Undergraduate Course: Railway Infrastructure Engineering 4 (CIVE10027)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course is intended to give the student a grounding in railway infrastructure engineering including railway track and other infrastructure. |
| Course description |
This course is intended to give students a grounding in railway infrastructure engineering.
Students will learn the basics of permanent way design for plain line and S&C, alignment design, along with related infrastructure such as earthworks, drainage, structures and gauging.
The course will provide a good introduction for anyone considering a career in railway civil engineering.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Equivalent engineering knowledge to pre-requisite. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- describe the main components of railway permanent way and their purpose
- carry out basic calculations for the design of railway permanent way and its alignment
- explain the main relationships between railway permanent way and other infrastructure such as earthworks
- interpret basic civil engineering concepts such as structural and geotechnical engineering in a railway context
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Reading List
Practical Railway Engineering 2nd Edition by Clifford F Bonnet, Imperial College Press 2008 ISBN 1-86094-515-5
Understanding Track Engineering ed and pub by the Permanent Way Institution 2014 ISBN 978-0-903489-04-1
Track Geotechnology and Substructure Management ET Selig and JM Waters Thomas Telford 1994 ISBN 978 0 7277 2013 9 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Health and Safety
Sketching
Calculating
Interpreting Design Problems
Application of Prior Learning in a New Context |
| Special Arrangements |
N/A |
| Keywords | Railway |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Martin Crapper
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Course secretary | Mr Craig Hovell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
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