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| HRT3029 | Transportation | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOMATICS ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Atakan AKSOY | | Co-Lecturer | ASSOC. PROF. DR. ŞEREF ORUÇ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | It is aimed to point out the principles in designing highway project and going through with case studies. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | interpret the socio-economic and environmental effects of transportation systems. | | | | LO - 2 : | describe the highway elements and their functions. | | | | LO - 3 : | design the highway alignment in horizontal and vertical plans. | | | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Rise and development of transportation. Transportation systems. Definitions of highway equipments. General properties of highway traffic and sight distances. Capacity of roads. Road geometrical standards. Profile and vertical curves. Horizontal curves and transition curves. Profile calculations; volume calculations. Mass haul diagrams and balancing. Case Study: Preparing of a highway project which is at least 500 m length; location research, outline, profile and cross section, volume calculation and soil balancing. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Transportation systems and definitions | | | Week 2 | Comparison of transportation systems | | | Week 3 | Capacities of roads | | | Week 4 | geometric standards of roads | | | Week 5 | Hihgway components | | | Week 6 | Horizontal curves and superelevation | | | Week 7 | Profile | | | Week 8 | Calculation vertical curves. | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | | Week 10 | Transition curves | | | Week 11 | Profile calculations | | | Week 12 | Cross-sections | | | Week 13 | Calculation cross-section | | | Week 14 | Calculation Volume | | | Week 15 | Table of Volumes | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Nadir Yaylalı, 2008, Karayolu İnşaatı, İTÜ yayınları, İstanbul | | | 2 | Ders sorumlusu notları | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| 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 | 2 | 16 | 32 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 4 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 43 |
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