COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 6005 TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERHAN TANYEL

Offered to

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Course Objective

To make introduction about CIE5053 Traffic I and CIE5054 Traffic II lessons of transportation master program and give information about traffic surveys and some evaluation methods, As part of the Traffic Flow Theory course CIE6005 which constitute the particular theories used today by examining the basics of traffic engineering methods, it is aimed to obtain detailed information about in mathematical models which have an important role especially on traffic engineering for students.

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 Flow Characteristics, Flow Rates, Speed, Density, Traffic Flow Models, Speed-Flow Models, The Speed-Density Models, The Current-Density Models, The Three-Dimensional Models
2 Car Following Models, Model Development, Stability Analysis, Steady Flow Models
3 Uninterrupted (Continued) Flow Models, Simple Models Homework Submission And Presentations
4 Uninterrupted (Continued) Flow Models (Continued), High-Level Models
5 Uninterrupted (Continued) Flow Models (Continued), Stochastic Models Homework Submission And Presentations
6 Macroscopic Flow Models, Travel Time, Global Transportation Network Models
7 Macroscopic Flow Models (Continued), Two Flow Theorem
8 Homework Submission And Presentations
9 Non-Signalized Intersections, Introduction, Homework Submission And Presentations Gap Acceptance Theorem, Time Interval In Models
10 Non-Signalized Intersections (Continued), Interaction Of Different Traffic Flows
11 Non-Signalized Intersections (Continued), The Stop Controlled Intersections (TWSC And AWSC), Roundabouts
12 Signalized Intersections, Signalized Intersections Delay Models
13 Delay Models (cont.)
14 Homework Submission And Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
MAY, A. D.,(1990) "Traffic Flow Fundamentals", Prentice-Hall,
Traffic Flow Theory: A State of the Art Report, sponsored by TRB Committee A3A11
Materials: Presentations, course notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The visual presentations and presentation slides.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2-3: Consideration with mid-term exams and final exam
LO 4-5: Consideration with homework assignments

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

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

Office Hours

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

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.133
LO.24444
LO.33
LO.44
LO.554

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