342-0512/01 – Transport and Handling Equipment in Industry (DMZvP)
| Gurantor department | Institute of Transport | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Robert Brázda, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Robert Brázda, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2003/2004 | Year of cancellation | 2013/2014 |
| Intended for the faculties | FS | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
To acquaint students with complete information on transportation facilities in the construction industry.
Students receive information from the application of specific types of transport and handling equipment and bulk solid materials, design options and their integration in the construction industry. Students will acquire the necessary capacity and design calculations.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
Introduction into theory and practical applications of commonly used transport equipments. Classification and properties of transported materials. Fundamental calculations of capacity, output, forces etc. of conveying machines, their description, principles of work and practical applications.
Main topics:
1. Classification of transport
2. Classification of transported materials
3. Carrying capacity
4. Equation of motion
5. Method of transfer of tensile forces
6. Graphics - numerical method
7. Belt conveyors
8. Chain conveyors
9. Bucket elevator
10. Screw conveyor
11. Vibratory conveyors
12. Roller conveyors
13. Transport by gravity
14. In pipe transport
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Lectures, seminars and an oral examination are held in Czech language. Individual consultations and oral examination may be taken also in English. A constituent part of an English teaching is an elaboration of two essays and their oral defence.
E-learning
Other requirements
There are no additional requirements to the students.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures:
1st Terminology and basic concepts. Transported materials. Classification and
mechanical and physical properties of the material. Distribution of transport and handling equipment. Calculation of transport performance.
2nd Silos. Construction and closures. Feeders. Landfill solids.
3rd The equation of motion. Traction. Analysis of the tractive forces in pull element.
4th Distribution of conveyors. Belt conveyor. Main parts and accessories. Special belt conveyors.
5th Theory and calculation of the conveyor belt. Bucket elevator.
6th Chain conveyor. Scraper conveyor. Redler. Calculation of chain conveyors.
7th Vibratory conveyor. Auger.
8th Distribution of intermittent traffic. Rail transport. Construction and basic calculation of rail tracks. Rolling stock.
9th Determination of driving the vehicle rolling resistance. Principles of traction calculations.
10th Cranes. The calculation of lifting and running mechanisms.
Contents of training and seminars:
1st Introduction to the workouts. Basic terminology. Methodology for measuring the mechanical properties of bulk materials.
2nd Output of transport equipment. Euler relations. Graphic-numerical method of determining the tensile strength of transport equipment with an endless traction element.
3rd Belt conveyor. Bucket elevator.
4th Chain conveyors.
5th Transport in the pipeline.
6th Rolling mill. Traction calculations.
7th The calculation of lifting and running machinery.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction