Course detail
Railway Structures 2
FAST-BN002Acad. year: 2018/2019
Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers – basic terms. Ballast bed and formation – bearing capacity, stress distribution, types and design of railway substructure, construction layers.
Construction and shape of earth formation, earth formation drainage, diagnostic methods and assessment, failures and repair works. Earth formation – embankments, cuttings and combinations, earth formation slope and its protection
Geological and geophysical prospecting, repairing works, diagnostic methods, improving of bearing capacity and stability of railway earth formation
Railway superstructure, structure development, rails, rail joints, sleepers, ballast bed, rail fastening systems.
Construction of continuous welded rail, rail welding methods, continuous welded rail maintenance.
Switches and crossing, types, turnout parts. Terms, geometry of set of switches and common crossings. Manufactured types and notation.
The single turnout, stock rail, switch rail (blade), common and crossings, sleepers, fastenings systems. Operating and locking systems. Crossings and slip points.
Turnout collections. Cross overs, connection of parallel track.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Strength and elasticity of materials, basic principles of structural mechanics.
Railway track design and subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Acquisition of the credit is conditional on attendance, delivery of a design of section of the railway track, including the construction of the superstructure and substructure and submitting of all calculations.
Course curriculum
2. Design of construction layers in compliance with SŽDC S4 regulation, DORNII method, protection against frost.
3. Geosynthetics. Improved and stabilized soils. Earth formation.
4. Earth formation slope and its stability. Protection of embankments and cuts. Earth formation drainage.
5. Diagnostic methods and assessment, failures and repair works.
6. Railway superstructure, structure development, rails.
8. Assembly of rail joints. Sleepers.
9. Construction of continuous welded rail, rail welding methods. Continuous welded rail maintenance.
10. Rail fastening systems.
11. Switches and crossing, types, turnout parts. Terms, geometry of set of switches and common crossings. Manufactured types and notation.
12. The single turnout, stock rail, switch rail (blade), common and crossings, sleepers, fastenings systems. Operating and locking systems. Crossings and slip points.
13. Turnout collections. Cross overs, connection of parallel track.
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Basic literature
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Syllabus
2. Design of construction layers in compliance with SŽDC S4 regulation, DORNII method, protection against frost.
3. Geosynthetics. Improved and stabilized soils. Earth formation.
4. Earth formation slope and its stability. Protection of embankments and cuts. Earth formation drainage.
5. Diagnostic methods and assessment, failures and repair works.
6. Railway superstructure, structure development, rails.
8. Assembly of rail joints. Sleepers.
9. Construction of continuous welded rail, rail welding methods. Continuous welded rail maintenance.
10. Rail fastening systems.
11. Switches and crossing, types, turnout parts. Terms, geometry of set of switches and common crossings. Manufactured types and notation.
12. The single turnout, stock rail, switch rail (blade), common and crossings, sleepers, fastenings systems. Operating and locking systems. Crossings and slip points.
13. Turnout collections. Cross overs, connection of parallel track.
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. Design of constructive layers and their evaluation according to Railway Infrastructure Administration regulation, DORNII method, frost protection.
3. Earth formation, drainage, walls
4. Drawings, format and content
5. Technical report, consultations
6. Project submitting. Design of track geometry parameters optimization
7. Review of track superstructure components.
8. Jointed rail, assembly of rails in curves.
9. Continuous welded rail
10. Basic dimensions of turnouts.
11. Transformation of turnouts.
12. Crossovers, design of branching into parallel tracks
13. Submitting of calculations, credit.