Future international students

Master of Engineering (Railway Infrastructure)

Year 2015
QUT code BX30
Duration 4 years part time
Total credit
points
96
International
fee (indicative,
subject to
annual review)
$3,196 AUD per unit
Course contact Freecall:
1800 181 848
(within Australia)
Phone:
+61 3 9627 4853
(outside Australia)
Mon - Fri, 8.30am - 5pm
Start months February, J uly
Accurate as at 19/09/2014. For the latest information see:
https://www.qut.edu.au/study/international-courses/master-of-engineering-railway-infrastructure
This PDF contains information about the course structure. For more information about the course
see the course information PDF
Structures
Railway Infrastructure units
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Railway Infrastructure units
Code Title
Semester 1 entry
UDN501 Rail and Related Track Structures
UDN500 Ballast, Sleepers and Fasteners
UDN503 Track Geometry and Train Interaction
UDN502 Track Stability, Design and Formation
UDN505 Assets, Environment and Safety
UDN504 Track Construction, Civil Structures
ENZ541 Research Methods for Engineers
BEZ910 Integrated Project
Semester 2 entry
UDN500 Ballast, Sleepers and Fasteners
UDN501 Rail and Related Track Structures
UDN502 Track Stability, Design and Formation
UDN503 Track Geometry and Train Interaction
UDN504 Track Construction, Civil Structures
UDN505 Assets, Environment and Safety
ENZ541 Research Methods for Engineers
BEZ910 Integrated Project
Unit Synopses
BEZ910 Integrated Project
Pre-requisites ENZ541
Credit Points 12
Availabilities
External
- SEM-1, SEM-2
Problems that confront professionals are ill-
defined and complex. The ability to define a
problem, and collect and analyse relevant
information using appropriate research
methods is essential to professional
practice. From a learning perspective, one
of the most effective ways of achieving this
is to consolidate and extend previously
gained skills through an activity that is
relevant to industry and, where possible, is
associated with a specific workplace.
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UDN500 Ballast, Sleepers and
Fasteners
Credit Points 12
Availabilities
External
- SEM-2
As a rail civil engineer you will have
responsibility for the permanent way and so
needs to have a sound knowledge and
clear understanding of the behaviour of the
components of rail tracks. The ballast and
sleepers on which the rails rest are critical
in supporting the safe passage of trains at
speed over the track. A large proportion of
maintenance expenditure by track owners
arises because of fouled or poorly drained
ballast or from sleeper replacement. Delays
in train schedules, track closures and even
derailments can arise due to problems in
the track below the rail. This unit is one of
the first ones you will study in this course
because it focuses on the foundations of an
efficient and safe track asset network.
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UDN501 Rail and Related Track
Structures
Credit Points 12
Availabilities
External
- SEM-1
This unit continues the recognition of the
need for you as a rail civil engineer to have
a sound knowledge and clear
understanding of the behaviour of the
components of rail tracks. The rail is the
immediate interface between train vehicle
and the entire supporting system and
therefore the most direct effect on enabling
or inhibiting train operations. Aside from
ballast and sleeper rectification described in
UDN500, the costs of rail wear and
grinding, eventual replacement of worn rail
and rectification of track geometry make up
the bulk of maintenance expenditure by the
track owner. In conjunction with UDN500,
this unit is located early in the course so
Master of Engineering (Railway Infrastructure)
that you will have been introduced to the nature of all the key
elements of the track superstructure and of their important
contributions to the operation of rail systems.
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UDN502 Track Stability, Design and Formation
Credit Points 12
Availabilities
External
- SEM-2
Simply knowing about the components from which railway track
is assembled will not enable you to understand and influence the
complex interactions between each of those components.
Design of railway tracks requires you to build on that component
knowledge from UDN500 and UDN501 by considering how they
influence each other and what limitations they have in carrying
forces applied by operational or by environmental factors. The
unit also provides some further foundation knowledge to enable
you to understand the forces of interaction between the whole
track and passing trains that will be explored later in UDN503.
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UDN503 Track Geometry and Train Interaction
Credit Points 12
Availabilities
External
- SEM-1
The sole purpose of track is to support the safe and speedy
passage of trains carrying passengers, minerals, freight, primary
produce and so on. Although tracks can deteriorate due to
environmental factors, the primary source of deterioration is the
passage of trains. Operators want trains to carry larger and
larger payloads at ever higher speeds, which induce increasingly
large static and dynamic forces in the track. Those forces
deteriorate the track which leads to a rougher ride for the trains,
causing even higher dynamic forces down into the track and up
into the vehicle. This unit is intended to provide you with an
understanding of the interaction between track and trains, which
builds on and develops your knowledge of the track structure
from UDN500, UDN501 and UDN502, explains aspects of
vehicle design, and provides you a basis for appreciating how
incidents such as derailments occur when you come to study
UDN505.
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UDN504 Track Construction, Civil Structures
Credit Points 12
Availabilities
External
- SEM-2
There will be much more responsibility for you as a railway civil
engineer than understanding and maintaining the track in the
permanent way. Construction of new track and reconstruction of
existing track must be able to be managed by you with insight
and competence, requiring an appreciation of contracts and their
administration, together with an ability to assess construction
and geotechnical risks and specify appropriate construction
processes. Furthermore, the rail corridor or right-of-way also has
within it various structures that need management of their
construction and of their maintenance. This unit addresses these
issues and is located later in the course to enable you to gain a
good grounding in track and train related matters in earlier units.
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UDN505 Assets, Environment and Safety
Credit Points 12
Availabilities External
Credit Points 12
- SEM-1
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