The Professorship introduces itself
Railway engineering is taught and researched at the Dresden University of Technology or its predecessors since 1873. Direct forerunners of the professorship for design of railway facilities were the "Professorship for planning and design of railway systems and unconventional railways" (Professor Dr.-Ing. Habil. Dr.-Ing. Eh Manfred Zschweigert) and the "Chair for track construction and rail technology" ( Prof. Dr.-Ing., Günter Berg), who in 2003 were combined into a professorship for design of railway facilities. Objects of teaching and research are planning, design and construction of railway systems; We attach great importance to a close relationship to practice.
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Realise the Railway as a System for right Acting and Treating
The essential system features of railways and railways in particular are their low rolling resistance and lane guidance - characteristics that fundamentally differentiate them from the road as the most important land transport carrier and predestine them for their central task: large masses with low energy and personnel expenditure using sustainable energy fast (enough) and very safe to move from A to B. Railway systems are therefore advantageous where these strengths can be played:
- in freight transport between efficient transhipment points (bulk goods, containers) with its low energy consumption
- in high-speed traffic with its high level of safety
- in passenger traffic of metropolitan areas with its unbeatable efficiency
- in general in comparison to modes of transport that (still) rely on combustion engines
The challenge is to bring these strengths to market in specific competitive transport offerings and processes in a competitive environment. The professorship will be working on the required technical design of the railway systems.
Steel wheel on steel rail - this combination places high demands on the geometrical precision of the track as well as its constructive load capacity. Ensuring both over an economic service life is a central concern of the activities of the professorship in the field of railway superstructure.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Fengler and co-workers