Course Details
Permanent Way Theory
Academic Year 2024/25
DNB018 course is part of 4 study plans
DKA-K Summer Semester 1st year
DPA-K Summer Semester 1st year
DKC-K Summer Semester 1st year
DPC-K Summer Semester 1st year
Students are introduced in details to the track-vehicle interaction, the wheel-rail interaction, the theory of static and dynamic design and estimation of railway superstructure, switches and crossings in introductory lectures and seminars. Themes are focused on track upgrading with respect to speed and axle load increasing.
Credits
8 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
summer
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
examination
Entry Knowledge
Structural mechanics, nonlinear mechanics, dynamics of civil structures, numerical mathematics, physics.
Railway structures, switches, railway track geometry components and alignment, the design of railway tracks and stations, switches and crossings.
Railway structures, switches, railway track geometry components and alignment, the design of railway tracks and stations, switches and crossings.
Aims
The objective of the subject is to deepen knowledge in permanent way theory with respect to theme of PhD thesis.
Basic Literature
ESVELD, Coenraad. Modern railway track. 2nd ed. Zaltbommel: MRT-Productions, c2001. ISBN 90-800-3243-3. (en)
LICHTBERGER, Bernhard. Track compendium: track system, substructure, maintenance, economics. 2. Hamburg: DVV Media Group, 2011. ISBN 978-3-7771-0421-8. (en)
Vertical Elasticity of Ballasteless Track. Paris: UIC, 2008. ISBN 2-7461-1396-1. (en)
DARR, Edgar. Feste Fahrbahn: Konstruktion, Bauarten, Systemvergleich feste Fahrbahn - Schotteroberbau. Hamburg: Tetzlaff Verlag, 1999. ISBN 38-781-4700-7. (de)
LICHTBERGER, Bernhard. Track compendium: track system, substructure, maintenance, economics. 2. Hamburg: DVV Media Group, 2011. ISBN 978-3-7771-0421-8. (en)
Vertical Elasticity of Ballasteless Track. Paris: UIC, 2008. ISBN 2-7461-1396-1. (en)
DARR, Edgar. Feste Fahrbahn: Konstruktion, Bauarten, Systemvergleich feste Fahrbahn - Schotteroberbau. Hamburg: Tetzlaff Verlag, 1999. ISBN 38-781-4700-7. (de)
Recommended Reading
AL]., edited by Felix Schmid ... [et]. Best practice in wheel-rail interface management for mixed-traffic railways. Birmingham: University of Birmingham Press, 2010. ISBN 978-095-2999-737. (en)
FRÝBA, Ladislav. Dynamika železničních mostů. Praha: Academia, 1992, 326 s. ISBN 80-200-0262-6. (cs)
FRÝBA, Ladislav. Dynamika železničních mostů. Praha: Academia, 1992, 326 s. ISBN 80-200-0262-6. (cs)
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
- 1. Introduction and preparation of study literature.
- 2.-6. Introductory lectures.
- 7.–10. Seminars for an appointed theme.
- 11.–13. Completion seminar thesis with the appointed theme.