This thesis addresses various concerns of maritime and rail transport of goods between East Asia and the Czech Republic. Its conceptual part outlines the present situation of sea freight transportation with the emphasis on the container use. Furthermore, the thesis describes the rail infrastructure between East Asia and Europe. In the how-to part, the author describes working procedures of an actual freight forwarding company carrying out an import shipment from China into the Czech Republic, utilising ocean and rail carriers. The last part of the thesis contains a summary of the main differences when employing various types of transport, and of their comparison based on the time of the shipment and on its cost.

The dissertation has focused its attention on rail freight transport in the EU where it tried to identify trends that have accompanied that transport in the last decades. The identified trends are: intermodality, interoperability, creation of railway corridors and harmonization of legal norms for transport of goods. Each trend has been judged from the perspective of the so-called "common transport policy". The complexity of the analyzed environment as well as the interest in the depiction of the situation in the Czech Republic have led to the setting of three goals and three scientific questions. The result of the author's scientific investigation is a completely original work that should contribute to better understanding of changes of structural-systemic nature that happen in the rail cargo transport in the territory of the EU. Such a work is also an evaluating mirror for the reform of the railway sector undertaken by the same institution.

This Master Thesis focuses on rail transport in Japan. It describes the evolution of Japanese railroads from the beginning until present day, when is Japan the leading country in personal rail transportation. Further, there are described major railway operators and high-speed railway network Shinkansen. Later it explains modern system Maglev, which is momentarily built in Japan. The analysis focuses on financial indicators and specific traits of Japanese railroads. In the end the author compares Shinkansen against other means of transport on two major routes of different length. He asks question how introduction of new forms of rail transportation can change the Japan.

In order to reform the monopoly structure of the railway sector in the Czech Republic the railway operation was separated from railway infrastructure. Despite the mentioned organization reform current intensity of rivalry of the competition in the passenger rail transport segment stays considerably limited and high subsidy demands are made to ensure the public rail transport operation. This thesis analyses funding of the passenger rail transport and tries to discover the causes of high subsidy demands. It also tries to quantify potential savings of the public funds that are provided to operate long-distance passenger rail transport.

Un siècle aura suffi à révolutionner les habitudes de transport des voyageurs grâce à la popularisation du rail puis de l’aviation civile. Cette révolution s’est accompagnée progressivement de nouvelles règles de protection des passagers notamment sur les aspects « sécuritaires ». L’objectif de ces travaux de recherche est de parvenir ainsi, à partir de l'étude juridique de la notion de la sûreté de l’aviation civile et de la notion de sûreté ferroviaire et des particularités inhérentes à ces deux modes de transport, à dresser une définition générale de la « sûreté des transports ». / It will have taken only one century to revolutionize the transport habits of travelers through the popularization of rail and then civil aviation. This revolution has gradually been accompanied by new passenger protection rules, particularly on "security" aspects. The goal of this research work is to draw up a general definition of "transport security" from the legal study of civil aviation security and of railway security concepts and the particularities of these two means of transport.

Presented master’s thesis is focused on the experimental research of influence of climate conditions on wheel-rail adhesion, where climate conditions are meant two parameters: ambient air temperature and air humidity. These parameters always affect wheel-raid contact and their values change significantly during the year. For presented experimental research was used tribometer Mini Traction Machine (MTM) in configuration „ball on disc“. For determination of influence climate conditions was first found out the influence of air humidity on adhesion at certain temperatures, which varied between (1 to 50) °C. These experiments were performed for two types of discs, where one disc was exposed to leaf extract contamination. After that was assembled influence of both parameters (air humidity and ambient air temperature) on adhesion in the form of a 3D map, where were distinctioned states, when condensation has occured and when didn‘t. Obtained results in this thesis will be used for optimalization of rail vehicle control systems.

The paper evaluates technological, economic and construction aspects of the component production and the design of the tool serving for large-scale production of the S355MC steel rack component. Use of a progressive tool combining cutting and bending operations in four steps has been decided as the most appropriate according to literature study. Based on the need of production of two plane-symmetrical pieces at a time, the tool will produce both pieces simultaneously, which is economically advantageous. The tool is designed for use on the Arisa 630t mechanical press. Material will be winded off the roll, flattened and pushed into the tool by a precision feeder. The total cost of production of the component was set at 18.80 CZK.

Combustion-engine control is one of the most important parts of engine application and has a direct impact on its characteristics. Diploma thesis shows the preparation of a test engine and its installation to test cell. It describes measurement and data post processing necessary for common-rail diesel engine control and their application in the creation of a mathematic model in GT-SUITE.

The aim of this work is to assess the possibilities of using numerical simulation tools in the process of laser welding of the guide rail of a car seat. In the diploma thesis, a description of the components and the problem, which consists in the deformation of the groove of the guide rail, was made. A description was made of the manufacturing operations that the components go through. The positives of selected welding methods were evaluated and the choice of those used in production was justified. A description of the issues of laser welding, deformation and the use of simulation tools was made. The influence of individual production operations was evaluated in terms of the size and nature of deformations. Using the Visual – Mesh, Visual – Weld and Visual – Assembly simulation tools, which are products of the French company ESI Group, the same state of the simulated and real process was achieved. Subsequently, a proposal for the elimination of deformations and its verification using a simulation tool could be approached. The use of a spacer wedge, which acts on the most deformed places of the groove, was proposed. By its application, the resulting deformations were eliminated or significantly reduced. In the last part of the work, a technical and economic evaluation was made, taking into account the current global crisis and the important role of the automotive industry.

Friction modification within the wheel-rail interface is an important way of achieving ecologically friendly transportation of both persons and goods. This thesis aims to develop a new TOR lubricant, which will be able to maintain suitable frictional conditions while securing minimal adhesion required for traction. All measurements were carried out on tribometer MTM in the ball-on-disc configuration. In the first step, individual components were examined. More complex compositions were measured after that and the three best of them were compared with commercial TOR lubricants. The results show a good ability of developed compositions to maintain required adhesion, reduce wear, and all of them had resistivity against over-lubrication. Lastly, the process of lubricant verification before its application in real traffic was discussed.