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Railways I
CFDP47.00
Description
Lecture
  •  Railway infrastructure. 
  •  Traction calculations – forces acting on the train. 
  •  Equation of train motion – towable tonnage. 
  •  Calculation of running times. 
  •  Elements regarding railway line design and routes. Longitudinal profile. 
  •  Loading gauges, stations, basic concepts of traffic safety. 
  •  Elements of railway infrastructure. 
  •  Elements of railway superstructure. 
  •  Composition and geometric elements of the track. 
  •  Ballast prism. 
  •  Track switches and crossings. 
  •  Sectioning points. General concepts about stations. 
  •  Elements of station design.

Lab 
  •  Determination of the maximum rail joint gap for 5 types of rail. 
  •  Variation of the superelevation ramp for 3 types of transition curves. 
  •  Design of a railway route between two stations – site plan. 
  •  Design of a railway route between two stations – longitudinal profile. . 
  •  Design of a railway route between two stations – establishment of the standard cross-section. 
  •  Design of a railway route between two stations – current cross-sections. 
  •  Joint gap variation diagram as a function of temperature – short rails. 
  •  Ballast prism. 
  •  Design of the end of a railway station.
ECTS credits
4
Teaching Language
Română
Exam Language
Română
Support Materials Language
Română
Basic Learning Outcomes
  • Ability to design railroad lines.
    (F9_T2 - Basic learning outcome T2 (related to final LO F9) - CEB - Ability to design railroad lines.)
  • Ability to design the operation of infrastructures for modal interchange, such as ports, airports, railway stations and transport logistics centres. 
    (F9_T5 - Basic learning outcome T5 (related to final LO F9) - CEB - Ability to design the operation of infrastructures for modal interchange, such as ports, airports, railway stations and transport logistics centres. )
Final Learning Outcomes
  • Ability to design, construct, maintain, and manage TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 
    (F9 - CEB - Ability to design, construct, maintain, and manage TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS )
Course categorized
Managing Entity (faculty)
Faculty of Civil Engineering (UTCN)