227-0060/01 – Railway Infrastructure (ŽI)
| Gurantor department | Department of Transport Constructions | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Leopold Hudeček, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Leopold Hudeček, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | 2023/2024 |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The subject provides the basic knowledge and skills in the field of terminology rail infrastructure also will learn the basics of calculations theme routes for rail vehicles, namely: Elements arcs, spirals and vzestupnic, detailed calculations of the waypoints, horizontal and vertical solutions, designing railway construction superstructure, transform switches, designing rail connections and gain basic skills application of knowledge from previously completed courses in design sleeper subsoil.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
The course "Railway Infrastructure" introduces Students to basic Concepts in the area of Transport Routes for Railway Vehicles, especially Railway Tracks, Railway Stations, Railway Sidings, Tram Tracks., and Then the basic issues in Rail Safety Security features and Construction for Security of the Railway Traffic.
Compulsory literature:
Esveld C.: Modern Railway Track, MRT Productions 2001
Tzanakakis K.: The Raiway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour, Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, Verlag 2013
Practical Guide To Railway Engineering, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA)
Recommended literature:
EN 15273-1:2013 - Railway applications – Gauges – Part 1: General – Common rules for infrastructure and rolling stock
EN 13848-6:2013 - Railway applications - Track — Track geometry quality — Part 6: Characterisation of track geometry quality
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Kontrola znalostí na konci semestru formou zkoušky.
E-learning
Other requirements
At least 70% attendance at the exercises. Absence, up to a maximum of 30%, must be excused and the apology must be accepted by the teacher (the teacher decides to recognize the reason for the excuse). Tasks assigned on the exercises must be hand in within the dates set by the teacher. Individual complement lectures by self study of recommended literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
- Introduction to the subject (history, rolling stock, traction ..)
- Tracks and equipment, basic structural elements of railway track
- Switches and turnout structures
- Safety equipment and construction solutions
- Railway infrastructure for urban transport
- Railway yard industrial plants (purpose, location, amenities, ..)
- Substructure (railway construction. Substructure, drainage ...)
- Railway station (purpose, distribution, equipment)
- Rail infrastructure and personal storage stations
- Infrastructure sorting station, the main sorting station Hills, engineering and construction equipment humps, automation
- Objects of railway equipment (platforms, underpasses, overpasses, bridges, station buildings, the, warehouse, dump ...)
- Railway nodes (history, purpose, location, equipment)
- Safety in rail transport
- Rail network, increasing speed on railway lines, railway modernization in Czech Republic
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction