Course detail

Railway Structures II

FAST-0N2Acad. year: 2020/2021

Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers. (Railway track structure, basic terms, division of structures. Ballast bed and formation – bearing capacity, stress distribution, types and design of railway substructure. Construction layers of railway substructure).
Construction and shape of earth formation, earth formation drainage, diagnostic methods and assessment, failures and repair works. (Protection of ballast bed and formation. Earth formation – embankments, cuttings and combinations. Earth formation slope and its protection. Geological and geophysical prospecting, repairing works. Diagnostic methods. Repairing methods. Improving of bearing capacity and stability of railway earth formation).

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

Soil mechanics, stability analysis of slope, earth pressures, soil compaction, improvement of soil properties, stabilization.
Strength and elasticity of materials, basic principles of structural mechanics.
Basic terms, division of railway structures. Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions – basic terms.

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.Subdivision and construction of rail substructure.
2.Construction layers – basic terms.
3.Types and design of railway substructure.
4.Ballast bed and formation – bearing capacity, stress distribution.
5.Protection of railway superstructure against frost effects.
7.Construction and shape of earth formation, embankments.
8.Cuttings and combinations.
9.Earth formation slope and its protection.
10.Earth formation drainage.
11.Diagnostic methods and assessment, failures and repair works.
12.Geological and geophysical prospecting, repairing works.
13.Diagnostic methods, improving of bearing capacity and stability of railway earth formation

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers, construction and shape of earth formation, earth formation drainage, diagnostic methods and assessment, failures and repair works 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

Klimeš, F.: Železniční stavitelství I. SNTL Praha 1978
Plášek, O.: Železniční stavby. Návody do cvičení. CERM 2002
Plášek, Zvěřina, Svoboda, Mockovčiak: Železniční stavby. Železniční svršek a spodek. CERM 2004

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Zvěřina, CSc.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Zvěřina, CSc.