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