Course: Bases of Transport Technologies

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Course title Bases of Transport Technologies
Course code KDPD/PZDTE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Zikmund Tomáš, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Lata Michael, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Section of rail vehicles: Railway line. Main parts, main parameters. Railway vehicle, main parts. Railway's wheel set, relation wheel set - track. Powers between wheel set and tracks. Ride in straight-ahead track. Vehicle driving in curve track. Road resistance, speed-tractive-effort curve. Brakes of railway's vehicles. Standardization, normalization, operation and maintenance. Section of road vehicles: Introduction, category and types of road and specialized vehicles, road vehicles in operation. Basic parts of motor vehicles. Vehicle frame, spring suspension and damping, axles, wheels and tires. Steering, steering geometry, braking equipments, hydraulic and air brakes. Driving engine, gearing mechanism, principles of vehicle movement dynamics. Cabin - accessories and equipments, traffic road. Supervision over technical state of the road vehicles, safety and ecology of operation. Vehicle production, recycling of end of life vehicles.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Demonstration, Projection
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of theory, construction and operation of transport technologies.
After completing the course students are knowledgeable of principles of theory, construction and operation of transport technologies. They are acquainted with technical legislation, with basic parts of vehicles and traffic road. They know about problems of supervision over technical state of vehicles, safety and ecology of transport operation.
Prerequisites
Students are supposed to have basic technical knowledge, obtained while studying at secondary school.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Work-related product analysis, Discussion

During the semester and at the examination students must demonstrate understanding of solved problems and prove knowledge of problems of the subject. Particular requirements will be announced at the first week of the semester.
Recommended literature
  • Vyhláška č. 302/2001 Sb. Ministerstva dopravy a spojů o technických prohlídkách a měření emisí vozidel, ve znění dalších předpisů..
  • Vyhláška č. 341/2002 Sb. Ministerstva dopravy a spojů o schvalování technické způsobilosti a o technických podmínkách provozu vozidel na pozemních komunikacích, ve znění dalších předpisů..
  • Zákon č. 56/2001 Sb. o podmínkách provozu vozidel na pozemních komunikacích, ve znění dalších předpisů..
  • Culek, Bohumil. Základy dopravní techniky I : železniční doprava. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 1996. ISBN 80-7194-052-6.
  • Douda, Pavel. Pozemní dopravní prostředky. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2002. ISBN 80-01-02441-5.
  • Stodola, Jiří. Úvod do konstrukce silničních vozidel. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 1996. ISBN 80-7194-067-4.
  • Zdeněk Jan, Bronislav Ždánský. Výkladový automobilový slovník. Brno: Vydavatelství Computer Press, 2006. ISBN 80 251 1147 4.


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