CE 533 Railroad Facilities Design and Analysis
*Note: This class is only taught during the Spring Semesters.
Principles of railroad locations, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and operation with emphasis on track structure design and analysis, bridges and bridge loading, drainage considerations, track geometry effects,and operating systems analysis.
Lecture: MWF 9:00 – 9:50 pm, OHR 057
Section: 001
Instructor: Jerry G. Rose
E-mail: jrose@engr.uky.edu
Teaching Assistant:
E-mail:
Testbook: W. W. Hay, Railroad Engineering, 2nd Edition. Wiley Interscience (1982). Copies are available on reserve in the Engineering Library.
References:
1. American Railway Engineering Association, Manual of Standard Practice. AREMA (1997). Available on CD-ROM in Kentucky Transportation Center LIbrary.
2. J. H. Armstron, The Railroad: What it is, What it Does, 4th Edition, Simmons-Boardman (1998). Available on CD-ROM in Kentucky Transportation Center Library.
3. Association of American Railroads, Yearbook of Railroad Facts (latest edition). Class handouts.
4. Federal Railroad Administration, Track Safety Standards (latest edition). Class handouts.
5. Various recently published journal and magazine technical articles. Class handouts.
Power points:
CE 533 Introduction to Rail Transportation (1)
CE 533 Introduction to Rail Transportation (2)
Chapter 3
CE 533 Introduction to Rail Transportation (4)
Chapter 5