Rail vehicle technology
The rail vehicle technology is a special area of mechanical engineering or transport engineering that deals with the design, manufacture and repair of rail-borne vehicles and rail vehicles is concerned. Areas of work include: electric railways, rail vehicle electronics and control, driving dynamics and track technology.
In 2010, the FH Aachen introduced a "Rail Vehicle Technology" course . At the University of Stuttgart , rail vehicle technology can be taken as a specialization in several master’s courses in engineering .
Web links
- Faculty of Transport Science "Friedrich List"
- Traditional pages for the Dresden Transport Science Department
- Institute for Land and Sea Transport (ILS) at the TU Berlin
- FH-Aachen: Website of the degree course Rail Vehicle Technology B.Eng.
- University of Stuttgart: Professorship for rail vehicle technology