Railway Systems

Code:

SF01

Acronym:

SF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Civil construction and Civil engineering

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S (edição n.º 1)

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Railway Systems

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
SF	30	Syllabus	1	-	1,5	14	40,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Learning outcomes and competences

N/A

Working method

À distância

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

N/A

Program

N/A

Mandatory literature

Profillidis, V.A.; Railway engineering. ISBN: 0-291-39828-6
Esveld, Coenraad; Modern railway track. ISBN: 90-800324-1-7
António Fidalgo Couto; Apontamentos de Caminhos de Ferro (Teórica), 2009
Cecília Maria Nogueira Alvarenga Santos do Vale; Influência da qualidade dos sistemas ferroviários no comportamento dinâmico e no planeamento da m
CEN; EN 13848 -5 Railway applications - Track - Track geometry quality - Part 5: Geometric quality levels - Plain line, switches and crossings, CEN

Complementary Bibliography

Bonnett, Clifford F.; Practical railway engineering. ISBN: 1-86094-515-5
Andrews, H. I.; Railway traction. ISBN: 0-444-42489-X
American Railway Engineering Association 400; Manual for railway engineering
Oliveros Rives, Fernando; Tratado de ferrocarriles. ISBN: 84-7207-015-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

N/A

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese
Estudo autónomo	10,00
Frequência das aulas	14,00
Elaboração de projeto
Trabalho escrito	4,00
Total:	28,00

Eligibility for exams

N/A

Calculation formula of final grade

N/A

Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Internship work/project

N/A

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

N/A

Classification improvement

N/A

Observations

N/A