Course Details

Railway Constructions II

Academic Year 2023/24

NNB014 course is part of 1 study plan

NPC-SIK Winter Semester 2nd year

Measuring technique and modelling. Introduction to transportation structures problems, hygiene standards and regulations. Aims and physical principles of measurements and devices. Types of measuring sensors, principles of electronic measurements of physical quantities. Multi-channel measurements, measuring software, principles of data recorded elaboration and proportional dependencies on various quantities. Measurements of mechanical and fatigue material properties within transportation structures, measurements, analyses and modelling of mechanical exertion, static and dynamic phenomena. Measuring, modelling and analysis of temperature and thermal fields.
Measurements and analyses of noise and trembling. Comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Prediction of noise levels from a road, rail transport and air transport. Modal analyses, comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Analyses of measurements. Project and analyses of anti-noise and anti-vibration measurements.
Dynamical analysis of rail track constructions. Dynamical models of rail track, critical train speed, the dynamical response on a vehicle, dynamical response on moving wheelset, vibration transmission between vehicle and rail track.
Application of advanced models by the method of final elements.
Stability of rail grid and alongside strength, diagonal and alongside resistance, modelling by the method of final elements.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of dynamical analysis of rail track constructions, measuring technique and modelling and stability of rail track and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.

Knowledge

A student acquires skills in dynamical analysis of rail track constructions, measuring technique and modelling and stability of rail track.

Syllabus

1. Measuring technique and modelling. Introduction into transportation structures problems, hygiene standards and regulations. Aims and physical principles of measurements and devices.
2. Types of measuring sensors, principles of electronic measurements of physical quantities.
3. Multi-channel measurements, measuring software, principles of data recorded elaboration and proportional dependencies on various quantities.
4. Measurements of mechanical and fatigue material properties within transportation structures.
5. Measurements, analyses and modelling of mechanical exertion, static and dynamic phenomena. Measuring, modelling and analysis of temperature and thermal fields.
6. Measurements and analyses of noise and trembling. Comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Prediction of noise levels from a road, rail transport and air transport.
7. Modal analyses, comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Analyses of measurements.
8. Design and analyses of anti-noise and anti-vibration measurements. Dynamical analysis of rail track constructions.
9. Dynamical models of rail track, critical train speed. Dynamical response on a vehicle, the dynamical response on moving wheelset, vibration transmission between vehicle and rail track.
10. Application of advanced models by the method of final elements. Stability of rail grid and alongside strength, diagonal and alongside resistance, modelling by the method of final elements.

Prerequisites

Railway substructure, subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers, construction and shape of the earth formation
Railway superstructure and modern railway structure design, the interaction between railway vehicle and track, static track design, switches, crossings and turnouts.
Basic principles of numerical computations, basic elementary problems of numerical mathematics.
Physics, vibrations, proper vibrations, the energy of harmonics vibrations, damped vibrations, forced vibrations, the addition of vibrations
Examination of the response of structures subjected to excitation, bases of the vibration theory, frequency domain analysis.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

6 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

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

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Measuring technique and modelling. Introduction into transportation structures problems, hygiene standards and regulations. Aims and physical principles of measurements and devices. 2. Types of measuring sensors, principles of electronic measurements of physical quantities. 3. Multi-channel measurements, measuring software, principles of data recorded elaboration and proportional dependencies on various quantities. 4. Measurements of mechanical and fatigue material properties within transportation structures. 5. Measurements, analyses and modelling of mechanical exertion, static and dynamic phenomena. Measuring, modelling and analysis of temperature and thermal fields. 6. Measurements and analyses of noise and trembling. Comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Prediction of noise levels from a road, rail transport and air transport. 7. Modal analyses, comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Analyses of measurements. 8. Design and analyses of anti-noise and anti-vibration measurements. Dynamical analysis of rail track constructions. 9. Dynamical models of rail track, critical train speed. Dynamical response on a vehicle, the dynamical response on moving wheelset, vibration transmission between vehicle and rail track. 10. Application of advanced models by the method of final elements. Stability of rail grid and alongside strength, diagonal and alongside resistance, modelling by the method of final elements.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

The exercises are presented in the following learning tasks: 1. Practical analysis of the measured data analysis in time, frequency and time-frequency plane. 2. Measurements of mechanical and fatigue material properties within transportation structures. 3. Measurements and analyses of noise and trembling, prediction of noise levels from a road, rail transport and air transport. 4. Modal analyses, comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. 5. Measurements, analyses and modelling of mechanical exertion. 6. Analyses of anti-noise and anti-vibration equipment. 7. Analyses of anti-vibration equipment. 8. Static and dynamic loading of the structures samples. 9. Measuring and analysis of temperature and thermal fields. 10. Dynamical analysis of rail track constructions. Teaching jobs are presented with the active participation of students.