• Rail Vehicles, Semester 3, position 2

Upon completion of the course the student should be able to: 1. Explain the basic concepts related to the reliability of rail vehicles. 2. Explain the basic concepts related to the maintenance of rail vehicles. 3. Explain the tasks and practices of the workshop for the maintenance of railway vehicles. 4. Perform appropriate calculations related to maintenance of rail vehicles. 5. Apply appropriate tools for computer calculations of electric and diesel electric locomotives.

After successfully finishing of course students would be able to: - define basic terms which are important for understanding of reliability and maintenance of railway vehicles; - choose an appropriate approach to the maintenance of railway vehicles; - solve practical problems of maintenance of railway vehicles directed to organisation, implementation of projected activities as well as implementation of knowledge in field of reliability, information and expert systems; - make detailed scheme of the maintenance workshop of railway vehicles by using modern PC tools; - discuss about possibilities of improving of the maintenance process using modern methods for monitoring of system failure.

Theoretical basis of reliability.Prediction reliability.Methods of determining the distribution of the data set.Setting reliability requirements and measures for their achievement for rail vehicles.The concept of constructing the basis of reliability. Maintenance of technical systems.Engineering maintenance.Maintenance and life cycle of railway vehicles.Maintenance process.Overview of the developed concept of maintenance railway vehicles in the world.Analysis and assessment of maintenance.Design of technical systems for maintenance.Management of spare parts.Technology in railway vehicles maintenance.Diagnosis of railway vehicles.Maintenance management.The organization of railway repair workshops.Depots.Warehouses.Information and expert systems in the maintenance of rail vehicles.

Understanding the examples from the theory of reliability of the system.Application of the railway vehicles.Examples of the material.Methods of determining the distribution of the data set.Setting reliability requirements and measures for their achievement for rail vehicles.Examples of the completed material.Application of computers in determining the reliability and Information and expert systems in the maintenance of railway vehicles.Creating a computer program - Information and expert system in the maintenance of railway vehicles.Visit the workshop for the maintenance of diesel and electric vehicles.Understanding the system of maintenance of rail vehicles.

Nothing.

It is necessary the use of textbooks, manuals for the project, a handout, computers and the Internet.

Total assigned hours: 75

New material: 20
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 10

Auditory exercises: 15
Laboratory exercises: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 5
Project: 5
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 5
Research study work: 0

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 0
Review and grading of seminar papers: 0
Review and grading of the project: 5
Test: 5
Test: 0
Final exam: 5

Activity during lectures: 5
Test/test: 10
Laboratory practice: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 25
Project: 0
Final exam: 60
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 35

Dusan Stamenkovic, Maintenance of railway vehicles, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - Nis, Serbia, 2011. ISBN 978-86-6055-013-4 in Serbian; Slobodan Muzdeka, Logistic - Logistics engineering-reliability, maintainability, readiness, integrated technical security, Belgrade, 1981.; Nikola Vujanovic, Theory of reliability of technical systems, Belgrade, 1990.