Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Raylı Taşıtlar
	English	Railway Vehicles
Course Code	MAK 4062E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	8	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Osman Taha Şen
Course Objectives		1. Teach the basics of railway vehicle dynamics; 2. Introduce the contact phenomenon between rail and wheel; 3. Teach single- and two-axle vehicle dynamics; 4. Teach major noise and vibration problems observed in railway vehicles.
Course Description		Introduction to railway vehicle dynamics. Contact between rail and wheel. Concept of creep. Kinematics and dynamics of a single wheelset. Dynamics of two-axle vehicle. Longitudinal train dynamics. Railway vehicle noise and vibration problems.
Course Outcomes		At the end of this course students will have: 1. Knowledge and skills required for solving railway vehicle dynamics problems; 2. Knowledge about the relevant noise vibration problems in railway vehicles; 3. Skills to solve engineering problems using computational approaches; 4. Ability to present an oral or written report effectively.
Pre-requisite(s)		MAK322
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		A.H. Wickens, 2003, Fundamentals of rail vehicle dynamics, Guidance and Stability, Swets and Zeitlinger,
Other References		1. V.K. Garg, R.V. Dukkipati, 1984, Dynamics of railway vehicle systems, Academic Press. 2. D. Thompson, 2009, Railway noise and vibration: Mechanisms, modeling and means of control, Elsevier, (Available online via ITU Library) 3. S. Iwnicki, 2006, Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics, Taylor&Francis, (Available online via ITU Library) 4. A.I. Erzi, Raylı Taşıtlar Ders Notları, İTÜ Makina Fakültesi.

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