COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

GEOTECHNICS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAKAN ELÇI

Offered to

GEOTECHNICS

Course Objective

To recognize railway infrastructure and superstructures, to recognize and determine the material properties of rocks that can be used as railway ballast, to make the necessary tests according to TS and ASTM standards of rocks to be used as railway ballast and to decide whether the test results can be used as railway ballast, to determine the causes of ballast pollution, and to decide on the necessity of ballast maintenance.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

R Railway Material, Construction, Control and Maintenance and Repair Technical Principles, Yüksel Proje, 2007, Ankara, 64 pp.
TS 7043 EN 13450, 2004 Aggregates for railway ballasts. Turkish Standards Institute Ankara, 33 p.
Kozak M., 2021. Investigation of Railway Ballast and its Properties. Journal of Railway Engineering, Issue 13, pages 86-96.
Bell, F.G. 2004. Engineering Geology and Construction. 809 pages.
Yilmaz, A. 2014.Ballast Fouling in Railway Superstructure. Journal of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Institute of Science and Technology 6(1) 11-17.
Highways Technical Specifications (HTS), 2013. Highways Technical Specifications, General Directorate of Highways, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be taught practically in the laboratory. After the lecturer explains the subject, he/she will perform the experiment for the relevant material property, then he/she will expect students and/or student groups to perform the experiment, create a discussion environment in the form of questions and answers and learn the subjects.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

I. Midterm 25% Examination of the knowledge of the material properties of railway infrastructure and superstructure elements and railway ballasts.
II. Application 25%
III. Final Exam %50: Assessment of the all learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.elci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be specified in the course programme

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes