Course detail

Railway Constructions I

FAST-CN01Acad. year: 2022/2023

Wheel – rail interface, wheelset and track dimensions, equivalent conicity, lateral movement of wheelset on straight track
Wheel – rail contact stresses, Hertz theory, adhesion and adhesion force, train resistances
Vehicle in curve, Vogel theory, Heumann theory, forces on wheelset, derailment condition
Track loads, vertical, lateral and longitudinal forces, influence of higher operation speed
Static track design, rail stresses, sleeper stresses, vertical stresses on ballast bed and formation, computer models
The rail, manufacturing, welding, testing and acceptance, rail failures, rail grinding
Switches and crossing, types, turnout parts. 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, junctions, sets of turnouts. Turnouts in curves.
High speed turnouts, development of new turnouts structures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

A student acquires skills in interaction between railway vehicle and track, static track design, switches, crossings and turnouts.

Prerequisites

Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions, railway track design.
Railway substructure, subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers, construction and shape of earth formation
Railway superstructure and modern railway structure design

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Wheel – rail interface, wheelset and track dimensions, equivalent conicity, lateral movement of wheelset on straight track
2. Wheel – rail contact stresses, Hertz theory, adhesion and adhesion force, train resistances
3. Vehicle in curve, Vogel theory, Heumann theory, forces on wheelset, derailment condition.
4. Track loads, vertical, lateral and longitudinal forces, influence of higher operation speed
5. Static track design, rail stresses, sleeper stresses, vertical stresses on ballast bed and formation, computer models
6. The rail, manufacturing, welding, testing and acceptance.
7. Rail failures, rail grinding.
8. Switches and crossing, types, turnout parts.
9. Geometry of set of switches and common crossings. Manufactured types and notation.
10. The single turnout, stock rail, switch rail (blade), common and crossings, sleepers, fastenings systems.
11. Operating and locking systems. Crossings and slip points.
12. Turnout collections. Cross overs, junctions.
13. Sets of turnouts. Turnouts in curves. High speed turnouts, development of new turnouts structures.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of interaction between railway vehicle and track, static track design, switches, crossings and turnouts and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Klimeš, F.: Železniční stavitelství II. SNTL Praha, 1981. (CS)
Tyc, Kubát, Dostál, Havíř: Železniční stavby. Dh Press, Bratislava, 1993. (CS)
Esveld, C.: Modern Railway Track. MRT-Productions, Delft, 2001. (EN)
Lichtberger, B.: Handbuch Gleis. Unterbau, Oberbau, Instandhaltung, Wirtschaftlichkeit.. Tetzlaff Verlag Hamburg, 2003. (DE)

Recommended reading

Markku Nummelin: Railway Turnouts. Finnish Rail Administration, 2003. (EN)
kol.: Wheel/Rail Safety. Blackwell Publishing, 2003. (EN)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Wheel – rail interface, wheelset and track dimensions, equivalent conicity, lateral movement of wheelset on straight track 2. Wheel – rail contact stresses, Hertz theory, adhesion and adhesion force, train resistances 3. Vehicle in curve, Vogel theory, Heumann theory, forces on wheelset, derailment condition. 4. Track loads, vertical, lateral and longitudinal forces, influence of higher operation speed 5. Static track design, rail stresses, sleeper stresses, vertical stresses on ballast bed and formation, computer models 6. The rail, manufacturing, welding, testing and acceptance. 7. Rail failures, rail grinding. 8. Switches and crossing, types, turnout parts. 9. Geometry of set of switches and common crossings. Manufactured types and notation. 10. The single turnout, stock rail, switch rail (blade), common and crossings, sleepers, fastenings systems. 11. Operating and locking systems. Crossings and slip points. 12. Turnout collections. Cross overs, junctions. 13. Sets of turnouts. Turnouts in curves. High speed turnouts, development of new turnouts structures.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Crossover in curve 2. Turnouts and crossings assembly 3. Vehicle in curve, Vogel theory, Heumann theory, forces on wheelset, derailment condition. 4. Static track design, 5. Stability of continuous railway track 6. Permanent way on bridges 7. Submitting of calculations and project, credit.