Course detail

Selected Papers on Railway Structures I

FAST-5N6Acad. year: 2019/2020

Special parts of railway stations and junctions.
Shunting yards, development of sorting technology. Sets of tracks, types of marshalling yards. (Set of reception sidings. Hump, design of sets of tracks, longitudinal section of hump track. Set of sorting sidings. Set of departure sidings)
Dynamic estimation of hump track. Forming of section trains. Automation and mechanization of hump, technical equipment.
Depots, running shed. Vehicle depots, light repairs shops.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

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.
Railway superstructure and modern railway structure design, interaction between railway vehicle and track.

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. Passenger stations, types, technology, extent. Switch and track layout, equipment and efficiency.
2. Railhead and trough passenger stations.
3. Storage stations, technology, sets of tracks arrangement.
4. Equipment of storage stations
5. Shunting yards, functions, position in railway network.
6. Development of sorting technology.
7. Set of reception sidings. Hump, technical equipment, sets of tracks design.
8. Longitudinal section of hump track, dynamic estimation.
9. Set of sorting sidings.
10. Set of departure sidings, tracks for thoroughgoing trains.
11. Depots, running shed. Technology, arrangement of trackage.
12. Railway siding (factory, industrial), set of tracks, connection to railway stations, interchange tracks.
13. Railway junctions, passenger and goods traffic

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of railway junctions, passenger and goods traffic in them 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

Jirsák, Z.: Železničné stanice a uzly. Bratislava 1979
Klimeš, F.: Železniční stavitelství II. SNTL Praha 1981

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.