Course

EBA - Electric Railways

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Long name Electric Railways
Approving CModule EBA_MaET
Responsible
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Evers
Professor Fakultät IME
Level Master
Semester in the year winter semester
Duration Semester
Hours in self-study 78
ECTS 5
Professors
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Evers
Professor Fakultät IME
Requirements Fundamentals of electrical engineering, electronics and mechanics
Basic understanding of electrical machines
Language German
Separate final exam Yes
Literature
Zarko Filipovic, Elektrische Bahnen Springer Verlag, 1989, ISBN 3-540-55093-3
Final exam
Details
In an oral exam, the students explain system correlations of electric trains and draw conclusions from the knowledge learned to situational issues.
Minimum standard
60 % correct answers
Exam Type
In an oral exam, the students explain system correlations of electric trains and draw conclusions from the knowledge learned to situational issues.

Learning goals
Knowledge
- Railway vehicles with commutator motors
* DC railways
* Alternating current railways
- Railway vehicles with three-phase motors
* Asynchronous machine
* Power converter for the asynchronous machine
* Synchronous machine
- Linear drives
- Magnetic levitation systems
* Static-catching levitation
* Dynamic-repulsive hovering
* Static-repulsive hovering
- Executed and projected magnetic levitation trains
* Transrapid
* MagLev system
Skills
- Discuss and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different systems (power systems, wheel / rail vs. magnetic levitation)
- Classification of electrotechnical solutions in interdisciplinary concepts
Expenditure classroom teaching
Type Attendance (h/Wk.)
Lecture 2
Exercises (whole course) 1
Exercises (shared course) 0
Tutorial (voluntary) 0
Special literature
keine/none
Special requirements
none
Accompanying material
- Electronic lecture notes
- Detailed exercise task collection with solutions
Separate exam
none

Learning goals
Knowledge
Working out various aspects of railway operation using computer simulations
Expenditure classroom teaching
Type Attendance (h/Wk.)
Practical training 1
Tutorial (voluntary) 0
Special literature
keine/none
Special requirements
none
Accompanying material
Lab exercise manual
Separate exam
Exam Type
working on practical scenarion (e.g. in a lab)
Details
The students must be sufficiently prepared for the lab excercises in order to be able to carry out the simulations, or to be able to ask technically well-founded questions and subsequently classify the work done.
Minimum standard
60% simulation performed correctly
80% of the discussion makes sense

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