This document provides information about the Master of Engineering (Railway Infrastructure) degree offered by QUT in Australia. The 4-year part-time course consists of 96 credit points and covers topics related to railway track structures, construction, stability, train interaction, assets and safety. Course units include Ballast, Sleepers and Fasteners; Rail and Related Track Structures; Track Stability, Design and Formation; Track Geometry and Train Interaction; and Track Construction, Civil Structures. The course is aimed at providing students with knowledge and understanding of railway infrastructure engineering.
This document provides information about the Master of Engineering (Railway Infrastructure) degree offered by QUT in Australia. The 4-year part-time course consists of 96 credit points and covers topics related to railway track structures, construction, stability, train interaction, assets and safety. Course units include Ballast, Sleepers and Fasteners; Rail and Related Track Structures; Track Stability, Design and Formation; Track Geometry and Train Interaction; and Track Construction, Civil Structures. The course is aimed at providing students with knowledge and understanding of railway infrastructure engineering.
This document provides information about the Master of Engineering (Railway Infrastructure) degree offered by QUT in Australia. The 4-year part-time course consists of 96 credit points and covers topics related to railway track structures, construction, stability, train interaction, assets and safety. Course units include Ballast, Sleepers and Fasteners; Rail and Related Track Structures; Track Stability, Design and Formation; Track Geometry and Train Interaction; and Track Construction, Civil Structures. The course is aimed at providing students with knowledge and understanding of railway infrastructure engineering.
This document provides information about the Master of Engineering (Railway Infrastructure) degree offered by QUT in Australia. The 4-year part-time course consists of 96 credit points and covers topics related to railway track structures, construction, stability, train interaction, assets and safety. Course units include Ballast, Sleepers and Fasteners; Rail and Related Track Structures; Track Stability, Design and Formation; Track Geometry and Train Interaction; and Track Construction, Civil Structures. The course is aimed at providing students with knowledge and understanding of railway infrastructure engineering.
Year 2015 QUT code BX30 Duration 4 years part time Total credit points 96 International fee (indicative, subject to annual review) $3,196 AUD per unit Course contact Freecall: 1800 181 848 (within Australia) Phone: +61 3 9627 4853 (outside Australia) Mon - Fri, 8.30am - 5pm Start months February, J uly Accurate as at 19/09/2014. For the latest information see: https://www.qut.edu.au/study/international-courses/master-of-engineering-railway-infrastructure This PDF contains information about the course structure. For more information about the course see the course information PDF Structures Railway Infrastructure units G Railway Infrastructure units Code Title Semester 1 entry UDN501 Rail and Related Track Structures UDN500 Ballast, Sleepers and Fasteners UDN503 Track Geometry and Train Interaction UDN502 Track Stability, Design and Formation UDN505 Assets, Environment and Safety UDN504 Track Construction, Civil Structures ENZ541 Research Methods for Engineers BEZ910 Integrated Project Semester 2 entry UDN500 Ballast, Sleepers and Fasteners UDN501 Rail and Related Track Structures UDN502 Track Stability, Design and Formation UDN503 Track Geometry and Train Interaction UDN504 Track Construction, Civil Structures UDN505 Assets, Environment and Safety ENZ541 Research Methods for Engineers BEZ910 Integrated Project Unit Synopses BEZ910 Integrated Project Pre-requisites ENZ541 Credit Points 12 Availabilities External - SEM-1, SEM-2 Problems that confront professionals are ill- defined and complex. The ability to define a problem, and collect and analyse relevant information using appropriate research methods is essential to professional practice. From a learning perspective, one of the most effective ways of achieving this is to consolidate and extend previously gained skills through an activity that is relevant to industry and, where possible, is associated with a specific workplace. View unit details online | View unit timetable UDN500 Ballast, Sleepers and Fasteners Credit Points 12 Availabilities External - SEM-2 As a rail civil engineer you will have responsibility for the permanent way and so needs to have a sound knowledge and clear understanding of the behaviour of the components of rail tracks. The ballast and sleepers on which the rails rest are critical in supporting the safe passage of trains at speed over the track. A large proportion of maintenance expenditure by track owners arises because of fouled or poorly drained ballast or from sleeper replacement. Delays in train schedules, track closures and even derailments can arise due to problems in the track below the rail. This unit is one of the first ones you will study in this course because it focuses on the foundations of an efficient and safe track asset network. View unit details online | View unit timetable UDN501 Rail and Related Track Structures Credit Points 12 Availabilities External - SEM-1 This unit continues the recognition of the need for you as a rail civil engineer to have a sound knowledge and clear understanding of the behaviour of the components of rail tracks. The rail is the immediate interface between train vehicle and the entire supporting system and therefore the most direct effect on enabling or inhibiting train operations. Aside from ballast and sleeper rectification described in UDN500, the costs of rail wear and grinding, eventual replacement of worn rail and rectification of track geometry make up the bulk of maintenance expenditure by the track owner. In conjunction with UDN500, this unit is located early in the course so Master of Engineering (Railway Infrastructure) that you will have been introduced to the nature of all the key elements of the track superstructure and of their important contributions to the operation of rail systems. View unit details online | View unit timetable UDN502 Track Stability, Design and Formation Credit Points 12 Availabilities External - SEM-2 Simply knowing about the components from which railway track is assembled will not enable you to understand and influence the complex interactions between each of those components. Design of railway tracks requires you to build on that component knowledge from UDN500 and UDN501 by considering how they influence each other and what limitations they have in carrying forces applied by operational or by environmental factors. The unit also provides some further foundation knowledge to enable you to understand the forces of interaction between the whole track and passing trains that will be explored later in UDN503. View unit details online | View unit timetable UDN503 Track Geometry and Train Interaction Credit Points 12 Availabilities External - SEM-1 The sole purpose of track is to support the safe and speedy passage of trains carrying passengers, minerals, freight, primary produce and so on. Although tracks can deteriorate due to environmental factors, the primary source of deterioration is the passage of trains. Operators want trains to carry larger and larger payloads at ever higher speeds, which induce increasingly large static and dynamic forces in the track. Those forces deteriorate the track which leads to a rougher ride for the trains, causing even higher dynamic forces down into the track and up into the vehicle. This unit is intended to provide you with an understanding of the interaction between track and trains, which builds on and develops your knowledge of the track structure from UDN500, UDN501 and UDN502, explains aspects of vehicle design, and provides you a basis for appreciating how incidents such as derailments occur when you come to study UDN505. View unit details online | View unit timetable UDN504 Track Construction, Civil Structures Credit Points 12 Availabilities External - SEM-2 There will be much more responsibility for you as a railway civil engineer than understanding and maintaining the track in the permanent way. Construction of new track and reconstruction of existing track must be able to be managed by you with insight and competence, requiring an appreciation of contracts and their administration, together with an ability to assess construction and geotechnical risks and specify appropriate construction processes. Furthermore, the rail corridor or right-of-way also has within it various structures that need management of their construction and of their maintenance. This unit addresses these issues and is located later in the course to enable you to gain a good grounding in track and train related matters in earlier units. View unit details online | View unit timetable UDN505 Assets, Environment and Safety Credit Points 12 Availabilities External Credit Points 12 - SEM-1 View unit details online | View unit timetable This information has been prepared for International students and temporaryvisa holders. For more information and to check if a course is available, visit www.qut.edu.au/international. Generated on: 19/09/2014. Information contained in this document was correct at the time of printing. The universityreserves the right to amend anyinformation, and to cancel, change or relocate anycourse. CRICOS No.00213J