COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COLLISION MECHANICS AND ACCIDENTS RECONSTRUCTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5003 COLLISION MECHANICS AND ACCIDENTS RECONSTRUCTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MUSTAFA UMUT KARAOĞLAN

Offered to

DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Design and Production
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give additional knowledge about vehicle dynamics and crash mechanics to students that graduated as mechanical engineer from undergraduate education to analyse traffic accidents by using scientific method and to understand obtaining some clue that helping to evaluate them with legal perspective for appointed engineers as an expert.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   It is expected that the learner will be able to classify accidents and describe occurred traffic accidents.
2   Students will be able to compare road and vehicle structure and traces after accident and explain them with examples.
3   Students will be able to show, calculate and sketch structural and dynamic parameters of accidents.
4   Students will be able to analyze and define other methods for crash mechanic and reconstruction of traffic accidents.
5   At the end of the module, the learner will be expected to determine and formula reconstruction of traffic accidents with occurred samples

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The purpose of detection of traffic accidents, classification, giving information about the concepts
2 Accident documentation and examining traces
3 Examining traces and vehicle damage
4 Determine view rate, reaction processes and the beginning of braking
5 Examining motion and braking and calculation of velocity limit
6 Examining overtaking and failure overtake examples
7 Probability of avoiding traffic accidens
8 1. Mid-term exam
9 Limit cornering speed, yaw, and examination of the vehicle rotates
10 Examination of the crash mechanics
11 Examining somersault of vehicle as a result of crash
12 Methods used in reconstruction of the crash
13 Examples of reconstruction of traffic accidents
14 2. Mid-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Kuralay, N.S.: Crash Mechanics and Reconstruction of Traffic Accidens with Examples. TMMOB Mechanical Engineering Association Publication, ISBN 975 395 095 0, Izmir 1994
Supplementary Book(s):
References: Prof.Dr. Nusret Sefa KURALAY

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation is made within course to increase recognize and define better. Besides in the lessons that one week before the exams is made practise problem-solving.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Needs and parameters of system design within the course is evaluated by two mid-term exams and a final exam with schematic and numerical questions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Active participation to the lecture

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: murat.topac@deu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 (0232) 301 92 48

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 2 2 4
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 2 12 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 169

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.12433
LO.2334
LO.34523
LO.4343
LO.54432