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Undergraduate | TAS-JEE155 | 2024

Track Design

Course information for 2024 intake

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Study method
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Assessments
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Start dates
26 Feb 2024,
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Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
14 weeks

Price from

$3,085

Upfront cost

$0

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Track Design

About this subject

  • Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

    1. Identify the important features of track alignment to ensure safe operation of trains
    2. Explain the relationship between track and train dimensions, alignment and transit to ensure safe clearances between trains and the surrounding infrastructure
    3. Undertake basic design of a ballast track structure for efficient use of railway business resources in building and maintaining track
    4. Describe the process of rail and sleeper selection for safe cost-effective track design and maintenance
    5. Apply the key influences affecting lateral track stability to avoid train derailments

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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What to study next?

Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses

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