COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RAILWAY ENGINEERING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4089 RAILWAY ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERHAN TANYEL

Offered to

Course Objective

The aim of the course to give knowledge about railways, railway vehicles and geometrical properties of railway route. Also it will give knowledge about railway superstructure design principles and traffic estimation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Trains, to recognize and classify railway transport properties and activities
2   To describe necessary facilities and features for railway infrastructure
3   Railway capacities and specify the factors with main lines that affect the capacity
4   Railway route selection, geometric elements, to determine superstructure design
5   To compare railway superstructure design methods.
6   To identify deformations in railway superstructure, to decide about maintenance and repair methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to railway engineering, benefits of railways, historical development of railways
2 Classification of railways, types of operating, types of vehicle and their properties
3 Attraction mechanic, moving equations
4 Attraction mechanic (continue), resistance to moving vehicles, types of applications of moving equation
5 Route, definitions related with route elements and geometric properties. applications about previous lessons
6 Route (continue), standard route elements,
7 Slopes, curbs, super elevation,
8 Route (continue), transition curves, wide and number of route, cross sections, standard dimensions
9 Route (continue), the railway route survey, preliminary project studies
10 Superstructure, properties of railway elements, poses, construction techniques of routes
11 MIDTERM EXAM
12 Traffic, possible traffic,
13 Incomes and applications about it.
14 Homework submission, presentations and general discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Demiryolu Mühendisliği Veysel Arlı, V. A. Profillidis, Rayder, Istanbul, 2002

Supplementary Book(s): ÜNSAÇ, N. (1972):
Demiryolları ders Notları, E.Ü: M.B.F. Mühendislik ve Mimarlık Yüksek Okulu, Izmir.

Materials: Presentations used in lectures and lecture notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visual presentations of the course, presentation slides and lecture notes (lecture notes and presentations will be sent to the students by e-mail before the lesson). The term paper and it's presentation related with railway infrastructure and traffic volume estimation.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: it is evaluated with assignment/presentation
LO4: it is evaluated with quiz
LO 1-6: it is evaluated with midterm exams and final questions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance to the course will be required. Writing instructions of the term paper and Topics will be send to students at the beginning of the term.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Serhan TANYEL: serhan.tanyel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

When course schedule is announced, it will be announced by the instructor. Lecture notes, presentations and student term papers will be sending via DEBIS.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 83

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.12
LO.22
LO.32
LO.4244422
LO.542
LO.623322

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