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.
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.
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
A repetition date will be offered in the first two weeks of the semester immediately consecutive.
Admission requirement
The written exercise during the Semester makes part of this lecture and is prerequisit for passing the exam. If the delivered exercise doen't fulfill the requirements, it can be resubmitted once.
Additional information on mode of examination
mündlich, 30 min, Gruppengrösse = 1 Person.
Learning materials
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Groups
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Restrictions
There are no additional restrictions for the registration.