COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HIGHWAY MATERIALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4087 HIGHWAY MATERIALS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BURAK ŞENGÖZ

Offered to

Course Objective

This course is to give a description of most commonly used materials, methods of testing, types of pavements and their use in different layers of highways so that their behavior in service can be predicted. Also, methods of hot mix asphalt applications in our country will be presented.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To classify asphalt sources, constitution and bituminous materials.
2   To be able to relate the specifications of bituminous binders and superstructure performance.
3   To choose available materials and equipments for flexible pavement purposes.
4   To examine bituminous hot mix design process with advance in technology.
5   To interpret the role of bitumen for the rehabilitation of pavement
6   To be able to compile literature information about different additives used in bituminous mixtures.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, definition of flexible and rigid pavements, definition of bitumen, bituminous materials
2 Classification of bituminous materials, asphalts and tars and related terms
3 Sources of asphalts, historical development, petroleum, natural and petroleum asphalts and manufacture of asphalts in refinery
4 Asphalt cements and classifications, structure, chemical and substances of asphalts
5 Using of asphalt cements, tests performed on asphalt cements, liquid asphalts
6 Tests performed on liquid asphalts, asphalt emulsions and Laboratory tests and use of asphalt emulsions
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 Chemical and physical properties of asphalt, problems in application
9 Rheological characteristics of asphalts, investigation of mechanical models
10 Temperature susceptibility of asphalts, durability characteristics, types of bituminous surfacing
11 Mineral aggregates, definitions relating to aggregates, sources and classification of aggregates, properties of aggregates
12 Mix-design methods for bituminous mixtures, Marshall mix design method
13 Cold mixtures, base and subbase materials, new trends in mix design methods
14 Homework submission and presentations, general discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Bituminous Mixtures in Road Construction,Robert N. Hunter ,Thomas Telford Ltd.,978-0727716835,USA,1994
Supplementary Book(s):
1- Asfalt El Kitabı, Mehmet Uluçaylı, Isfalt Yayınları,975-8183-01, Istanbul, 2002

2- Shell Bitüm El Kitabı, Abdullah Hilmi Lav,M. Aysen Lav, David Whiteoak, Isfalt Yayınları,975-8183-02-8, Istanbul, 2004


Materials: Presentations used in lecture

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The visual presentations and presentation slides.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2, 3-4-5: Consideration with mid-term exam and final exam
LO 6: Consideration with assignments and presentations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation. The rules of writing term paper topics, and it will be distributed to students at the beginning of the period

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Burak ŞENGÖZ: burak.sengoz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The course schedule will be announced by the faculty member is created.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 4 4
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.13
LO.2445
LO.34
LO.4555
LO.55
LO.64543

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