Course detail

Railway Constructions

FAST-0N3Acad. year: 2019/2020

Railway superstructure, rail fastening systems, track loads and calculations of bearing capacity. (Railway track structure. Rail fastening. Rail joints, sleepers and ballast bed).
Development of railway structures. Theory of continuous welded rail. Rail welding, long unwelded rails, maintenance of continuous welded rail. Stability of continuous welded rail.
Slab track, cog-wheel (rack) railway and other non-classic railway structures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Pavel Zvěřina, CSc.

Department

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions, railway track design.
Railway substructure, subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers, construction and shape of earth formation

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Railway superstructure, structure development.
2. Rails, rail joints.
3. The rail, manufacturing, welding, testing and acceptance.
4. Sleepers and bearers.
5. Ballast bed. Rail fastening systems.
6. Static track design, computer models.
7. Rail stresses, sleeper stresses, vertical stresses on ballast bed and formation.
8. Theory of continuous welded rail.
9. Rail welding methods, long unwelded rails.
10. Continuous welded rail maintenance, failures.
11. Modern railway structure design.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of railway superstructure and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Esveld, C.: Modern Railway Track. MRT-Productions, Delft, 2001
Klimeš, F.: Železniční stavitelství II. SNTL Praha 1981
Plášek, Zvěřina, Svoboda, Mockovčiak: Železniční stavby. Železniční svršek a spodek. CERM 2004
Tyc, Kubát, Dostál, Havíř: Železniční stavby. Dh Press 1993

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Zvěřina, CSc.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Zvěřina, CSc.