COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LIFTING MACHINERY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAK 4078 LIFTING MACHINERY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR HAŞIM FIRAT KARASU

Offered to

Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide the student to define and calculate lifting systems and design ability .

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to describe a lifting system and classify for transmission materials
2   At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to compare lifting machines.
3   At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to display, calculate and draw structural parameters of different lifting systems.
4   At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to determination and analysis of systems for different lifting materials
5   At the end of the course it is expected that the student will be able to calculate mechanisms for analyzed lifting system.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about lifting machines and lifting systems
2 Examination of rails and wheels at lifting machines
3 Examination of load assumptions and basic principles at lifting machines calculating
4 Examination of main beam, head beam and side beam of gantry cranes
5 Examination of beam structures of gantry cranes
6 Bending stress and deflection calculation at gantry cranes
7 Examination of gantry crane
8 Examination of gantry crane connection constructions
9 Examination of pedestal cranes and cantilever cranes
10 Examination of rotating crane and rotating tower crane designs
11 Examination of climbing tower cranes
12 Examination of mobile cranes
13 Examination of floating cranes and rotating disc cranes
14 Mid-Term

Recomended or Required Reading

Demirsoy, M.: Kaldırma Makinaları (Krenler),MMO yayını , 2011,Izmir

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation is made within course to increase recognize and define better. It is provided to gain experience by examining examples.

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 (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

There are one mid-term exams and it observe 50 percent and final exam is 50 percent.

Assessment Criteria

Design calculations and principles about lifting systems are considered by two mid-term exams and a 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)2323019224 mine.demirsoy@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Two hours after the course according to the timetable.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1343
LO.2323
LO.3534
LO.4442
LO.53443