Transport Engineering, 2008

VICENTE DÍAZ LÓPEZ
BEATRIZ LÓPEZ BOADA
MARÍA JESÚS LÓPEZ BOADA
CAROLINA ÁLVAREZ CALDAS
ANTONIO GAUCHÍA BABÉ
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Area:
Mechanical Engineering
Degree:
Industrial Engineering
November, 2008
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RECOMMENDED PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
Mechanics and civil engineering
SUBJECT GENERAL DESCRIPTION
1. Transport introduction.
2. Industrial handling.
3. Belt conveyors.
4. Screw conveyors.
5. Bucket elevators.
6. Powered industrial trucks.
7. Cranes.
8. Passenger train operations.
9. Traffic engineering.
AIMS OF THE SUBJECT:
- Know the different means of transport, as well as the advantages and drawbacks of each of them.
-Acquire enough criteria to search and select the most adequate mean of transport according to certain requirements.
- Know the design, functional and operative features of the machines and installations mostly used for transport inside an industry.
TEACHING MATERIAL
Slides
EVALUATION AND LABS
- Exercises.
- Solved problems.
- Labs.
Course Contents