Railway Engineering
Component code / course code: BP 7.3-1
Semester: winter / summer
ECTS credits: 2
Lecture hours per week (SWS): 2
Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Schäfer
Course language: German with English on demand
Prerequisite: Knowledge of the contents of PB17 Road construction
Objectives (Learning Outcome): Students learn the fundamentals of planning and constructing railway facilities and linking different modes of transport. They have basic knowledge of railway law and knowledge of the railway superstructure, and the running dynamics of railways. They have the ability to plan and dimension components of the railway superstructure and can route railways. In addition, they have basic knowledge of (railway-specific) construction and planning law.
Lecture topics (content):
- Fundamentals of railway law
- Physical principles of railways, superstructure measurement, components of the track, forces on ballasted track and slab track
- Derivation of the boundary conditions for the routing from commercial, physiological and physical specifications
- Dimensioning of the routing elements taking into account their mutual influence
- Construction of the route in plan and elevation, taking into account guardrail cracks, constraint points and engineering structures
- Including points in the track plan
Teaching format (e.g. online/in person lecture/Seminar/Lab etc.): Lectures, tutorials
Examination: Presentation and course work
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