Ulrich Alois Weidmann: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016 |
Name | Prof. Dr. Ulrich Alois Weidmann |
Field | Verkehrssysteme |
Address | VP Infrastruktur ETH Zürich, OCT H 59 Binzmühlestrasse 130 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
Telephone | +41 44 632 05 91 |
weidmann@sl.ethz.ch | |
Department | Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
Relationship | Full Professor |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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101-0415-AAL | Railway Infrastructures (Transportation II) Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement. Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit. | 3 credits | 4R | U. A. Weidmann | |
Abstract | Fundamentals of railroad technology and interactions between track and vehicles, network development and infrastructure planning, planning of rail infrastructure, planning and design of railway stations, construction and dimensioning of tracks, approval and beginning service on complex infrastructure facilities, special issues of maintenance. | ||||
Learning objective | Teaches the basic principles of public transport network and topology design, geometrical design, dimensioning and construction as well as the maintenance of rail infrastructures. Teaches students to recognize the interactions between the infrastructure design and the production processes. Provides the background for Masters degree study. | ||||
Content | (1) Fundamentals: Infrastructures of public transport systems; interaction between track and vehicles; passengers and goods as infrastructure users; management and financing of networks; railway standards and normes. (2) Infrastructure planning: Planning processes and decision levels in network development and infrastructure planning, planning of railway tracks and rail topologies; planning of the passenger parts of stations. (3) Infrastructure design: Fundamentals of the layout of a line; track geometry; switchs and crossings; design of station platforms. (4) Construction of railway infrastructures: Assembly and evolution of the railway track; elements of the railway track; dimensioning of the track; track stability. (5) Approval and beginning service on complex infrastructure facilities: Definitions and limitations; fundamentals of the legal situation; test and approval processes; processes of putting railway systems into operation. (6) Maintenance of railway infrastructures: Fundamentals of infrastructure maintenance; kinds of depreviations; supervision methods; steps of infrastructure maintenance; estimation of maintenance need; methods to minimize maintenance costs. | ||||
Lecture notes | The relevant literature for self-studies will be announced. Course notes and slides will be provided in German in addition to this. | ||||
Literature | An additional list of literature will be given during the course. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | No remarks. | ||||
101-0415-01L | Railway Infrastructures (Transportation II) | 3 credits | 2G | U. A. Weidmann | |
Abstract | Fundamentals of railroad technology and interactions between track and vehicles, network development and infrastructure planning, planning of rail infrastructure, planning and design of railway stations, construction and dimensioning of tracks, approval and beginning service on complex infrastructure facilities, special issues of maintenance. | ||||
Learning objective | Teaches the basic principles of public transport network and topology design, geometrical design, dimensioning and construction as well as the maintenance of rail infrastructures. Teaches students to recognize the interactions between the infrastructure design and the production processes. Provides the background for Masters degree study. | ||||
Content | (1) Fundamentals: Infrastructures of public transport systems; interaction between track and vehicles; passengers and goods as infrastructure users; management and financing of networks; railway standards and normes. (2) Infrastructure planning: Planning processes and decision levels in network development and infrastructure planning, planning of railway tracks and rail topologies; planning of the passenger parts of stations. (3) Infrastructure design: Fundamentals of the layout of a line; track geometry; switchs and crossings; design of station platforms. (4) Construction of railway infrastructures: Assembly and evolution of the railway track; elements of the railway track; dimensioning of the track; track stability. (5) Approval and beginning service on complex infrastructure facilities: Definitions and limitations; fundamentals of the legal situation; test and approval processes; processes of putting railway systems into operation. (6) Maintenance of railway infrastructures: Fundamentals of infrastructure maintenance; kinds of depreviations; supervision methods; steps of infrastructure maintenance; estimation of maintenance need; methods to minimize maintenance costs. | ||||
Lecture notes | Course notes will be provided in German. Slides are made available some days before each lecture. | ||||
Literature | References to technical literature will be included in the course script. An additional list of literature will be given during the course. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | No remarks. | ||||
101-0415-99L | Railway Infrastructures (Transportation II) | 3 credits | 2G | U. A. Weidmann | |
Abstract | Fundamentals of railroad technology and interactions between track and vehicles, network development and infrastructure planning, planning of rail infrastructure, planning and design of railway stations, construction and dimensioning of tracks, approval and beginning service on complex infrastructure facilities, special issues of maintenance. | ||||
Learning objective | Teaches the basic principles of public transport network and topology design, geometrical design, dimensioning and construction as well as the maintenance of rail infrastructures. Teaches students to recognize the interactions between the infrastructure design and the production processes. Provides the background for Masters degree study. | ||||
Content | (1) Fundamentals: Infrastructures of public transport systems; interaction between track and vehicles; passengers and goods as infrastructure users; management and financing of networks; railway standards and normes. (2) Infrastructure planning: Planning processes and decision levels in network development and infrastructure planning, planning of railway tracks and rail topologies; planning of the passenger parts of stations. (3) Infrastructure design: Fundamentals of the layout of a line; track geometry; switchs and crossings; design of station platforms. (4) Construction of railway infrastructures: Assembly and evolution of the railway track; elements of the railway track; dimensioning of the track; track stability. (5) Approval and beginning service on complex infrastructure facilities: Definitions and limitations; fundamentals of the legal situation; test and approval processes; processes of putting railway systems into operation. (6) Maintenance of railway infrastructures: Fundamentals of infrastructure maintenance; kinds of depreviations; supervision methods; steps of infrastructure maintenance; estimation of maintenance need; methods to minimize maintenance costs. | ||||
Lecture notes | Course notes will be provided in German. Slides are made available some days before each lecture. | ||||
Literature | References to technical literature will be included in the course script. An additional list of literature will be given during the course. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | No remarks. | ||||
101-0419-00L | Railway Construction and Maintenance | 4 credits | 4G | U. A. Weidmann, P. Güldenapfel, M. Kohler, M. J. Manhart, further speakers | |
Abstract | Track geometry including calculation and measuring as well as related data systems; interaction between track and vehicles, vehicle dynamics, stress; track construction including special features of railway bridges and tunnels; track diagnostics and forcast; track maintenance and related methods | ||||
Learning objective | The lecture gives a deeper insight into track geometry, 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. | ||||
Content | Track geometry including calculation and measuring as well as related data systems; interaction between track and vehicles, vehicle dynamics, stress; track construction including special features of railway bridges and tunnels; track diagnostics and forcast; track maintenance and related methods | ||||
Lecture notes | The slides will be made available. | ||||
Literature | A list with related technical literature will be handed out. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | The lecture Railway Infrastructures (Transportation II) is recommended. | ||||
101-0427-01L | System and Network Planning | 6 credits | 4G | U. A. Weidmann | |
Abstract | Public transports in the context of the transport systems; customer needs in the transport market; service planning processes for regular public transport services; long distance, regional and urban public transport service strategies; access to public transport and the last mile | ||||
Learning objective | Students will develop a basic knowledge of all stages of the public transport planning process from market demand to service planning; they will understand the most relevant planning methods and will be able to use them | ||||
Content | (1) Fundamentals of system and network planning: Mobility and transport systems; public transport systems; customer needs versus supply characteristics of regular services. (2) System and network planning in public passenger services: Goals of the system and network planning; generic planning process; demarcation, analysis of the situation, setting of targets; design of public transport services; evaluation and optimization; system planning. (3) Public transport services: long distance service offers; suburban and urban service offers; regional and local service offers; access to public transport and the last mile. | ||||
Lecture notes | A script in German will be provided for the course. The slides are made available. | ||||
Literature | References to technical literature will be included in the course script. An additional list of literature will be given during the course. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | No remarks. | ||||
101-0449-00L | Management, Marketing, Quality Does not take place this semester. | 6 credits | 4G | U. A. Weidmann | |
Abstract | Transport and administrative policy, international and national regulation, business management of public transport companies, marketing, advertising and pricing; quality management | ||||
Learning objective | Comprehension of the transport and administrative policy as well as of the regulation of public transport companies. To develop a full understanding of the three important public transport system operations management processes: (1) Business management; (2) Marketing; (3) Quality control. The course will teach essential working techniques in each of these processes. | ||||
Content | (1) Transport and administrative policy: Goals of the state related to public transports, governmental activities in public transport, regulation. (2) Business management in public transport enterprises: goals of public transport companies, goals of the business management; management of public transport on the different management levels, business organization. (3) Marketing, advertising and pricing: Fundamentals and goals; marketing strategies and concepts in public transports; marketing tools; putting marketing into action. (4) Quality control: Quality in transport systems; goals of quality management; structuring quality control measures; collecting quality data in an operating service; use of quality control systems for service optimization. | ||||
Lecture notes | Course notes will be provided in German. Slides will be made available. | ||||
Literature | References to technical literature will be included in the course script. An additional list of literature will be given during the course. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | Lectures System and Network Planning as well as Systems Dimensioning and Capacity recommended. | ||||
101-0467-01L | Transport Systems Only for master students, otherwise a special permisson by the lecturers is required. | 6 credits | 4G | U. A. Weidmann, K. W. Axhausen, M. Menendez, M. Sinner | |
Abstract | History, impact and principles of the design and operation of transport systems | ||||
Learning objective | Introduction of the basic principles of the design and operation of transport systems (road, rail, air) and of the essential pathways of their impacts (investment, generalised costs, accessibilities, external effects) | ||||
Content | Transport systems and land use; network design; fundamental model of mobility behaviour; costs and benefits of mobility; transport history Classification of public transport systems; Characteristics of rail systems, bus systems, cable cars and funiculars, unconventional systems; introduction to logistics; fundamentals of rail freight transports; freight transport systems; intermodal transportation Network layout and its impact on road traffic. Traffic control systems for urban and inter-urban areas. Fundamentals of road safety and infrastructure maintenance. | ||||
Lecture notes | Lecturer notes and slides as well as hints to further literature will be given during the course. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | Obligatory lecture for students of the first semester of MSc Spatial development and Infrastructure Systems. Remark: parts of the lecture will be given in German. | ||||
101-0479-00L | Safety and Reliability of Railway Systems | 3 credits | 3G | U. A. Weidmann, A. Bomhauer-Beins, O. Fink, M. Montigel | |
Abstract | Railway safety policies and safety concepts, command and control technologies for railways, optimization systems, European Train Control System, reliability availability maintainability safety (RAMS) of railway systems. | ||||
Learning objective | The students comprehend the main principles of safety, reliability and optimization for railway systems and understand the basic concepts of command and control technologies for railways. | ||||
Content | Railway safety strategies o Safety in public transport o Safety relevant characteristic of railway transport o Safety requirements for railway transport o Safety concepts Command and control technologies for railway systems o protective functions o ensure the sequence/spacing of trains o ensure route protection o ensure level crossing protection o technical realization for protective functions o European Train Control System operational command/control systems o dispatching o operational control systems o concepts of optimization RAMS for railway systems o accident investigation methods o RAMS standards for railways o risk analysis and hazard control o RAMS methods o design principles for availability and safety o maintenance strategies o Life Cycle Costs (LCC) o Human Factor o safety in long railway tunnels tutorials in Railway Operation Laboratory field trip to Siemens Wallisellen (command and control technologies) | ||||
Lecture notes | The slides will be provided in German. | ||||
Literature | References will be included in the lecture notes. An additional list of literature will be given during the course. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | some of the tutorials will be held at the IVTs Railway Operation Laboratory. The lecture Systems Dimensioning and Capacity is recommended. | ||||
103-0817-00L | Geomatics Seminar | 4 credits | 2S | M. Rothacher, K. W. Axhausen, A. Geiger, A. Grêt-Regamey, L. Hurni, M. Raubal, B. Scholl, U. A. Weidmann, A. Wieser | |
Abstract | Introduction to general scientific working methods and skills in the core fields of geomatics. It includes a literature study, a review of one of the articles, a presentation and a report about the literature study. | ||||
Learning objective | Learn how to search for literature, how to write a scientific report, how to present scientific results, and how to critically read and review a scientific article | ||||
Content | A list of themes for the literature study are made availabel at the beginning of the semester. A theme can be selected based on a moodle. | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | Agreement with one of the responsible Professors is necessary |