Course: Bases of Transport Technologies

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Course title Bases of Transport Technologies
Course code KDPD/PZDTK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
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.
  • Graja Milan, doc. Ing. CSc.
  • Tesař Miroslav, doc. Ing. CSc.
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
  • unspecified - 12 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 16 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 120 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of learning it is to make students acquainted with bases of theory, construction and operation of transport technologies.
After passing the subject, students are familiar with principles of theory, construction and operation of transport technologies. They are acquainted with technical legislation, with basic parts of vehicles and traffic road, oriented in problems of supervision over technical state of vehicles, safety and ecology of transport operation.
Prerequisites
Students are supposed to have basic technical knowledge, obtained by study at high 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 ability to orientate themselves in problems of the subject. Actual 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.


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): Applied Informatics in Transport (2013) Category: Informatics courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Structures (2014) Category: Construction industry, geodesy and cartography 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Technology and Control: Technology and Control of Transport Systems (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Environmental Protection in Transport (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Technology and Control: Technology and Control of Transport Systems (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Electrical Engineering and Electronic Systems in Transport (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Technology and Control: Logistics Technologies (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Rail Vehicles (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Electrical Engineering and Electronic Systems in Transport (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Environmental Protection in Transport (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Technology and Control: Logistics Technologies (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Road Vehicles (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Management, Marketing and Logistics in Communications (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Management, Marketing and Logistics (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Rail Vehicles (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Management, Marketing and Logistics (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Rail Vehicles (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Electrical Engineering and Electronic Systems in Transport (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Technology and Control: Technology and Control of Transport Systems (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Applied Informatics in Transport (2014) Category: Informatics courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Road Vehicles (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Technology and Control: Logistics Technologies (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Road Vehicles (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Management, Marketing and Logistics (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Environmental Protection in Transport (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Structures (2016) Category: Construction industry, geodesy and cartography 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Applied Informatics in Transport (2016) Category: Informatics courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter