Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Electrical engineering and electrical towers (17.S0I51Ž)

Native organizations units: Department of Power, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Traffic and Transport Engineering (Year: 1, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Organizacija i tehnologije transportnih sistema
ECTS	6

Acquiring knowledge on the basis of stable and mobile electric railway systems: design, maintenance and reconstruction of electric power, electric elements and characteristics of the signal-safety devices and stable inverter and traction systems.

A complete understanding of the power system of railways. Knowledge about the basic elements operation for the regulation of trains traffic, security and technological conditions of their development and use. Facts about preserving personal safety conditions, safety of passengers and goods, and continuity of SS devices in the power environment. Possibility of analysis and calculation of electric power trains in electric traction, as well as converter components in locomotives, passenger and cargo wagons and other railway vehicles.

Basic concepts of electrical engineering, electronics and modern digital circuits. The application of electronic principles in the energy sector - circuits / power electronic converters. Railway signaling systems, the station signaling and safety devices. Technical means of regulating the provision of traffic on the inter-station distance. Technical means for controling occupancy of tracks and switches. Arrangements for the regulation and provision of rail and road traffic in the area of their level crossing. Technical means to automatically stop the train. The system of centralized dispatching modern systems for managing the movement of trains. Fundamentals of communication systems on the railway. Stable electric traction systems, traction, electric traction substations, contact line. Principles of operation of electric drives in electric traction vehicles. The application of electricity in passenger and freight trains and long railway vehicles.

Auditory lectures and exercises. Visits to the railway. Signaling and security sector, the sector of continuous power supply for the locomotives, repair halls for the locomotives, wagons and other vehicles.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	50.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00