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Railway Vehicles Operation

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Course Unit Code342-0545/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
S1I95Ing. Jaromír Široký, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student orientate in the area of a basic legislative requirements for operation road and rail vehicles. He acquaint oneself with a conditions and demand on rail vehicles driving and apply basic methodology by calculation of vehicles consumption and their power supply.
Course Contents
Partition track vehicle
Legislative frame of operation track vehicle
Railway driving vehicle - dependent traction
Traction motor - consumption, warming up
Railway driving vehicle - independent traction
Operating characterization vehicles , consumption, optimization
Choice whole vehicles
Operation special track vehicles
Control and driving railway vehicle
Modeling and operational simulation
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
http://homen.vsb.cz/~s1i95
Janza, F.: Vozidla elektrické trakce. Bratislava: Alfa Bratislava. 1983


Janza, F.: Vozidla elektrické trakce. Bratislava: Alfa Bratislava. 1983
Antonický, S.: Provoz kolejových vozidel. Bratislava: Alfa Bratislava, 1982
Antonický, S: Provoz železničních vozidel II. Bratislava. Alfa Bratislava, 1984
http://homen.vsb.cz/~s1i95

Recommended Reading:
http://homen.vsb.cz/~s1i95
Předpisy provozovatelů drážní dopravy
Famfulík a kol.: Lokomotivní simulátor. Ostrava: VŠB - TU Ostrava. 2010. Dostupný: http://www.id.vsb.cz/loksim/LS_skripta.htm
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 16