Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Road Planning and design 2 Course code: SAO2 | 8 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study: 2
Semester: 4
Requirements: Completed pre-exams from the course Road planning and design 1
Goal: The objective of the course is mastering problem solving and characteristics of rail transport, the officialfacilitiesata railway line, the elements of the permanent way structure and its maintenance, elements of railroadgeometry and basics of design, construction and maintenance of railroads.
Outcome: The curriculum allows students to successfully master theoretical and practical parts of the course such as work on parts of the project in a bureau and at the field. Students are trained for basic calculations, for work on project completion. He is also trained for work execution, professional supervision during the execution, as well as for maintenance works.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1. Properties of rail transport, History, Corridor 10, Classification of railways,Official facilitiesat a railway line.
  2. Elements of superstructure. Rails, construction, types, rail joints, rail design,rail fittings: fastenings, joints and additional accessories. Sleepers, wooden and concrete. Ballast and track systems, Switches and types of switches. Labelling switches.
  3. Cross section of a railway line. Free railway road profile, Cargo and light profiles of the facilities on a railway line.Track gauge. Normal cross-sections. Slope gradients.
  4. Location layout of a railway. Elements of alignmentin a plan and profile. Circular arcs and transition curvatures. Design of main elements of circular arcs and transition curvatures.
  5. Longitudinal profile of a railway line. Gradient of a railway. Change of finish level gradient with the design. Superelevation of outer rail in a curvature. Transition ramp for superelevation.
  6. Project designof a railway line. General Design, Preliminary Design. Final design.
  7. Organization and technology of work execution. Evidence of measures. Bill of quantities and priced bill of quantities. Network plan and Ghantt chart. Orthogonal plans. Technical requirements for the construction of railway lines.
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
  1.  The content of theoretical instruction transfered into practical application through exercises and practical exercises in teachingbases.
Textbooks and References
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures: 2
Practical classes: 2
Other types of classes: 0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
10
activities on practial excersises
0
seminary work
40
colloquium
0
Final exam
Points
Written exam
40
Oral exam
10