Course detail

Transportation Structures

FAST-HN51Acad. year: 2022/2023

Transport terminology, basic terms, strategy and development of transport in the Czech Republic according to EU. Transport infrastructure and its relation to EU.
Development of world railway network. Development and characteristics of railway network within the Czech territory, organizing and maintenance structure of Czech Railways. Basic division of railway structures. Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions, track alignment design parameters for tilting trains. Geodesic survey of spatial position of rail tracks, optimization tasks of rail spatial position, alignment and assurance of rail spatial position. Clearances, axial distances of rail tracks. Rail switch construction. Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers – basic terms. Construction of rail superstructure. Urban rail transport.
Characteristics of railway and highway network within CR, urban communications and airports, integrated transportation systems. Categories of roads and highways, local transport communications, detaching and parking areas. Routes of road communication, horizontal and vertical alignment, change of lateral declination. Width arrangement of land communications. Earth object and draining. Road and its construction. Safety devices.
Data collection for automatic projecting, projecting line structures by help of computer techniques.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

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 acquires skills in transport terminology, division, design and parameters of transport structures.

Prerequisites

Elementary basis of geodesy and information technology, knowledge of CAD systems.

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. Transport terminology, basic terms, strategy and development of transport in the Czech Republic according to EU.
2. Transport infrastructure and its relation to EU.
3. Development of world railway network. Development and characteristics of railway network within the Czech territory, organizing and maintenance structure of Czech Railways.
4. Basic division of railway structures. Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions, track alignment design parameters for tilting trains.
5. Geodesic survey of spatial position of rail tracks, optimization tasks of rail spatial position, alignment and assurance of rail spatial position.
6. Track clearances, axial distances of rail tracks.
7. Rail switch construction. Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers – basic terms.
8. Construction of rail superstructure.
9. Urban rail transport.
10. Characteristics of railway and highway network within CR, urban communications and airports, integrated transportation systems. Categories of roads and highways, local transport communications, detaching and parking areas.
11. Routes of road communication, horizontal and vertical alignment, change of lateral declination.
12. Width arrangement of land communications. Earth object and draining. Road and its construction. Safety devices.
13. Data collection for automatic projecting, projecting line structures by help of computer techniques.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of transport terminology, division, design and parameters of transport structures 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

Ďurčanská, Bezák, Gavulová, Mahdalová, Radimský, Řezáč, Smělý: Mestské komunikácie. EDIS, 2011. (SK)
Krajčovič. M: Dopravní stavby I.. VUTIUM, 1998. (CS)
Plášek, Zvěřina, Svoboda, Mockovčiak: Železniční stavby. Železniční spodek a svršek. CERM, 2007. (CS)

Recommended reading

ESVELD, Coenraad: Modern Railway Track. MRT - Production, 2001. ISBN 90-800324-3-3. (EN)
Plášek, O.: Železniční stavby. Návody do cvičení. CERM, 2002. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-GK Master's

    branch GD , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Transport terminology, basic terms, strategy and development of transport in the Czech Republic according to EU. 2. Transport infrastructure and its relation to EU. 3. Development of world railway network. Development and characteristics of railway network within the Czech territory, organizing and maintenance structure of Czech Railways. 4. Basic division of railway structures. Track alignment design parameters and its spatial positions, track alignment design parameters for tilting trains. 5. Geodesic survey of spatial position of rail tracks, optimization tasks of rail spatial position, alignment and assurance of rail spatial position. 6. Track clearances, axial distances of rail tracks. 7. Rail switch construction. Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers – basic terms. 8. Construction of rail superstructure. 9. Urban rail transport. 10. Characteristics of railway and highway network within CR, urban communications and airports, integrated transportation systems. Categories of roads and highways, local transport communications, detaching and parking areas. 11. Routes of road communication, horizontal and vertical alignment, change of lateral declination. 12. Width arrangement of land communications. Earth object and draining. Road and its construction. Safety devices. 13. Data collection for automatic projecting, projecting line structures by help of computer techniques.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Otto Plášek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Rail track gauge and gauge widening 2. Cant, distance-related cant gradient, time-related cant gradient, cant deficiency. Specifying of design of a section double track line. 3. Calculations of track layout of a circle curve with transition curves 4. Compound curves. Transition curves connecting two circular curves. Reverse curves. 5. Vertical track alignment 6. Drawings elaboration 7. Submitting of design of section of double track line.