Railway Engineering

Code:

PRODEC073

Acronym:

EF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Civil Eng. - Transport Infrastructures

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PRODEC	1	Syllabus since 2007/08	1	-	5	45	135

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

Knowledge
The student knows:
1. basic parameters of the geometric layout of railways;
2. railway superstructure and infrastructure;
3. aspects of operation and maintenance of the railway system
4. environmental and societal impacts of railway infrastructure.

Learning outcomes and competences

Skills
The student:
5. designs the layout of a railway line;
6. design the components of the railway superstructure;
7. characterize the condition of railways.


Competences
The student comprises:
8. the influence of rail transport on society;
9. the philosophy of railway maintenance.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Content
a) layout of the railway track;
b) switches;
c) design of the superstructure and the substructure elements of the railway ;
d) maintenance of railways: techniques and planning.


Demonstration of the coherence of the programmatic contents with the objectives of the curricular unit

The contents identified by a) and b) are updated by the objectives denominated by 1., 4., 5. and 8. The content c), with objectives 2. and 6. The content d) is updated with objectives 3., 4., 7. and 9

Mandatory literature

Profillidis, V.A.; Railway engineering. ISBN: 0-291-39828-6
Esveld, Coenraad; Modern railway track. ISBN: 90-800324-1-7
European Committee for Standardization; Railway applications/Track track geometry quality Part 1 Characterisation of track geometry EN 13848-1:2003 Applications ferroviaires
Oliveros Rives, Fernando; Tratado de ferrocarriles. ISBN: 84-7207-015-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methodologies

The teaching of this curricular unit will be done by lectures, guided readings, resolution of exercises / practical work. 

Demonstration of the coherence of the teaching methodologies with the learning objectives of the curricular unit

 

The scientific and technical knowledge will be developed, at the beginning of each subject to be addressed, in lectures. In these sessions, it is intended to develop students' competences and sensitize them to the importance of the themes in current real context.

Guided readings provide the basis for the scientific and technical knowledge presented in the lectures.

The accomplishment of exercises / practical work constitute strategies to update the objectives defined for the UC and to the understanding of the themes under study. The practical work allows the sharing of knowledge among students, the search for external information and, therefore, contact with reality. Their subsequent presentation to the group and their defense enhances the capacity for critical analysis.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	45,00
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho escrito	45,00
Total:	135,00

Eligibility for exams

The student is approved if his final grade is equal to or higher than 9.5 out of 20.

Calculation formula of final grade

CF = 0.5 EX + 0.5 TP

where: CF - final classification; TP - practical work; EX - practical exercise.

Classification improvement

The improvement of classification is done by exam.