Rozelle - Sydney
Introduction
Turnouts, switches and crossings allow a train to go from one track to another in the train’s path through the often multifaceted web of tracks in a modern railway system. Turnouts, therefore, are critically important and expensive items of infrastructure. They are subjected to very high forces and must be designed, installed, and maintained with great care. They are complex devices with unique operating characteristics, and in which distinctive types of defects occur.
Summary 2021
Unit name | Turnouts |
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Unit code | JEE156 |
Credit points | 12.5 |
Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering Australian Maritime College |
Discipline | National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics |
Coordinator | Mark Symes |
Available as student elective? | No |
Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
1. Identify the types of turnouts, and their main components, which are commonly used in a suburban network.
2. List the applications, advantages and disadvantages of those types of turnouts.
3. Diagnose defects in those commonly used turnouts using applicable rail standards.
4. Explain why some characteristics of turnouts are stipulated in asset owner policies.
Fees
Teaching
Teaching Pattern | 1 x lecture 120 minutes weekly, 1 x tutorial 120 minutes weekly |
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Assessment | AT1 Online quiz 30% AT2 Short answer written responses 30% AT3 Online discussion forum 40% |
Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
Required | None |
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