{"id":1775,"date":"2023-07-02T15:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T12:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/?post_type=course&#038;p=1775"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:41:59","slug":"%cf%83%cf%85%ce%b3016","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/www.civil.ihu.gr\/en\/courses\/%cf%83%cf%85%ce%b3016\/","title":{"rendered":"Design and Operation of Railway Transport Systems"},"author":6,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"semester":[42],"course_type":[14],"class_list":["post-1775","course","type-course","status-publish","hentry","semester-42","course_type-specialization"],"acf":{"code":"\u03a3\u03a5\u0393016","semester":42,"level":"1","teaching_activities":{"activity_1":{"description":"Lectures","weekly_hrs":4,"ects":5},"activity_2":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""},"activity_3":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""},"activity_4":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""},"activity_5":{"description":"","weekly_hrs":"","ects":""}},"type":14,"language":"\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac","erasmus":"\u038c\u03c7\u03b9","url":"","prerequisites":"","instructors":"","coordinator":"","content":"Railway and its capabilities, the railway transport system and its historical evolution\r\n\u2022 Power vehicles, diesel and electric traction,\r\n\u2022 Wheel rail interaction\r\n\u2022 Railway track elements\r\n\u2022 Railway track infrastructure\r\n\u2022 Railway track design\r\n\u2022 Railway technical projects, railway tunnels, railway bridges, embankments, trenches, drainage,\r\nnoise barriers and fences\r\n\u2022 Railway facilities, traffic signaling, railway electrification system, railway level crossings, railway\r\nlines, switches and crossings\r\n\u2022 Rolling stock, design, construction and operation of rolling stock, derailment of railway vehicles\r\n\u2022 High-speed trains, tilting trains, urban and suburban railway systems, rack railway\r\n\u2022 Elements of technical railway operators, train traffic management and traffic capacity\r\n\u2022 Elements of commercial rail operators, railway stations, organization and management of\r\npassenger and freight rail transport, mixed train traffic control and the effects in the design and\r\noperation of railway transport systems\r\n\u2022 Railway safety, European policy in rail transport, interoperability technical specifications.","goals":"Upon completing the course students should be able to collect data to design a railway transport\r\nsystem as well to define the level of service and safety provided and record the needs of an existing\r\none\r\n\u2022 To combine the previous data in order to define the parameters for the design or improvement of a\r\nrailway transport system\r\n\u2022 To implement the knowledge and data in order to calculate and design a new railway transport\r\nsystem and its components, to monitor, predict and manage the demand of an existing one\r\n\u2022 To analyze components and operations that compose a railway transport system, clarify and\r\nclassify them in terms of cost, quality and functional criteria.","skills":"The course contributes to the following skills:\r\n_Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology\r\n_Adapting to new situations\r\n_Decision-making\r\n_Project planning and management\r\n_Respect for the natural environment.","teaching_methods":"Face to face.","ict_usage":"Powerpoint presentations, e-learning platform for\r\neducational material","teaching_organization":{"activity_1":{"description":"Lectures","workload":52},"activity_2":{"description":"Individual study","workload":78},"activity_3":{"description":"","workload":""},"activity_4":{"description":"","workload":""},"activity_5":{"description":"","workload":""},"activity_6":{"description":"","workload":""}},"students_evaluation":"Final written exam (100%) which includes:\r\n- Open ended questions\r\n- Problem solving questions (exercises)\r\nThe evaluation criteria are presented in the 1st lecture of\r\nthe semester to all students. 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