COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 4072 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 2 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 course will provide information about the general concepts of transportation modes, highway transportation, geometric design of highways, principles of traffic engineering and about how principles of traffic engineering are used. It will present knowledge about highway pavements and highway materials, fundamental information about construction of highways and failures on pavements.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To tell the technical terms of highway engineering in Turkish/English.
2   To Express the importance of transportation systems in terms of civil engineering.
3   To describe the principals of highway project.
4   Oral/Written statement on a subject about the transportation
5   To interpret the socioeconomic results of the transportation investments.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to transportation engineering, modes of transportation, general features of highway transportation
2 Geometric design of highways, sight distances, passing and stopping sight distances
3 Field surveys and studies, reconnaissance survey
4 Preliminary study, final layout, design speed
5 Location of centerline, horizontal and vertical curves, superelevation design
6 Longitudinal profile and cross-sections
7 Volume calculations, cost estimation analysis
8 Principles of traffic engineering, definitions, traffic counts and surveys
9 Level of service, capacity of highways
10 MID-TERM EXAM
11 Highway pavements, rigid pavements and flexible pavements
12 Highway materials, asphalt and asphaltic mixtures, concrete and concrete making materials
13 Construction of highways, construction of embankments, compaction and rollers
14 Construction of pavements, distress conditions of pavements and failure types of pavement

Recomended or Required Reading

Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis, Fred L. Mannering,Scott S. Washburn, Walter P. Kilareski, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,9780470290750, USA, 2009

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Application and 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 * 0.25 + 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 1-3-5 ; Will be evaluated by mid-term and final exam.
LO 2-4 ; Will be evaluated by homework.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be evaluated.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serhan TANYEL ; serhan.tanyel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced after the course schedule is determined.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 73

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.24
LO.33
LO.44
LO.54

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