Course: Principles of Transport Technology and Control

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Course title Principles of Transport Technology and Control
Course code KTRD/PZTRK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
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)
  • Široký Jaromír, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to the study of transport, basic terms, position in society. Transport legislative, transport and its status. Transport process, transportation output and structure, aggregated indicators. Railway transport I. - introduction, characteristic, technical base. Train schedule (timetable graphic) - characteristic, construction. Railway transport II. - technology, information systems. Road transport I. - introduction, characteristic, technical base. Road transport II. - technology, information systems. Water transport - introduction, characteristic, technical base, technology. Air transport - introduction, characteristic, technical base, technology. Combined transport - introduction, characteristic, technical base, technology. City public transport - introduction, characteristic, technical base, technology. Logistic technologies - transport-logistic centres. Spare time, subject summary.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with basics of particular kinds of transport, their technologies and processes of operating.
After passing, student is able to characterise particular kind of transport, describe their technology, advantages, disadvantages. He is known with fundamental processes of operating of transport.
Prerequisites
It is expected routine mastery of individual modes of transport, their technology and control process.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

The examination in the subject (its form, content and duration) is determined in compliance with the Study and Examination Regulations of the University of Pardubice.
Recommended literature
  • Český normalizační institut. ČSN 01 85 00 Názvosloví v dopravě. Praha, 1989.
  • Daněk, Jan. Základy dopravy. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2003. ISBN 80-248-0410-7.
  • Široký, J. a kol. Technologie dopravy. Pardubice, 2013. ISBN 978- 80- 86530-91.
  • Široký J. a kol. Základy technologie a řízení dopravy. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-85630-29-9.
  • Široký, J., Cempírek, V., Gašparík, J. Transport Technology and Control. Tribun EU, Brno, 2014. ISBN 978-80-263-0711-2.
  • Široký. J. Základy technologie a řízení dopravy - Studijní opora. Univerzita Pardubice, 2011.
  • Široký, J. Základy technologie dopravy. PowerPrint Praha, 2007. ISBN 80-86530-37-X.
  • Široký, Jaromír. Technologie dopravy. Pardubice: Institut Jana Pernera, 2011. ISBN 978-80-86530-78-9.


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): 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 Technology and Control: Technology and Control of Transport Systems (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Applied Informatics in Transport (2014) Category: Informatics courses 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: Winter
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: 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: Winter
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: 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: 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: Winter
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: Winter
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: Winter
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 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 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 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: Road Vehicles (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
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 (2013) Category: Informatics courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
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 (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 (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 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
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Structures (2013) Category: Construction industry, geodesy and cartography 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: 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: Winter
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