Accesories of Railway Vehicles

Lecturer:

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

Tutor:

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

Supervisor:

Department of Automotive, Combustion Engine and Railway

Synopsis:

Deepening the knowledge of designing accesories of Railway Vehiles and interiors of passager coach and dieselelectric oder electrics units, trams and subway cars.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1st week - Track internal combustion engines - technical specifications and characteristics, the fuel circuit.

2nd week - Cooling and lubrication of internal combustion engines for rail vehicles. Construction of coolers and heat exchangers.

3rd week - Basic types and characteristics of the auxiliary drives Rail-Vehicles. Methods of cooling power take-offs.

4th Week - Aerodynamics train, induced velocity, aerodynamics of high speed trains.

5th Week - Ride in the tunnel, pressure surges, passing trains, protection against climate pressure in the interior of the vehicle.

6th Week - Acoustics - Basic concepts, sound waves, noise of vehicles.

7th week - Methods and ways to measure noise in rail vehicles. Doppler effect. Silencing.

8th Week - Requirements to address vehicle interiors. Solution flooring, interior trim sides - noise and heat insulation.

9th Week - Seats - requirements, design, construction and installation in the vehicle interior. Luggage racks, room for wheelchairs and toilet.

10th week - the requirements for windows and doors for the rolling stock, design, construction. Ways to Door, safety according to EN 14 752nd Front and between doors, forward-looking relations, interior doors.

11th week - the requirements for rolling stock interior lighting, design, construction.

12th week - Technical requirements and methods of solution of air conditioning, ventilation and heating in the interior of vehicles.

13th Week - transition between cars - requirements, kinematics, construction.

Credit test.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Directive TSI, UIC and EN standards.

Magazines and corporate literature, as recommended by lecturer.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: