COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ROAD TECHNOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTS 3015 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ROAD TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BURAK ŞENGÖZ

Offered to

Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Mechanical Engineering
Textile Engineering
Mining Engineering (Evening)
Mining Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

Following the comparison of the pavement types in relation with advantage and disadvantage, the materials used in the pavement system will be discussed in details.

The utilization of new road materials, different construction techniques and technology based materials will be made within literature review.

Besides, the conventional as well as a new nature susceptible bituminous mixture will be introduced.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To classify pavement types
2   To compare pavement types from technical and economical point of view.
3   To compose literature regarding conventional road materials to be used in pavement.
4   To evaluate the utilization and effects of current additives wihtin asphaltic pavement.
5   To make detailed investigations related to road construction techniques.
6   To investigate sustainable road materials in relation with different technologies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts of pavement and subgrade, definitions of cross sections
2 Types of pavement and used materials
3 Traffic loads on pavements and their distributions
4 Advantages of pavement types with respect to each other
5 Disadvantages of pavement types with respect to each other
6 To compare pavement types by technical point of view
7 To compare pavement types by economic point of view
8 Life cycle inventory analyze program
9 Introduction of materials appropriate for pavement system
10 The criteria for material choice for pavement system
11 A choice for a new nature susceptible material
12 Comparison with conventional approaches
13 Homework submission and presentations
14 General discussions and evaluations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):

HUNTER, N.R. Bituminous Mixtures in Road Construction, Thomas Telford Series, London, 2004.

Supplementary Book(s):

ULUÇAYLI; M. Asfalt El Kitabı Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Isfalt ISBN: 975-8183-01-X,Istanbul, 2002.

ILICALI, M. Asfalt ve Uygulamaları Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Isfalt Istanbul, 2002.

Materials:

Presentations used in lecture

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The visual presentations and presentation slides.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2-3: Consideration with mid-term exam and final exam
LO 4-5-6: Consideration with assignments and presentations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation. The rules of writing term paper topics, and it will be distributed to students at the beginning of the period

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Burak ŞENGÖZ burak.sengoz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

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

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1,5 28
Tutorials 0 0 0
Lectures 0 0 0
Tutorials 0 0 0
Lectures 0 0 0
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 0 0 0
Preparation for midterm exam 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 0 0 0
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 0 0 0
Preparing presentations 0 0 0
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 0 2 0
Preparation for final exam 0 4 0
Preparation for midterm exam 0 4 0
Preparing assignments 0 10 0
Preparing presentations 0 2 0
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Final 0 2 0
Midterm 0 2 0
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Final 0 2 0
Midterm 0 2 0
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1333
LO.23333
LO.33333
LO.44543
LO.543
LO.6

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