Course: Rudiments of Railway Signalling

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Course title Rudiments of Railway Signalling
Course code KEEZ/PZZTK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Ouředníček Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Definition of railway signaling equipment (ZZ). Disorders, principles of providing technical safety, life cycle ZZ. The risk analysis. Interaction Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS). Optical signaling physical principle, the light signal. Control and monitoring of mobile units itineraries, turnout conclusion, point machine. Detecting the presence and absence of vehicles, track circuits, axle counters, vehicle sensors. Information Processing relay circuits, electronic circuits. Secure transmission of information closed and an open communication system. Station ZZ, basic functions, examples of real systems. Route and crossing ZZ, basic functions, examples of real systems. Train ZZ, basic functions, examples of real systems. Interoperability. The European Rail Traffic Management System. Innovation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the theoretical foundations of security in general and its hedging using electronic systems. Another objective is to provide basic information about the individual elements of railway signaling equipment in the middle level of detail and basic information about railway signaling systems.
After graduating from a student to a critical approach to the evaluation and acceptance of risk has knowledge of the inherent redundancy and reaction bezpečnosti.Má overview of the elements for railway signaling technology and basic information about security systems.
Prerequisites
The knowledge of mathematics, physics, electrical engineering and electronics. It is also necessary that the student had incorporated the basic information about the organization of rail transport.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Student must during the semester and the final exam solved problems demonstrate the ability to understand and critically evaluate and solve. Requires the development of short term paper on an assigned topic. Specific requirements shall tutor students at the beginning of the semester.
Recommended literature
  • Chudáček V. a kol. Železniční zabezpečovací technika. Praha, 2005.
  • Chudáček V., Kyjovský V., Lochman L. Detekce kolejových vozidel. ČD VÚZ Praha, 1997.
  • Poupě, O. a kol. Zabezpečovací technika v železniční dopravě II. díl. NADAS Praha, 1990.
  • Zahradník, Jiří. Bezpečnosť železničných zabezpečovacích systémov. Žilina: EDIS - vydavatel'stvo ŽU, 2004. ISBN 80-8070-296-9.


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): Electrical Engineering and Electronic Systems in Transport (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Electrical Engineering and Electronic Systems in Transport (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter