Course detail

Diploma Seminar II

FAST-5N5Acad. year: 2019/2020

Preparing diploma thesis working up. Seminars for topical issues of railway structures and construction technology.
Expert systems in railway engineering and its usage. Recording car for catenary system. Reliability of railway bridges. Measurement of track clearances. Automatic train control system. Comparison rail transport and road transport from the point of view of air pollution. Anti-noise and anti-vibration measures used in European railway network.
Working out and defence seminar thesis with the same theme as diploma thesis.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

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, switches, crossings and turnouts, railway stations and junctions.

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.-3. Preliminary work on diploma thesis.
3.-8. Seminars for topical issues of railway structures and construction technology.
9.-13. Completion and defence seminar thesis with the same theme as diploma thesis.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is preparing diploma thesis and seminars for topical issues of railway structures and construction technology.

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

Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau. Hestra Verlag
Railway Track and Structures.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.