The course includes topics related to railway design, airport design, traffic planning and transport economics. Its detailed contents are as follows:
• Introduction to railway infrastructures – Railway Kinematics
• Railway line substructure and superstructure
• Railway alignment design – Theory and application
• Railway switches and crossings
• Introduction to airport designs and aircraft flights
• Airport masterplans, runways and other components
• Air traffic elements and equipment
• Traffic flow theory basics.
• Transport demand, supply and costs
• Resource allocation and externalities in transport
• Financial and economic appraisal of transportation projects.
- Teacher: Κωνσταντίνος Κεπαπτσόγλου
ECTS : 5
Language : el
Learning Outcomes : Upon successful completion of the course, the student acquires the following skills: • knows the framework for designing railway lines and airports • determines the critical limiting magnitudes of the geometric elements of a railway line • calculates the required geometric parameters of the design elements of a railway line both in plan and longitudinal section • dimensions the basic elements of railway superstructure and infrastructure. • knows the parts and how to configure the infrastructure of an airport. • applies design criteria for a runway and taxiways • calculates the length of a runway depending on the airport category • knows the framework for designing road traffic systems (traffic engineering) • knows the basic quantities and concepts of traffic flow • applies the basic equations of traffic flow. • knows and understands the concepts of demand and supply for transport projects • knows and understands basic concepts of transport economics • applies methods of financial and economic evaluation of transport projects.