COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL CRANE CONSTRUCTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEE 5034 SPECIAL CRANE CONSTRUCTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MINE DEMIRSOY

Offered to

DESIGN AND PRODUCTION
Design and Production
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give the students (studied Mechanical Engineering and now learning Construction and Manufacturing) general principles of special crane constructions and the examples of these constructions in industry

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to calculate the steel structures in the cranes and drawing them
2   At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to describe the main structures of crane constructions
3   At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to compare the crane constructions
4   At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to definite and analyze of the systems that using for different transmission structures
5   At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to calculate the mechanisms in the crane construction for design

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General informations, cross-sectional shapes, dimensioning, constructive forming and examples
2 Frames, construction of frame corners, frame stands and its working
3 Lattice girders, lattice girder systems, rod sections, lattice girder constructions, riveted lattice girders, welded lattice girders, bearing of lattice girder
4 Special crane constructions, adjustable cranes
5 Soaring cranes from rotary tower cranes and its working
6 Mobile cranes
7 Mid-term exam
8 Steel mill cranes, ingot cranes, deep quarry cranes
9 Scrap loading cranes, magnetic cranes
10 Floating cranes, ship cranes
11 Cable cranes
12 Loading bridges
13 Rolling mill cranes, ship building cranes
14 Student presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Ernst, H. Die Hebezeuge Band I,II,III
Supplementary Book: Kaldırma Makinaları, Prof. Dr. M. Demirsoy

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. Design examples are given

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 * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1 mid-term exam and 1 presentation scheduled and both of them 25 percent and the final exam 50 percent

Assessment Criteria

Students are evaluated with schematic and numerical questions, 1 mid-term exam, 1 presentation and 1 final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

All class members are expected to attend the lecture hours

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+90 232 3019224

Office Hours

2 hours after the lecture

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 7 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 192

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1434
LO.2443
LO.3433
LO.43444
LO.5454

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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