Magyar Építőipar, 2014 (64. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)

2014-01-01 / 1. szám

Dear Readers! Few important data about the Department of Highway and Railway Engineering at Budapest University of Technology and Economics First, as former Head of our Department, I would like to introduce ourselves. The Department of Highway and Railway Engineering is one of the oldest Departments of the Budapest University of Technol­ogy and Economics. The legal predecessor Department was estab­lished in 1869. As last time as nowadays, the main fields of activity are the education, research and professional works. Within the frame of educational activities, we offer lectures to BSc, MSc and PhD civil engi­neering students in Hungarian and in English language as well. For students having chosen diploma projects at our Department the subjects of traffic and railway engineering, computer application, con­struction technology, urban traffic and the environment are compulsory. Annually 1400-1800 students attend the Department and approximately 100 MSc diploma projects are prepared every year with guidance of our team. Every third year, we organize one or two years long specialist engineering courses in the fields of highway and railway constructions and in highway planning. The main activities in fields of research works of the Department are: - Development of dimensioning methods and measurements made for determining of intersections with and without traffic signals and roundabout. - Development of planning and dimensioning methods of rural and urban highway network. - Analysis of different traffic flow phenomenon with helping micro- and macro simulation models developed by PTV. - Development of design methods of new flexible pavements and development of with flexible layers overlaid design methodologies. - Development of railway track infrastructure on our railway laboratory basis with fatigue test in­struments. - Carrying out field measurements on railway tracks to model the behaviour and wear of elements of the track. - Theoretical developments of elements of the railway track to provide new design methods. - Theoretical research in the field railway track geometry. Main expert activity fields of Department are: - Traffic safety investigations. Establishment of relationship mainly in respect to road characteristics, traffic signs and traffic volume. Suggestions for planning parameters to decrease the accidents. - Expertize, consulting and testing activities concerning asphalt technology for construction of mo­torways and for reconstruction of roads of Budapest public transport network. - Laboratory tests of structural elements of the railway track such as rail fastenings, sleepers, rail joints, etc. - Expertise and consulting geometrical design of the railway line. All that remains is to hope that our articles published on the following pages in both highway and railway fields improve the international cooperation between university researchers by providing com­prehensive information, and mean a stimulating effect on the further development of this interesting and important aspect of civil engineering. Prof. Dr. István Fi A BME UT ES VASÚTÉPÍTÉSI TANSZÉK CÉLSZÁMA

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