Course syllabus
Course-PM
MMS180 Railway technology lp2 HT22 (7.5 hp). Course is offered by the department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences
Course literature (except for the text books) and other supporting material will be available in the Files section in the folder Course literature.
Teachers
- Prof Anders Ekberg Examiner, 031-772 3480, Anders.Ekberg@chalmers.se
- Prof Elena Kabo, 031 772 1302, Elena.Kabo@chalmers.se
- Prof Jens Nielsen, 031 772 1501, Jens.Nielsen@chalmers.se
- Doc Björn Pålsson 031 772 1491, Bjorn.Palsson@chalmers.se
Course content
The course is divided into four parts, with content, and supporting literature as follows:
- The societal role of the railway
This includes perspectives on market, system, economics and environment
- Overview of railway systems
This part relates to both track and vehicles and deals with both current and future (potential) systems.
- Operational loads and related deterioration phenomena
Provides an overview of operational loads on railways, and the relations to design and maintenance status. Introduces railway dynamics and discusses mechanisms, consequences and possibilities for prediction of loading and subsequent deterioration/safety risks of different parts of the railway system with focus to loads generated in the wheel–rail interface.
- Asset management from a railway perspective
Provides an overview of the ISO 55000 standard for asset management with focus on how to manage railway assets subjected to mechanical deterioration. This involves discussions on different modes of deterioration and risk analyses.
Course literature
- Evert Andersson, Mats Berg, Sebastian Stichel & Carlos Casanueva (2018) Rail systems and rail vehicles Part 1: Rail systems, KTH, Sweden.
- Evert Andersson, Mats Berg, Sebastian Stichel & Carlos Casanueva (2018) Rail systems and rail vehicles Part 2: Rail vehicles, KTH, Sweden.
- Elena Kabo, Anders Ekberg & Björn Pålsson (2022) Selected topics in railway mechanics with focus on deterioration Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (available for download)
- Anders Ekberg & Elena Kabo (2022) Key parameters and requirements for track health monitoring and prediction, CHARMEC, Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (available for download)
- Anders Ekberg & Elena Kabo (2022) Asset management – A brief introduction with focus on the ISO 55000 standard and mechanical deterioration of railway related assets, Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (available for download)
Some links to movies shown at the lectures
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