1. Turnout collections, labelling. Single crossover in curve. High speed turnouts, development of new turnouts structures. 2. The single turnout, stock rail, switch rail (blade), common and crossings, bearers, locking device, fastenings systems. Sets of turnouts. 3. Wheel – rail interface, wheelset and track dimensions, equivalent conicity, lateral movement of wheelset on straight track. 4. Wheel – rail contact stresses, Hertz theory, adhesion and adhesion force, train resistances. Vogel theory, Heumann theory, forces on wheelset, derailment condition. 5. Static track design. Vertical stresses on ballast bed and formation and its deformation resistance. Climatic conditions. 6. Static track design, rail stresses, sleeper stresses. 7. Theory of continuous welded rail. Longitudinal forces, stability of continuous welded rail. 8. Dynamic track design. 9. Principles, simple dynamic model of track wheel interaction. 10. Dynamic models of track, critical train velocity, dynamic response on vehicle, wheelset, transfer of vibrations between wheel and rail. 11. The rail, assessment, defects and failures , grinding. 12. Permanent way on bridges. Continuous welded rail on bridges. 13. Railway temporary bridges.

1. Crossover in curve 2. Turnouts and crossings assembly 3. Vehicle in curve, Vogel theory, Heumann theory, forces on wheelset, derailment condition. 4. Static track design, 5. Stability of continuous railway track 6. Permanent way on bridges 7. Submitting of calculations and project, credit.