Valid for: 2012/13
Decided by: Education Board 4
Date of Decision: 2012-02-14
Compulsory for: IBYI3
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish
The aim of the course is for the students to understand railway planning and design processes and to apply the planning and design methods given by the course. They should also understand the importance of railway maintenance.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
For a passing grade the student must:
Give an account of railway planning and design processes
Give an account for track deterioration due to traffic
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
For a passing grade the student must:
From real and assumed prerequisites identify functional requirements and system requirements to the detail level “Feasibility study”.
Account for made analyses and deductions in a “Feasibility study”. The report must show the students ability to use the given planning methods and verification tools.
Be able to define a railway structure to the level of ”Design Basis” by further study of a chosen alternative.
Account for the results of project work in a final report to the level of ”Design Basis”. The report should define the technical solutions required to fulfil the functional requirements and system requirements.
From given economic prerequisites and considering Life Cycle Costs develop a maintenance strategy and specify a maintenance programme for the studied railway line.
Railway and environmental legislation
Requirements engineering
Cost/benefit analysis, effects and consequences
Descriptions of environmental consequences
Technical solutions
Traffic planning tools
The deterioration of railway constructions
Project work
Grading scale: TH
Assessment: Approved written assignments.
Required prior knowledge: VTVA35, VTVF35, VTVF45.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: VTVF25
Examinator: Ebrahim Parhamifar, Ebrahim.Parhamifar@tft.lth.se
Course coordinator: Ragnar Hedström, Järnvägsskolan, ragnar.hedstrom@trafikverket.se
Course coordinator: Anders Wretstrand, Anders.Wretstrand@tft.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.tft.lth.se/utbildning/grundutbildning/
Further information: The course is given at Järnvägsskolan Ängelholm.