Czech

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Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

A student acquires skills in construction and shape of earth formation, drainage of railway substructure, design of constructive layers and their evaluation. The student is introduced in geotechnical prospecting and other diagnostic methods. The student also acquires skills in railway superstructure, its components and modern structures and recent technical development. The student also introduces to switches and crossings and learns design of turnout assemblies.

Soil mechanics, stability analysis of slope, earth pressures, soil compaction, improvement of soil properties, stabilization.
Strength and elasticity of materials, basic principles of structural mechanics.
Railway track design and subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers

Physical-mechanical and technological properties of the rock and geological environment. Design of prestressed concrete structural elements.

Teaching is kept in a form lectures, seminars and individual consultations. The students' work is completed by specified individual work, work assigned for individual study with the active participation of students and students' work with LMS Moodle. Excursions to the construction sites or to manufacturers are organized.

The course is completed with a credit and exam. Exam consists of two parts - practical, in which a student designs characteristic cross-section of railway track and theoretical, in which answers questions regarding the construction of the superstructure and substructure.
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.

1. Construction and shape of earth formation, embankments.
2. Cuttings and combinations.
3. Earth formation slope and its protection.
4. Earth formation drainage.
5. Diagnostic methods and assessment, failures and repair works. Geological and geophysical prospecting, repairing works.
6. Diagnostic methods, improving of bearing capacity and stability of railway earth formation
7. Railway superstructure, structure development.
8. Rails, rail joints.
9. Sleepers, ballast bed.
10. Rail fastening systems.
11. Static track design – track loads and track analysis.
12. Theory of continuous welded rail, rail welding methods, long unwelded rails. Continuous welded rail maintenance, failures.
13. Modern railway structure design.

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The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of Construction and shape of earth formation, railway superstructure and subdivision and modern railway structure design and to practise acquires knowledge and skills.

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

A student can attend conferences, workshops or excursions focused on railway structures.

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Coenraad Esveld: Modern Railway Track. MRT- Productions, 2001. (EN)
Klimeš, F.: Železniční stavitelství I. SNTL Praha, 1978. (CS)
kol.: British Railway Track. The Permanent Way Institution, 1993. (EN)
Plášek, O.: Železniční stavby. Návody do cvičení. CERM, 2002. (CS)
Plášek, Zvěřina, Svoboda, Mockovčiak: Železniční stavby. Železniční spodek a svršek. CERM, 2007. (CS)
Plášek, Zvěřina, Svoboda, Mockovčiak: Železniční stavby. Železniční svršek a spodek. CERM, 2004. (CS)

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