Course detail
Rail Vehicles
FSI-QK0 Acad. year: 2024/2025 Winter semester
The subject introduces students to the basic actions and requirements in the development of rolling stock, both from the point of view of the whole, and also with a focus on individual structural part, their purpose, principle of function, construction and current state of development. The theoretical, structural and operational aspects are monitored. Presentation materials of functional samples provided by industrial partners and experimental techniques in laboratories are used during teaching.
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Language of instruction
Czech
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-AAE-P: Advanced Automotiv Engineering, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 2 credits, elective
Programme N-ADI-P: Automotive and Material Handling Engineering, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 2 credits, elective
Type of course unit
Exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Rail Vehicles – history, key milestones, present
2. Nomenclature and terms used for rail vehicles, requirements for rail vehicles
3. Power transmission in rail vehicles drives
4. Auxiliary drives of rail vehicles
5. Construction of the housing of rail vehicles
6. The issue of space for passenger transport
7. Stability of the chassis movement in the track, primary and secondary suspension
8. The issue of wheel-rail contact
9. Axle construction
10. Issues of transmission and adjacent components
11. Trams and subway vehicles
12. High-speed rail vehicles
13. Development trends in the field of rail vehicles