Course detail

Environment and Trasportation Structures

FAST-BN91Acad. year: 2009/2010

Introduction into transportation structures problems, hygiene standards and regulations. Aims and physical principles of measurements and devices. Types of measuring sensors, principles of electronical measurements of physical quantities.
Multi-channel measurements, measuring software, principles of data recorded elaboration and proportional dependencies on various quantities. Measurements of mechanical and fatigue material properties within transportation structures, measurements, analyses and modelling of mechanical exertion, static and dynamic phenomena. Measuring, modelling and analysis of temperature and thermal fields.
Measurements and analyses of noise and trembling. Comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Prediction of noise levels from road, rail transport and air transport. Modal analyses, comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Analyses of measurements. Project and analyses of anti-noise and anti-vibration measurements. Rail defects – measurement, analysis, classification. Track recording cars.
Atmosphere contamination originate from road and railway transport, measurement and computation of emission. Roughness measurement, measurement of longitudinal and lateral deformations of road surface, recording cars for alignment measurement and for measurement of road surface properties. Measurement of road bearing capacity, modelling and bearing estimation, complex measurement utilisation for maintenance and renewal of roads.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Railway Structures and Constructions (ZEL)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

A student acquires skills in hygiene standards and regulations, measurements and analyses of noise and trembling measurements, design and analyses of anti-noise and anti-vibration structures, environment contamination originate from road and railway transport.

Prerequisites

Physics

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction into transportation structures problems, hygiene standards and regulations. 2. Aims and physical principles of measurements and devices.
3. Types of measuring sensors, principles of electronical measurements of physical quantities.
4. Multi-channel measurements, measuring software, principles of data recorded elaboration and proportional dependencies on various quantities.
5. Measurements of mechanical and fatigue material properties within transportation structures, measurements, analyses and modelling of mechanical exertion, static and dynamic phenomena.
6. Measuring, modelling and analysis of temperature and thermal fields.
7. Measurements and analyses of noise and trembling. Comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Prediction of noise levels from road, rail transport and air transport.
8. Modal analyses, comparison of measuring and modelling techniques. Analyses of measurements.
9. Design and analyses of anti-noise and anti-vibration measurements.
10. Rail defects – measurement, analysis, classification. Track recording cars.
11. Atmosphere contamination originate from road and railway transport, measurement and computation of emission.
12. Roughness measurement, measurement of longitudinal and lateral deformations of road surface, recording cars for alignment measurement and for measurement of road surface properties.
13. Measurement of road bearing capacity, modelling and bearing estimation, complex measurement utilisation for maintenance and renewal of roads.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the subject is to introduce students to the problems of hygiene standards and regulations, measurements and analyses of noise and trembling measurements, design and analyses of anti-noise and anti-vibration structures, environment contamination originate from road and railway transport 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

Berndt: SoundPlan - Users Manual. Braunstein GmbH, 2007.
C. Smetana: Hluk a vibrace. Sdělovací technika, 2002.
M. Liberko: Hluk v životním prostředí. Ministerstvo životního prostředí, 2005.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch K , 3 year of study, summer semester, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer