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Vehicles Operation

Language of instruction angličtina, čeština
Code 342-0396
Abbreviation PDP
Course title Vehicles Operation
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator Ing. Michal Richtář, Ph.D.

Summary

The graduate will be able to describe the legislative conditions for the operation of railway and road vehicles and explain the power supply and control system of railway vehicles, including the operation of special tracks. He will be able to categorize road vehicles according to the ECE, describe the procedure for approving the suitability for operation (homologation, MOT, emission measurement) and evaluate the level of active and passive safety of a vehicle based on crash tests. He will be able to independently process and defend calculation assignments and seminar work focused on the operation of a selected group of transport vehicles.

Literature

PRASAD, Priya a Albert I. KING. Vehicle Crashworthiness and Occupant Protection. Warrendale, PA, USA: SAE International, 2022. ISBN 978-1-4686-0422-1 .
LI, Qunzhan. Modern Traction Power Supply. Singapore: Springer, 2026. ISBN 978-981-92-0866-1 .
BRENNA, Morris, Federica FOIADELLI a Dario ZANINELLI. Electrical Railway Transportation Systems. Hoboken, NJ, USA: IEEE Press / Wiley, 2018. ISBN 978-1-119-38680-3 .
PYRGIDIS, Christos N. Railway Transportation Systems: Design, Construction and Operation. 2. vyd. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0-367-49421-6 .
Railway Act as amended.
Decree 173 of the Ministry of Transport as amended.

Doporučená literatura

Seiffert, U., Wech, L. Automotive Safety Handbook, SAE International, ISBN 978-0768009125 , 2023.
European Parliament and Council, "Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles as regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users," Official Journal of the European Union.
ZHOU, M., X. LI a Y. ZANZ. Design and Kinematic Analysis of Rack Railway Drive Systems under Extreme Slopes. Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science [online]. 2020, roč. 234, č. 14, s. 2845–2859 [cit. 2026-07-21]