Akademik Dersler - İçerik

Weeks	Topics
Week - 1	Introduction to transportation systems. Basic definitions. Classification of transportation systems. History of transportation systems. Current status of transportation systems in Turkey.
Week - 2	Vehicular characteristics and performance. Tractive effort and resistance. Aerodynamic resistance. Rolling resistance. Grade resistance. Vehicle acceleration.
Week - 3	Braking. Theoretical braking distance. Practical braking distance. Stopping sight distance. Passing sight distance. 
Week - 4	Design process of transportation facilities. Design codes and documents. Surveys for highway location. Geometric design of highways.
Week - 5	Horizontal alignment. Zero-line method. Elements of horizontal alignment.
Week - 6	Types of horizontal curves. Circular horizontal curves. Calculation of parameters.
Week - 7	Superelevation. Calculation and visualization of superelevation.
Week - 8	Transition curves. Klotoid as a transition curve. Technical features and locations of special points on horizontal curves (TS, To, SC, B, CS, Tf, ST).
Week - 9	Circular vertical curves. Stopping sight distance and vertical curve design. Passing sight distance and crest vertical curves design.
Week - 10	Underpass sight distance and sag vertical curve design. Road surface elevation calculations in vertical curves.
Week - 11	Roadway profile preperation, elevation calculations
Week - 12	Earthwork. Calculation of cross-sectional areas.
Week - 13	Earthwork volumes. Mass diagrams. Bruckner diagrams.
Week - 14	General information about Traffic Engineering. Signalized junctions, phase diagrams, signal times, etc.