COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRAFFIC

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4281 TRAFFIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERHAN TANYEL

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

This course aims to provide the knowledge about traffic engineering and its importance, to give information about traffic management methods, description of people, vehicle and road characteristics and relationships and to provide experience for the evaluation of traffic surveys and data.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to collect traffic flow data
2   To be able to calculate the characteristics of traffic flow elements
3   To be able to analyze a transportation facility (road segment, intersection etc.) from different points of view
4   To be able to interpret the problems of a highway segment/intersection
5   To be able to report and present the related calculations and discussions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to traffic engineering, characteristics of highway traffic problems, sections of traffic engineering, traffic rules
2 Introduction to traffic engineering (cont.), control devices, introduction to traffic management
3 Vehicle operation characteristics, movement theory, acceleration, braking distance
4 Economy, fuel and operation characteristics, effect of sight on vehicles
5 Road use, sight, hearing and adaptation to environment, environmental factors
6 Speed, classification of speed, measurement of spot speed and its statistical mean, running speed and overall speed
7 Traffic volume and traffic density
8 Speed, volume and density relations
9 raffic counts, volume counts, pedestrian counts
10 Traffic counts (cont.), cordon counts, origin-destination counts, gravity counts
11 AADT and HTC concepts
12 Student presentations
13 Evaluations of applications in practice
14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):

Trafik Mühendisliği ve Uygulamaları, Argun Tunç, Asil Yayın Dağıtım, ISBN:975878403, Istanbul, 2003.

Materials:

Presentations, course notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations and lecture notes. All lecture notes will be provided to students before hand.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

-

Assessment Criteria

LO 1 and LO 5: it is evaluated by homework and presentation
LO 2-4: it is evaluated by homework, mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance in the class will be followed in regular basis.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

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

Office Hours

Office Hours will be announced in the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 113

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.155424443
LO.255424443
LO.355424443
LO.455424443
LO.555424443

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