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INSL7362 | Highway Concrete Barriers | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | -- | Co-Lecturer | | Language of instruction | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | learning legal necessities of highway concrete barriers, investigation of different types and current quality approaches
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Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | make barrier design | 1,2,3,9,11 | 1 | PO - 2 : | prefer suitable barriers according to the intended use | 3,8,11 | 1 | PO - 3 : | make comparison between type of barriers in context with safety purpose | 5,6,11 | 1 | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | |
Fundamental principles of concrete barriers, purpose of traffic barriers, definitions, ASTM C 825, NCHRP 2350 necessities (material, fabrication, type and design, physical necessities, dimension tolerances) precast concrete barriers, advantages of prefabrication, cost savings, quality approaches, types of profiles, concrete barriers produced with high performance concrete, vertical concrete parapets, gradient concrete barriers, portable barriers, low profile barriers, advantage of concrete barriers, various applications, separation and protective functions, crashing test levels
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Fundamental principles of concrete barriers | | Week 2 | Fundamental principles of concrete barriers | | Week 3 | purpose of traffic barriers, definitions | | Week 4 | purpose of traffic barriers, definitions | | Week 5 | ASTM C 825, NCHRP 2350 necessities (material, fabrication, type and design, physical necessities, dimension tolerances) | | Week 6 | ASTM C 825, NCHRP 2350 necessities (material, fabrication, type and design, physical necessities, dimension tolerances) | | Week 7 | precast concrete barriers, advantages of prefabrication, cost savings, quality approaches, types of profiles, concrete barriers produced with high performance concrete | | Week 8 | precast concrete barriers, advantages of prefabrication, cost savings, quality approaches, types of profiles, concrete barriers produced with high performance concrete | | Week 9 | exam | | Week 10 | vertical concrete parapets, gradient concrete barriers, portable barriers, low profile barriers | | Week 11 | vertical concrete parapets, gradient concrete barriers, portable barriers, low profile barriers | | Week 12 | advantage of concrete barriers, various applications | | Week 13 | advantage of concrete barriers, various applications | | Week 14 | advantage of concrete barriers, various applications | | Week 15 | separation and protective functions, crashing test levels | | Week 16 | exam | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 40 | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 60 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Total work load | | | 96 |
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