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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS INŞ 4282 COMPUTER AIDED HIGHWAY DESIGN 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

It is aimed to give information about the use of CAD based environments developed for highway design.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to obtain 3D terrain maps. 2   To be able to draw highway geometric elements in a CAD environment. 3   To be able to estimate cut and fill volumes in 3D format. 4   To be able to evaluate a highway geometry for design and construction cost perspectives. 5   To be able report and present the findings about a highway design.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 CAD environment using for highway design 2 Points, lines and curves in CAD 3 Surface obtaining methods 4 Creating and editing alignments 5 Surface sampling and profile generation 6 Building assemblies 7 Creating road corridors in 3D 8 Obtaining cross sections 9 Generating volume reports 10 Visualizing 3D objects 11 Production of plan sets 12 Highway quantity takeoff analysis 13 Homework presentations 14 Homework presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2011, James Wedding, Scott McEachron, Wiley Publishing, ISBN: 978-0-470-92370-2, 2010. Materials: Presentations, course notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Applications, presentation, 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 * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5 will be evaluated by mid-term and final exams. LO 4-5 will be evaluated by homework and presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Computer applications related to the course should be followed regularly by the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

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 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 15 15 Group Project Preparation 1 36 36 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 3 LO.2 5 LO.3 4 5 LO.4 4 5 5 LO.5 4 5 5