Railway Rolling Stock Running Gears

Course guarantor:

Tomáš Heptner

Lecturer:

Tomáš Heptner

Tutor:

Tomáš Heptner

Supervisor:

Department of Automotive, Combustion Engine and Railway Engineering

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:

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 2024/2025:

	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
Wed	roomT4:B1-714 Heptner T. 08:00–09:45 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice roomT4:B1-714 Heptner T. 09:45–10:30 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Dejvice
Thu
Fri	roomT4:B1-714 Heptner T. 09:00–10:30 (lecture parallel1) Dejvice

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• 06 109 NSTI DLTT 2012 zaměření KV (compulsory course in the program)