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Cableways

Teaching: Partially in English - lessons held in Croatian, excercies, materials & exam in English

ECTS: 4

Level: Graduate

Semester: Summer

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Lectures	Exercises	Laboratory exercises	Project laboratory	Physical education excercises	Field exercises	Seminar	Design exercises	Practicum
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Course objectives:

Familiarize with calculation methods of cableways - calculation of sag, forces in rope, forces on towers. Understanding of the characteristics, properties and application of cableways. Learn how to make ropes and drive power calculation. Familiarize with cableway installations and their elements design. Acquire the fundamental knowledge of funicular railways and cable cranes. Acquire fundamentals about standards and safety requirements for cableways.

Student responsibilities:

attendance to lectures and exercises, - individual solving and presentation of examples, - pass preliminary exam.

Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam:

activity and attendance during classes (lectures and exercises) - 20%, - individual solving and presentation of examples - 40%, - preliminary exam - 40%.

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