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Undergraduate Course: Railway Infrastructure Engineering 4 (CIVE10027)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis 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.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesEquivalent 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:
  1. describe the main components of railway permanent way and their purpose
  2. carry out basic calculations for the design of railway permanent way and its alignment
  3. explain the main relationships between railway permanent way and other infrastructure such as earthworks
  4. interpret basic civil engineering concepts such as structural and geotechnical engineering in a railway context
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
KeywordsRailway
Contacts
Course organiserDr Martin Crapper
Tel: (0131 6)50 5727
Email: Martin.Crapper@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Craig Hovell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
Email: c.hovell@ed.ac.uk
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