CE 533 - Railroad Facilities Design and Analysis

[3 Credit Hours]

This course provides civil engineering graduate and undergraduate students with a transportation technical elective course emphasizing the civil engineering aspects of Railroad Engineering. Topics range from general information about the railroad industry to specific topics covering the design, construction, maintenance, operations, and evaluation of rail infrastructure and networks. This includes the study of the principles of railroad location, construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and operations with emphasis on track structure design and analysis, bridges and bridge loading, drainage considerations, track geometry effects, and operating systems analysis.

Prereq: Engineering standing, prereq or concur CE 471G; or graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Course Attributes:
Distance Learning Approved