Superstructure and Substructure

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	227-0452/02
Abbreviation	ŽSS
Course title	Superstructure and Substructure
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Transport Constructions
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jan Petrů, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

- Theoretical foundations - track, rail vehicle operating load tracks
- Methods of calculating the bearing capacity of the railway superstructure, course load bearing capacity and assessment of the individual elements of railway superstructure
- Geometric and structural parameters of the track
- Construction of adhesive track and the cog track, tools for increasing of the track stability
- Switches, crossings
- Special structures in the track (check rail, protective tracks)
- Structural adjustment at level crossings, bridges, cleaning and browsing pits, rail scales and rail brakes
- Continuous welded track - theoretical foundations, progressions the stresses, conditions for setting
- Diagnostics of railway superstructure (inspections, manual measurements, measuring vehicles, non-destructive testing)
- Construction of the railway superstructure of tramway and metro
- Construction of special tracks (funicular railways, crane ways, mining tracks)
- Principles of design and implementation of railway infrastructure development in conditions affected by mining activity and floodplains
- Solid figure of railway substructure - Construction of sleeper subsoil and railway substructure, protection of slopes, the transition the railway substructure on bridges
- Drainage of railway lines and stations, drainage structures and equipment (culverts, inverted siphons, siphon tubes, overflows, chutes). Buildings of railway substructure. Protective equipment and buildings.

E-learning

LMS Moodle (VŠB-TUO): 2270452 Superstructure and Substructure

Literature

- ESVELD, Coenraad. Modern railway track. 2nd ed. Zaltbommel: MRT Productions, c2001. ISBN 90-800324-3-3.
- Practical Guide To Railway Engineering, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA), 2003.
- TZANAKAKIS, Konstantinos. The railway track and its long term behaviour: a handbook for a railway track of high quality. Berlin: Springer, c2013. ISBN 978-3-642-36050-3.

Advised literature

- EEN ISO 3095 Railway applications – Acoustics – Measurement of noise emitted by railbound vehicles.
- EN 16272-3-2 Railway applications — Track — Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation — Test method for determining the acoustic performance — Part 3-2: Normalized railway noise spectrum and single number ratings for direct field applications.
- EN 16272-6 Railway applications — Track — Noise barriers and related devices acting on airborne sound propagation — Test method for determining the acoustic performance — Part 6: Intrinsic characteristics — In situ values of airborne sound insulation under direct sound field conditions.
- EN 15273-1:2013 - Railway applications – Gauges – Part 1: General – Common rules for infrastructure and rolling stock
- EN 13848-6:2013 - Railway applications - Track — Track geometry quality — Part 6: Characterisation of track geometry quality

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