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| ORM3010 | Mechanization in Forestry | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST 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. Selçuk GÜMÜŞ | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with knowledge on forestry operations machines. Preparing of machine usage plans. Students get decision ability for machinery selection criteria and site preparation.
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | summarise the forest operations machines types | 1,5 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | describe the machines capabilities and equipments | 1,5 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | describe the machines capabilities and equipments | 1,5 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | evaluate the cost and productivity of different machines usage. | 1,5 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | evaluate the keeping of environmental effects at minimum and safety usage comments of different machines | 1,5 | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Mechanization in Turkish forestry; man/machinery relationships; motor vehicles in forestry, Common equipments use in forest operations; machine capabilities and limitations. Understanding harvesting systems, including ground-based and cable systems . Introduction to machine costing and system productivity. Environmental and safety aspects of forestry machine
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, mechanization in forestr operations | | | Week 2 | Mechanization phases, benefits, principles | | | Week 3 | Situation of Turkish forestry mechanization, inhibitive factors of development, mechanization rate | | | Week 4 | Mechanization in forest road construction and maintenance works
| | | Week 5 | Ground digging machines by walking, dozers, grader, skraypers | | | Week 6 | Ground digging machines by non-walk, excavators | | | Week 7 | Loaders, ground compression machines, stone collecting machines, transportation vehicles | | | Week 8 | Harvesting and transportation machines, chainsaws, bark paring, chipping, wood breaking machines | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam (quiz) | | | Week 10 | Tractors, forest tractors, walking machines, harvesters and forwarders
| | | Week 11 | Main transport vehicles, tractor trailers, trucks, monorails, Machines for extraction from compartments, skidders, yarders, skylines, term work evoluation | | | Week 12 | Loaders and stowing machines | | | Week 13 | Quize | | | Week 14 | Mechanization in forest nursery and afforestration works | | | Week 15 | Machines economical analysis | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Acar, H.H., Akay, A.E., Gümüş, S., 2015; Oramancılıkta Mekanizasyon, KTÜ Yayınları, Genel Yayın No: 234, Fakülte Yayın No: 40, Trabzon. | | | 2 | Acar, H. H. , 1999; Ormancılıkta Mekanizasyon, KTÜ Yayınları, No: 57, Trabzon | | | |
| 1 | Aykut, T. , 1984; Orman Ürünleri Taşımacılığında Araç ve Teknikler, İÜ Yayınları, No: 3246, İstanbul | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 09/04/2019 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/06/2019 | 1 | 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 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1.5 | 13 | 19.5 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 7 | 14 | | Arasınav | .5 | 1 | .5 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 6 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 75 |
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