistry of bituminous materials; asphalt emulsions; Physical and rheological characterization of bituminous materials; Specifications Superpave; Fundamentals of mixture design; Mechanical characterization of mixtures; Additives and modifiers; Floor recycling.
QUANTITATIVE METHODS APPLIED TO TRANSPORT
Quantitative techniques for transport demand analysis. Systems modeling: queuing theory applications, simulation and linear programming in the field of Transport. Flow analysis in transport networks.
DECISION MAKING IN ENGINEERING
Decision Processes; Decision Context; Problem Structuring; Decision Support Multicriteria Methodology; Hierarchical Analysis Method; Delphi technique; Stated Preference Technique; and Fuzzy Logic.
NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION
Non-Motorized Transport Policies; Technical Characteristics of Human Traction; Technical Characteristics and Dimensions of Vehicles and Equipment used in Non-Motorized Transport; Non-Motorized Transport Infrastructure Project Specifications – sidewalks, crosswalks, cycle lanes, cycle paths; Service Level Concept for Non-Motorized Transport; Demand for Non-Motorized Transport; Analysis of Traffic Accident Statistics with a focus on Non-Motorized Transport; Traffic Humanization Techniques with a Focus on Non-Motorized Transport; Traffic Safety Audit Techniques with a Focus on Non-Motorized Transport.
AIR TRANSPORT
Generalities; aircraft characteristics and air traffic forecast; planning, design and construction of airports; economic analysis of air transport; air traffic control; notions of aerodynamics; meteorology and air navigation; airport equipment problems; Brazilian airline network; runways and runways.
SUBWAY-RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Components of a subway system; characteristics of the equipment present in the system; planning, design and construction of the elements that make up a subway system; economic analysis of the system; dimensioning of subway trains; operation and control of the metro-railway system; advances and technologies applied to metro-railway transport; components of a permanent way; characteristics of an underground railway; mechanical behavior of the permanent way; dimensioning of the permanent way; construction of the permanent way; defects and forms of evaluation of defects; maintenance of permanent ways.
SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS
Distribution channels; physical distribution; modal characteristics in the transport of goods; capacity in supply chains; scripting; inventory management; research and selection of suppliers; service level; packing; material handling; storage; impact of information technologies on distribution; origin and evolution of the logistics services industry; logistic operators; customer and supplier relationship policies; procurement processes.
URBAN PLANNING AND TRANSPORT
Concepts: Urban Planning, Urbanism and Urban Design. Urban agglomerations and urban evolution. Cities in the world and Brazilian cities. Introduction to urban design in the planning process. Urban design and urbanization costs. Theories and dimensions of urbanization processes. The role of transport systems in urban development. The land use-transport interrelation. Land use/transport models. The urban road system. The Planning Process – brief review. Urban planning: Characteristics, objectives, stages and products. Plans, programs and projects. Legislation and urban administration. Urban information systems. Laws and legal devices to control the growth of cities. Master Plans. Effectiveness of urban planning. Theories, Methodologies and Characterization Techniques in Urban Planning. Demand and Supply Planning. Land Cover Models. Integrated Models. Introduction to Generating Poles and Impact Analysis. Demand versus Supply Models. Morphological Dimensions of Urbanization Processes. Introduction to the Social Logic of Space Theory and Spatial Syntax.
SIMULATION
Systemic approach. Model and System. Discrete Event Systems. Design of simulation models. Input data. Verification and validation. Output data. Applications in Engineering.
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GEOMETRIC URBAN ROAD PROJECT
Urban Transport Systems: Legislation, Functional Classification of Roads, Physical and Operational Characteristics of Urban Roads; Vehicle Study: Characteristics, Weights and Dimensions, Offtracking of Unit Vehicles and Combinations – CVC's, Project Vehicles; Urban Roads Project: Horizontal and Vertical Agreement; Shared Use Roads, Urban Intersections and Interconnections, Parking Lots, Signaling and Road Safety Devices.