Course: Railway Vehicle Construction II

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Course title Railway Vehicle Construction II
Course code KDPD/PKK2K
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester 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.
Course content
Introduction to driving railway vehicles. Adhesion problematic of driving railway vehicles. Drive wheelset of driving vehicles. Axle bearings of driving vehicles. Gearboxes. Power transmissions of driving vehicles. Power transmissions of driving vehicles. Wheelset guiding and primary suspension. Body case - bogie binding and secondary suspension. The alternations of vertical axle forces dependence on the traction force function. Wheelset driving of driving vehicles. Wheelset driving of driving vehicles. Bogies of driving 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
Apprise the students with driving railway vehicles, the requirements of construction these vehicles, and specifications their building, especially the undercarriage of railway vehicles.
Student is cognizant of the basic construction layout of driving railway vehicle, understands of the function of separate parts and is ables to basic construction project of separate parts of driving railway vehicle undercarriage.
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 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 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer