Ulrich Alois Weidmann: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2022

Name Prof. Dr. Ulrich Alois Weidmann
FieldVerkehrssysteme
Address
VP Infrastruktur
ETH Zürich, OCT H 59
Binzmühlestrasse 130
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 632 05 91
E-mailweidmann@sl.ethz.ch
DepartmentCivil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
101-0419-02LRailway Infrastructures 22 credits2GU. A. Weidmann, P. Güldenapfel, M. Kohler, M. J. Manhart
AbstractTrack geometry including calculation and measuring as well as related data systems; clearance profiles; interaction between track and vehicles, vehicle dynamics, stress; track construction including special features of railway bridges and tunnels; environmental aspects in track construction; track diagnostics and forcast; track maintenance and related methods
Learning objectiveThe lecture gives a deeper insight into track geometry including clearance profile, the interaction between track and vehicles as well as in construction and dimensioning of the track. Methods for the diagnosis of the state of the track and its forcast are shown. State-of-the-art maintenance strategies and technologies are presented.
Content1 - Track geometry
Track geometry including calculation and measuring as well as related data systems; clearance profiles

2 - Interaction
Interaction between track and vehicles, vehicle dynamics

3 - Railway Track
Stress; track construction including special features of railway bridges and tunnels

4 - Environmental aspects in track construction
Fundamentals; noise protection; vibration protection

5 - Diagnostics, maintenance strategies
Track diagnostics and forcast; maintenance strategies

6 - Track maintenance
Fundamentals of track maintenance and related methods
Lecture notesThe slides will be made available.
Text book: Weidmann Ulrich / Bahninfrastrukturen: Planen - entwerfen - realisieren - erhalten
LiteratureA list with related technical literature will be handed out.
Prerequisites / NoticePrerequisite: 101-0419-01 Railway Infrastructures 1 (FS)
364-1058-00LRisk Center Seminar Series0 credits2SH. Schernberg, D. Basin, A. Bommier, D. N. Bresch, S. Brusoni, L.‑E. Cederman, P. Cheridito, F. Corman, H. Gersbach, C. Hölscher, K. Paterson, G. Sansavini, B. Stojadinovic, B. Sudret, J. Teichmann, R. Wattenhofer, U. A. Weidmann, S. Wiemer, M. Zeilinger, R. Zenklusen
AbstractThis course is a mixture between a seminar primarily for PhD and postdoc students and a colloquium involving invited speakers. It consists of presentations and subsequent discussions in the area of modeling complex socio-economic systems and crises. Students and other guests are welcome.
Learning objectiveParticipants should learn to get an overview of the state of the art in the field, to present it in a well understandable way to an interdisciplinary scientific audience, to develop novel mathematical models for open problems, to analyze them with computers, and to defend their results in response to critical questions. In essence, participants should improve their scientific skills and learn to work scientifically on an internationally competitive level.
ContentThis course is a mixture between a seminar primarily for PhD and postdoc students and a colloquium involving invited speakers. It consists of presentations and subsequent discussions in the area of modeling complex socio-economic systems and crises. For details of the program see the webpage of the colloquium. Students and other guests are welcome.
Lecture notesThere is no script, but a short protocol of the sessions will be sent to all participants who have participated in a particular session. Transparencies of the presentations may be put on the course webpage.
LiteratureLiterature will be provided by the speakers in their respective presentations.
Prerequisites / NoticeParticipants should have relatively good mathematical skills and some experience of how scientific work is performed.