Course: Selected Articles of the Vehicles Design II

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Course title Selected Articles of the Vehicles Design II
Course code KDPD/PSK2K
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lata Michael, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
View of adhesion models, extended adhesion mechanism, transversal-longitudinal characteristics. The influance of adhesion mechanism with drive dynamics. Driving vehicle wheelset, forces, torsion and bending moments analysis, for different drive types and different loading modes. Wheelset guiding and primary suspension - summary of types, construction layout, specification for driving vehicles, reserve parameters. Wheelset drives - summary of types, property and constructional design, kinematic and dynamic conditions, cooperation adhesive characteristics and propulsion characteristics, bases modeling and simulation of dynamic phenomenon at drive. Body case - undercarriage binding, suspension, type summary, construction layouts, strain analysis of selected parts of driving vehicle undercarriage. Safety and fort of body case. Choice technical arrangement. View of modern locomotives, units and light buildings vehicles. Time allowance, summary of subject matters.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Projection
Learning outcomes
The subject deeper apprice the students with construction layout of selected parts of driving railway vehicles, especially the designed and teoretical specifications.
Student is able to analyze the geometric and mechanic parameters of construction of driving railway vehicle mechanical parts. He´s able to solve the construction problems of railway vehicle undercarriage parts.
Prerequisites
The student has the elementary knowledges of mathematic, physic and mechanics and machine parts.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Creative work analysis

The obtain of inclusion is conditioned by participation at practice lessons with one enabled absence per semester and successful pass the inclusion test. The examination has the written part in test form and oral part.
Recommended literature
  • Lata, Michael. Konstrukce kolejových vozidel II. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2004. ISBN 80-7194-696-6.
  • ŠÍBA J. Konstrukce vozidel II - pojezd. Praha: ČVUT, 1991. ISBN 80-01-00615-8.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Rail Vehicles (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter