Course detail

Field Training

FAST-BN03Acad. year: 2013/2014

Optimization project of section of railway line. Geodetic surveying of track alignment, earth formation and engineering structures, evaluation of horizontal and vertical alignment. Design of new geometry components, laying out of new track alignment, laying out respective of fixed points. Practical application of diagnostic methods, static and dynamic loading test. Characteristic cross sections, design and estimation of substructure layers. Railway superstructure diagram. Geometry layout of standard turnout, precise levelling of vertical alignment. Geodetic surveying of section of railway station. GPS surveying principles and methods. GPS practice with different apparatus sets. Calculation of bearing capacity of bridge structure. Working out of technical drawings.
Terrain mapping with GPS methods. Levelling of road route with standard optical automatic level instrument. Design of the road reconstruction. Terrain and present situation surveying. Reconstruction plan - horizontal and vertical alignment, width disposition and cross sections. Design of a crossroad and a parking lot on concrete local conditions. Practical geodetic layout of the designed road project, GPS methods usage for road route layout. Practical application of diagnostic methods e.g. static loading plate, drill core, visual inspection and classification according to TP82 - Catalog of flexible pavement malfunctions, unevenness measuring with 4 meter beam, roughness of road surface - evaluating of macrotexture with sand grain.
Field presentation of basic methods of geotechnical survey, bore log documentation, exploratory set G10, light dynamic penetration, interpretation of engineering geological survey.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

A student improves acquires knowledge and skills in railway structures, road structures and soil mechanics in practical lessons during field training. The objective of the subject is to practise acquires knowledge and skills in field of design track geometry parameters and track layout, design of section of road in geodetic surveying material. Student is practically introduced to methods of geotechnical prospecting and assessment of steel and concrete bridges.

Prerequisites

Geodesy in Civil Engineering, coordinate systems, geodetic computations, measurement of directions and angles, distance measurements, height systems, height measurements, setting out of buildings, roads and railways, maps
Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions, railway track design, subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers.
Complete highway route design, computation of highway geometry.
Soil mechanics, classification of soils for engineering purposes.

Co-requisites

Railway track geometry components and alignment, assessment of deviations of track geometry parameters during construction works and acceptance process or operation and maintenance, track spatial arrangements, construction of rail substructure and its arrangement. Road construction materials, its use for particular layers, system of testing. Design of steel structures on the base of experiment results. Realization and evaluation of experiments.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Students work in groups (8 – 10 students) and a goal is practical application of theoretical knowledge. The students' work is completed by specified individual work with the active participation of students. Excursions to the construction sites or to manufacturers are organized.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The course is completed with a credit, whose acquisition is conditional on delivery of complex projects which includes road and railway structures, geotechnical prospecting, diagnosis of road pavement, steel and concrete bridges.

Course curriculum

Day 1-3 Geodetic surveying of track alignment, earth formation and engineering structures, evaluation of horizontal and vertical alignment. Design of new geometry components. Geometry layout of standard turnout, precise levelling of vertical alignment. Geodetic surveying of section of railway station.
Day 4-7 Terrain and present situation surveying. Reconstruction plan - horizontal and vertical alignment, width disposition and cross sections. Design of a crossroad and a parking lot on concrete local conditions. Practical application of diagnostic methods e.g. static loading plate, drill core, visual inspection and classification according to TP82 - Catalogue of flexible pavement malfunctions, unevenness measuring with 4-meter beam, roughness of road surface - evaluating of macrotexture with sand grain.
Day 8 Field presentation of basic methods of geotechnical survey, bore log documentation, exploratory set G10, light dynamic penetration, interpretation of engineering geological survey. Calculation of bearing capacity of bridge structure.
Day 9 Laying out of new track alignment, laying out respective of fixed points. Practical application of diagnostic methods, static and dynamic loading test.
Day 10 Practical geodetic layout of the designed road project.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to practise acquires knowledge and skills in railway structures, road structures and soil mechanics in practical lessons during field training.

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

A student can attend excursions focused on railway structures or construction sites.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Coenraad Esveld: Modern Railway Track. MRT-Productions, 2001. (EN)
Kádner, Skalický, Novák, Biňovec: Železniční geodézie a kartografie. NADAS, Praha, 1985. (CS)
kol.: British Railway Track. The Permament Way Institution, 1993. (EN)
Plášek, Zvěřina, Svoboda, Mockovčiak: Železniční stavby. Železniční svršek a spodek. CERM, 2004. (CS)
Vlasák a kol.: Výhybky a výhybková spojení. NADAS, Praha, 1983. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Field training

240 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Day 1-3 Geodetic surveying of track alignment, earth formation and engineering structures, evaluation of horizontal and vertical alignment. Design of new geometry components. Geometry layout of standard turnout, precise levelling of vertical alignment. Geodetic surveying of section of railway station.
Day 4-7 Terrain and present situation surveying. Reconstruction plan - horizontal and vertical alignment, width disposition and cross sections. Design of a crossroad and a parking lot on concrete local conditions. Practical application of diagnostic methods e.g. static loading plate, drill core, visual inspection and classification according to TP82 - Catalogue of flexible pavement malfunctions, unevenness measuring with 4-meter beam, roughness of road surface - evaluating of macrotexture with sand grain.
Day 8 Field presentation of basic methods of geotechnical survey, bore log documentation, exploratory set G10, light dynamic penetration, interpretation of engineering geological survey. Calculation of bearing capacity of bridge structure.
Day 9 Laying out of new track alignment, laying out respective of fixed points. Practical application of diagnostic methods, static and dynamic loading test.
Day 10 Practical geodetic layout of the designed road project.