Subject Datasheet

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I. Subject Specification

1. Basic Data
1.1 Title
Highway and Railway Design
1.2 Code
BMEEOUVAI43
1.3 Type
Module with associated contact hours
1.4 Contact hours
Type Hours/week / (days)
Lecture 3
Seminar 2
1.5 Evaluation
Exam
1.6 Credits
5
1.7 Coordinator
name Dr. Ákos VINKÓ
academic rank Assistant professor
email vinko.akos@emk.bme.hu
1.8 Department
Department of Highway and Railway Engineering
1.9 Website
$@COURSEVIEWBYID*3584@$
https://edu.epito.bme.hu/course/view.php?id=3584
1.10 Language of instruction
english
1.11 Curriculum requirements
Compulsory in the Specialization in Infrastructure Engineering (BSc) programme
1.12 Prerequisites
  • Roads (BMEEOUVAT42)
1.13 Effective date
1 September 2022
2. Objectives and learning outcomes
2.1 Objectives
To get to know the role of rail and road transport, the planning and decision-making process for infrastructure investment, basic principles of alignment design, operation, and control. In addition, students can deepen their understanding in practice from the concrete cases.
2.2 Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student:
A. Knowledge
  1. will learn the alignment design principles of horizontal and vertical alignment on tramways
  2. will learn the layout design of tramway track connections, the application areas of turnouts,
  3. will learn the operation modes of tramway turnouts,
  4. will learn the widely applied tramway track superstructures and their construction methods
B. Skills
  1. will be able to identify the different types of track structures
  2. will be able to design the horizontal and vertical alignment of the tramway route.
  3. will be able to calculate and design track connections as well as select the proper turnout type
  4. will be able to use the loading gauge and kinematic envelope concepts in the design of tramway lines integrated into an urban landscape
  5. will be able to perform complex modeling tasks using CAD software,
  6. will be able to represent his digital model with a graphic representation that complies with the standard,
C. Attitudes
  1. cooperates with the tutor/lecturer and with fellow students, develops his/her co-working skills during the teamwork [HF1 – Homework 1.]
  2. continuously extends his/her knowledge.
  3. develops precise problem-solving skills.
D. Autonomy and Responsibility
  1. will be able to work autonomously and/or with individual research to complete his/her tasks.
  2. is open to the comments and critics of teachers and fellow students.
  3. co-operates with his/her fellow students.
  4. is able to think in a total system.
2.3 Methods
Lectures with slides, seminars, case studies, self-made small projects,
2.4 Course outline
Week Topics of lectures
1. The design process, phases: Feasibility study, Study Plan, Construction Plan. Content and formal requirements of plans
2. Elements and design of horizontal and vertical alignment (straight sections, transition curve, circular curve). Spatial coordination of horizontal and vertical alignment. Self-explaining roads.
3. Elements of the cross-section: rural and urban roads. Function and design. Facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
4. Traffic planning. At-grade intersections, elements of intersections.
5. Traffic regulation on rural roads: road signs and pavement markings, traffic lights.
6. Details of horizontal alignment elements: pavement edge rounding, compound curves, parking lots, stops of public transport services.
7. Traffic regulation on urban roads: traffic calming, traffic calming on through-passing sections, settlement gate.
8. Introduction: Rail transport systems and their classification. Basic Aspects of railway route (center line of track, center of alignment, structural and loading gauge, distance between track axes). Track layout guidelines, elements of the railway horizontal and vertical alignment;
9. Tramway route and line design I.: Railway Alignment Optimization in Tramway, analytical descriptions of· track geometry variations (flexible tramway track alignment design, distance variation between the axes of two tracks, comparison of multiple alignments)
10. Tramway route and line design II.: Tramstop and terminus Platforms layout design, track connections, tram depot (operational principles, Organisation of Space & Tasks)
11. Tramway Turnouts and crossings: standard turnout forms, design parameters, geometry, structural components
12. Modern Tramway Track Structures and its elements: conventional ballasted tracks, slab tracks, embedded rail system (Concepts and functionalities with mechanical-, / fastening based indirect-, / without Track gauge control), green track solutions, construction and maintenance technologies
13. Special railway systems in an urban area I: Cog railways, Cableways, Funiculars,
14. Special railway systems in an urban area II: monorail systems, and rubber-tired trams
Content and formal requirements of plans. I.
Week Topics of exercise classes
1. Study plan. Orientation on the map, forming neutral lines.
2. Study plan. Elements and design of the horizontal alignment.
3. Study plan. Elements and design of the vertical alignment.
4. Study plan. Elements and design of the cross-section.
5. Cross sections. Superelevation. Drainage. Horizontal curve with symmetrical and asymmetrical transition curves. Superelevation. Superelevation runoff.
6. Consultation - workshop
7. Designing the horizontal alignment of tramway tracks I.
8. Designing the horizontal alignment of tramway tracks II.
9. Turnouts, track connection, and tramstop platform design
10. Consultation - workshop
11. Cross-section design: Integrating Tramway System into the Urban Landscape
12. Content and formal requirements of plans. I.
13. Content and formal requirements of plans. II.
14. Consultation - workshop

The above programme is tentative and subject to changes due to calendar variations and other reasons specific to the actual semester. Consult the effective detailed course schedule of the course on the subject website.
2.5 Study materials

Lectures and slides.
2.6 Other information
Attendance of lectures is compulsory. The credits from the subject will be refused to students missing more than four times.
2.7 Consultation

Teachers are available for consultation during their office hours, as advertised on the department website.
This Subject Datasheet is valid for:
2023/2024 semester II

II. Subject requirements

Assessment and evaluation of the learning outcomes
3.1 General rules
The assessment of the learning outcomes is specified in clause 2.2. above and the evaluation of student performance occurs via two midterm tests, two homework, and a written exam in the exam period.
3.2 Assessment methods
Evaluation form Abbreviation Assessed learning outcomes
1. Midterm test ZH1
2. Midterm test ZH2 A.1-A.2; B.1-B.4; C.2
1. Projectwork HF1 C.1
2. Projectwork HF2 A.1-A.4; B.1-B.6
Written exam V A.1-A.4; B.1-B.6; C.1-C.3; D.1-D.4

The dates of deadlines of assignments/homework can be found in the detailed course schedule on the subject’s website.
3.3 Evaluation system
Abbreviation Score
HF1 15%
HF2 15%
ZH1 10%
ZH2 10%
V 50%
Sum 100%
3.4 Requirements and validity of signature
To be present at least 70% of the classes and seminars. The student must achieve a result of at least 50% (=performance threshold) separately for all performance evaluations carried out during the semester. submit the homework and receive a grade of at least pass of it.
3.5 Grading system
GradePoints (P)
excellent (5)P>87,5%
good (4)75%<=P<87,5%
satisfactory (3)62,5%<=P<75%
passed (2)50%<=P<62,5%
failed (1)P<50%
3.6 Retake and repeat
  1. The homework can be given with delay till a pre-defined date – usually one week later – by paying a fee.
  2. The homework given in and accepted can be amended till the pre-defined deadline without paying a fee.
  3. The two midterm tests can be repeated –without fee – at a previously determined date given in the course schedule. One midterm test can be repeated twice by paying a previously defined fee.
  4. The new result of the repeated test always overwrites the former results.
3.7 Estimated workload
Activity Hours/semester
contact hours 14×5=70
preparation for the projects 24
preparation for the tests 2×14=28
preparation for the exam 28
Sum 5x30=150
3.8 Effective date
1 September 2022
This Subject Datasheet is valid for:
2023/2024 semester II