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Course Introduction Information


Code - Course Title	İNŞ311 - Transportation Engineering I
Course Type	Required Courses
Language of Instruction	İngilizce
Laboratory + Practice	3+2
ECTS	6.0
Course Instructor(s)
Mode of Delivery	Face to face
Prerequisites	There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course
Recommended Reading List	1. Huang, Y. H. (2004) Pavement Anaysis and Design, Pearson Prentice Hall.
Assessment methods and criteria	2 Midterm + 1 Final + 1 Project
Work Placement	N/A
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

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. Circular horizontal curves. Transition curves.
Week - 6	Superelevation. Compound and reserve curves. Sight distance on horizontal curves.
Week - 7	Vertical alignment. Circular vertical curves. Stopping sight distance and vertical curve design.
Week - 8	Passing sight distance and crest vertical curves design. Underpass sight distance and sag vertical curve design. Combined curves. Circular vertical curves.
Week - 9	Earthwork. Calculation of cross sectional areas. Earthwork volumes. Mass diagrams.
Week - 10	Pavement design. Functions of the pavement structure. Rigid and flexible pavements.
Week - 11	Definitions of capacity and level of service. Capacity and level of service analysis of basic freeway sections. Capacity and level of service analysis of two-lane highway sections.
Week - 12	Classification and planning of urban roads.
Week - 13	Planning and design of intersections and interchanges.
Week - 14	Design and construction of highway drainage systems.

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching Methods
Lecture
Discussion
Question & Answer
Team/Group Work
Drill - Practise
Problem Solving
Report Preparation and/or Presentation
Proje Design/Management
Competences
Rational
Questoning
Creative
Civic awareness
Effective use of a foreign language
Work in teams
Use time effectively
Eleştirel düşünebilme
Abstract analysis and synthesis
Problem solving
Information Management
To work autonomously
Organization and planning
Elementary computing skills
Project Design and Management
Leadership

Assessment Methods

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
	Quamtity	Percentage (%)
Toplam (%)		0