Railway Rolling Stock Running Gears

Lecturer:

Josef Kolář (gar.), Tomáš Heptner (gar.)

Tutor:

Josef Kolář (gar.), Tomáš Heptner (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Automotive, Combustion Engine and Railway

Synopsis:

Concepts of rail vehicle running gears. Basic theory, concepts and design of related subsystems

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Classification, terminology, basic design requirements.

Wheelsets. Wheel profiles.

Axle bearings, wheelset guiding.

Vertical suspension.

Steel springs - coil and leaf springs.

Rubber suspension elements.

Air suspension elements and systems.

Lateral suspension.

Bogie frames.

Running gears and bogies for passenger cars.

Running gears and bogies for freight wagons.

Braking systems.

Coupling and coupling devices

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Concepts of rail vehicle running gears. Basic theory, concepts and design of subsystems related

Study materials:

Maruna, Z., Hoffmann, V., Koula, J., Kroupová, Z.: Metodika konstruování kolejových vozidel - osobní a nákladní podvozky, ES ČVUT Praha, 1988, Šíba, J.: Kolejová vozidla II - pojezd, ES ČVUT Praha, 1991

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomT4:B1-714 Heptner T. 07:15–08:45 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice Knihovna K221-714roomT4:B1-714 Heptner T. 09:00–09:45 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice Knihovna K221-714
Fri	roomT4:B1-714 Heptner T. 07:15–08:45 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice Knihovna K221-714
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: