Course Details

Transportation Structures

Academic Year 2024/25

NNB017 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-GK Winter Semester 2nd year

Transport terminology, basic terms, strategy and development of transport in the Czech Republic according to EU. Transport infrastructure and its relation to EU.
Development of world railway network. Development and characteristics of railway network within the Czech territory, organizing and maintenance structure of Czech Railways. The basic division of railway structures. Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions, track alignment design parameters for tilting trains. Geodesic survey of the spatial position of rail tracks, optimization tasks of rail spatial position, alignment and assurance of rail spatial position. Clearances, axial distances of rail tracks. Rail switch construction. Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers – basic terms. Construction of rail superstructure. Urban rail transport.
Characteristics of railway and highway network within CR, urban communications and airports, integrated transportation systems. Categories of roads and highways, local transport communications, detaching and parking areas. Routes of road communication, horizontal and vertical alignment, change of lateral declination. Width arrangement of land communications. Earth object and draining. Road and its construction. Safety devices.
Data collection for automatic projecting, projecting line structures with the help of computer techniques.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

The elementary basis of geodesy and information technology, knowledge of CAD systems.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of transport terminology, division, design and parameters of transport structures and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.
A student acquires skills in transport terminology, division, design and parameters of transport structures.

Basic Literature

PLÁŠEK, Otto, Pavel ZVĚŘINA, Richard SVOBODA a Milan MOCKOVČIAK. Železniční stavby: Železniční spodek a svršek. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004. ISBN 80-214-2621-7. (cs)
IŽVOLT, Libor a Stanislav HODÁS. Projektovanie, stavba, rekonštrukcia a modernizácia železničných tratí a staníc. Žilina: EDIS, 2020. ISBN 978-80-554-1703-5. (sk)
KRAJČOVIČ, Marián a Petr JŮZA. Dopravní stavby I: pozemní komunikace : návody na cvičení. Brno: VUTIUM, 1998. ISBN 80-214-1273-9. (sk)
KAUN, Miroslav a František LEHOVEC. Pozemní komunikace 20. Vyd. 2. přeprac. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2004. ISBN 80-010-2874-7. (cs)
KOTAS, Patrik. Dopravní systémy a stavby. Vyd. 2. V Praze: Nakladatelství ČVUT, 2007. ISBN 978-80-01-03602-0. (cs)

Recommended Reading

KAUN, Miroslav a František LEHOVEC. Pozemní komunikace 20. Vyd. 2. přeprac. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2004. ISBN 80-010-2874-7. (cs)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281983

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Transport terminology, basic terms, strategy and development of transport in the Czech Republic according to EU.
  • 2. Transport infrastructure and its relation to EU.
  • 3. Development of world railway network. Development and characteristics of railway network within the Czech territory, organizing and maintenance structure of Czech Railways.
  • 4. The basic division of railway structures. Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions, track alignment design parameters for tilting trains.
  • 5. Geodesic survey of the spatial position of rail tracks, optimization tasks of rail spatial position, alignment and assurance of rail spatial position.
  • 6. Track clearances, axial distances of rail tracks.
  • 7. Rail switch construction. Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers – basic terms.
  • 8. Construction of rail superstructure.
  • 9. Urban rail transport.
  • 10. Characteristics of railway and highway network within CR, urban communications and airports, integrated transportation systems. Categories of roads and highways, local transport communications, detaching and parking areas.
  • 11. Routes of road communication, horizontal and vertical alignment, change of lateral declination.
  • 12. Width arrangement of land communications. Earth object and draining. Road and its construction. Safety devices.
  • 13. Data collection for automatic projecting, projecting line structures with the help of computer techniques.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Rail track gauge
  • 2. Gauge widening.
  • 3. Cant, distance-related cant gradient, time-related cant gradient, cant deficiency.
  • 4. Specifying of the design of a section double track line.
  • 5. Calculations of track layout of a circular curve with transition curves.
  • 6. Reverse curves.
  • 7. Transition curves connecting two circular curves.
  • 8. Compound curves.
  • 9. Vertical track alignment.
  • 10.-12.. Drawings elaboration.
  • 13. Submitting of the design of a section of double track line.