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Course Introduction Information


Code - Course Title	RYL558 - High Speed Railways
Course Type	Elective Courses
Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice	3+0
ECTS	7.5
Course Instructor(s)	DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ ALPER UĞUR
Mode of Delivery	The mode of delivery of this course is face-to-face or online.
Prerequisites	N/A
Courses Recomended	RYL503, RYL507, RYL539, RYL504, RYL520, RYL546, RYL554
Required or Recommended Resources	UIC (Int. Union of Railways) Activity ReportsUIC High Speed Rail (2018), Fast Track to Sustainable MobilityTrans-European Railway High-Speed Master Plan StudyTransport White paper * Roadmap to a Single European Transport AreaProceedings of the 1st International Workshop on High-Speed and Intercity Railways (2012), Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Yi-Qing Ni and Xiao-Wei Ye (Eds.), SpringerAdvances in High-speed Rail Technology, Dynamic Interaction of Train-Bridge Systems in High-Speed Railways Theory and Applications (2018), He Xia • Nan Zhang • Weiwei Guo, SpringerEC, Transport in the European Union Current Trends and Issues (2019).Dynamics of Coupled Systems in High-Speed Railways Theory and Practice (2020), Weihua Zhang, ElsevierFrontiers In High-Speed Rail Development (2021), Edited by Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Werner Rothengatter,and KE Seetha Ram, Asian Development Bank Institute
Recommended Reading List	Watson, I. High-Speed Railway. Encyclopedia 2021, 1, 665–688. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia1030053Risk Assessment of High-Speed Rail Projects: A Risk Coupling Model Based on System Dynamics, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 5307; doi:10.3390/ijerph17155307
Assessment methods and criteria	1 Mid-term(s) exam, 1 Final exam
Work Placement	N/A
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks	Topics
Week - 1	High Speed Rail Principles and Definition, HSR technologies
Week - 2	Comparison of world and Turkey HSR Network line length
Week - 3	Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), Passenger and freight transport on railways
Week - 4	World and Turkey future HSR line investment strategies and planned investments
Week - 5	Materials used in HSR lines (Infrastructure, Superstructure, Electrification, Signaling, Energy…)
Week - 6	Rolling stock and Energy efficiency in HSR
Week - 7	Safety systems and equipment used in HSR lines (Signal and Train control systems)
Week - 8	Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs), certification and conformity assessment processes
Week - 9	Operation and maintenance activities in HSR lines
Week - 10	The economic evaluation of HSR projects in Turkey and World
Week - 11	HSR lines measurement technologies and test equipments
Week - 12	Developments in HSR Engineering (R&D and Innovation in HSR)
Week - 13	Investigation and analysis of current Railway technical publications for HSR.
Week - 14	Sustainability in Railways

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching Methods
Lecture
Discussion
Question & Answer
Team/Group Work
Drill - Practise
Problem Solving
Brain Storming
Report Preparation and/or Presentation
Proje Design/Management
Competences
Rational
Questoning
Entrepreneur
Creative
Follow ethical and moral rules
Environmental awareness
Work in teams
Use time effectively
Eleştirel düşünebilme
Problem solving
Applying theoretical knowledge into practice
Concern for quality
Information Management
Organization and planning
Elementary computing skills
Decision making
To work in interdisciplinary projects

Assessment Methods

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
	Quamtity	Percentage (%)
Toplam (%)		0