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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS INŞ 3126 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING II COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI TOPAL

Offered to

Civil Engineering Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

A sample highway section will be designed by the students in details as a term project. Every stages of the project will be discussed with each student.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to apply the knowledge gained by INŞ 3025 Transportation Engineering I 2   To be able to associate horizontal, vertical and other highway geometrical elements 3   To be able to design a highway segment for traffic safety point of view 4   To be able to compare different route alternatives for economic and safety points of view 5   To be able to draw the designed highway geometrical elements 6   To be able to estimate the socio-economic consequences of a highway project

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

INŞ 3025 - TRANSPORTION ENGINEERING I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 The sketch of sample terrain map, zero line application, calculation of radius related to horizontal curves 2 The study of road location, the drawing of ground profile based on chosen highway location 3 To make a definite location of the road, deflection angle, external distance, calculation of the length of road route 4 The design of super elevation, the design of transition curve 5 The location of vertical curve, the calculation of grade elevation 6 Design of cross-sections 7 Calculation of cut & fill arear and volumes 8 The drawing of Bruckner diagrams 9 Make necessary calculations for the balance of earth works by using Bruckner diagram 10 Experiments conducted on subbase and base materials, experiments conducted on wearing course materials 11 Pavement thickness evaluation methods 12 Determination of pavement thickness 13 Project finalization 14 The overall evaluation of the project

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Karayolu Mühendisliği, Nadir Yayla, Birsen Yayınevi, ISBN: 9755112871, Istanbul, 2006. Materials: Presentations, course notes.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Project, discussion, applications.

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: it is evaluated by mid-term exams, final exam and the term project. LO 4-5: it is evaluated by the term project. LO 6: it is evaluated by mid-term exams and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Ali Topal: ali.topal@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 2 2 Preparation for final exam 1 2 2 Preparing report 1 3 3 Project Preparation 10 2 20 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

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 5 3 LO.2 5 4 LO.3 5 5 3 LO.4 5 5 3 LO.5 5 LO.6 3 4