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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
INŞ 4082	COMPUTER AIDED HIGHWAY DESIGN	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ÖZUYSAL

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

It is aimed to give information about the use of CAD based environments developed for highway design.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to obtain 3D terrain maps.
2	To be able to draw highway geometric elements in a CAD environment.
3	To be able to estimate cut and fill volumes in 3D format.
4	To be able to evaluate a highway geometry for design and construction cost perspectives.
5	To be able report and present the findings about a highway design.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

INŞ 3025 - TRANSPORTION ENGINEERING I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	CAD environment using for highway design
2	Points, lines and curves in CAD
3	Surface obtaining methods
4	Creating and editing alignments
5	Surface sampling and profile generation
6	Building assemblies
7	Creating road corridors in 3D
8	Obtaining cross sections
9	Generating volume reports
10	MID-TERM EXAM
11	Visualizing 3D objects
12	Production of plan sets
13	Highway quantity takeoff analysis
14	Homework presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011, James Wedding, Scott McEachron, Wiley Publishing, ISBN: 978-0-470-92370-2, 2010.

Materials: Presentations, course notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Applications, presentation, homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Course book (given in the reference section.), visual slide presentations (presentations will be loaded to web sites of related lecturers after the class), laboratory reports and homework (at least two laboratory application for each semester)

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5 will be evaluated by mid-term and final exams.
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by homework and presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Computer applications related to the course should be followed regularly by the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÖZUYSAL: mustafa.ozuysal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced after the course schedule is determined.

Work Placement(s)