‘Fire Towers’ for Forest Fires
Prof. Dr. Celalettin Kozanoğlu and Prof. Dr. Murat Aşkar from Izmir University of Economics (IUE) have developed a ‘fire tower’ ...
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Transportation Engineering
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CIVE 442
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FALL
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5
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| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | ELECTIVE_COURSE | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-To-Face | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The aim is to give knowledge about fundamentals of design and planning of transportation engineering. It provides the knowledge about the principles of highway design, capacity of and transportation planning in civil engineering. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Course Description | This course comprises definitions, planning in transportation, road capacity, classification of highways, and determination of routes, geometrical design (design of horizontal and vertical design). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials | Learning Outcome |
| 1 | Introduction to transportation engineering | Chapter 1 “Transportation Engineering: Theory, Practice and Modeling”, Dusan Teodorovic and Milan Janic, 1st Ed., 2016 Butterworth-Heinemann. | LO1 |
| 2 | Characteristics of transport modes and their systems, transportation systems topics: planning, control, congestion, safety, and environment protection | Chapter 2.4 & 2.5 “Transportation Engineering: Theory, Practice and Modeling”, Dusan Teodorovic and Milan Janic, 1st Ed., 2016 Butterworth-Heinemann. | LO1 |
| 3 | Human, road and vehicle characteristics, vehicles dynamics | Chapter 3.1-3.8 “Traffic and Highway Engineering”, Nicholas J. Garber and Lester A. Hoel, 4th Ed., 2009, Cengage Learning, ISBN: 9780495082507. | LO1 |
| 4 | Traffic flow theory | Chapter 4.1-4.3 “Transportation Engineering: Theory, Practice and Modeling”, Dusan Teodorovic and Milan Janic, 1st Ed., 2016 Butterworth-Heinemann. | LO2 |
| 5 | Traffic flow theory | Chapter 4.6-4.9 “Transportation Engineering: Theory, Practice and Modeling”, Dusan Teodorovic and Milan Janic, 1st Ed., 2016 Butterworth-Heinemann. | 4911603d-d71a-4245-82aa-35d383099012 |
| 6 | Highway route research, horizontal curve | Chapter 3/ p.131-190 AASHTO. "Policy on geometric design of highways and streets." American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, DC (2018). | LO3 |
| 7 | Highway route research, superelevation | Chapter 3/ p.131-190 AASHTO. "Policy on geometric design of highways and streets." American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, DC (2018). | LO3 |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | - | |
| 9 | Longitudinal profile and vertical curves, properties of circular vertical curves | Chapter 3/ p.259-268 AASHTO. "Policy on geometric design of highways and streets." American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, DC (2018). | LO3 |
| 10 | Earthworks, design of cross-sections, calculation of cut&fill areas and volumes | Chapter 14 “Traffic and Highway Engineering”, Nicholas J. Garber and Lester A. Hoel, 4th Ed., 2009, Cengage Learning, ISBN: 9780495082507. | LO4 |
| 11 | The drawing and balancing of Bruckner diagrams, cost/benefit analysis based on project | Chapter 14 “Traffic and Highway Engineering”, Nicholas J. Garber and Lester A. Hoel, 4th Ed., 2009, Cengage Learning, ISBN: 9780495082507. | LO4 |
| 12 | Highway materials and pavement design | Chapter 10&11 “Traffic and Highway Engineering”, Nicholas J. Garber and Lester A. Hoel, 4th Ed., 2009, Cengage Learning, ISBN: 9780495082507. | LO4 |
| 13 | Travel demand model | Chapter 8 “Transportation Engineering: Theory, Practice and Modeling”, Dusan Teodorovic and Milan Janic, 1st Ed., 2016 Butterworth-Heinemann. | LO5 |
| 14 | Capacity and level of service | Chapter 5.1-5.2 “Transportation Engineering: Theory, Practice and Modeling”, Dusan Teodorovic and Milan Janic, 1st Ed., 2016 Butterworth-Heinemann. | LO5 |
| 15 | Semester Review | - | |
| 16 | Final Exam | - |
| Course Notes/Textbooks |
Transportation Engineering: Theory Practice and Modeling”. Dusan Teodorovic and Milan Janic. 1st Ed. 2016 Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN: 9780128038185. Traffic and Highway Engineering. Nicholas J. Garber and Lester A. Hoel. 4th Ed. 2009. Cengage Learning. ISBN: 9780495082507. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | AASHTO. "Policy on geometric design of highways and streets." American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Washington. DC 2018 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting | LO1 | LO2 | LO3 | LO4 | LO5 |
| Project | 1 | 20 | X | X | X | X | |
| Midterm | 1 | 30 | X | X | X | ||
| Final Exam | 1 | 50 | X | X | X | X | |
| Total | 3 | 100 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Participation | - | - | - |
| Theoretical Course Hours | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours | - | - | - |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Field Work | - | - | - |
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | - | - |
| Portfolio | - | - | - |
| Homework / Assignments | - | - | - |
| Presentation / Jury | - | - | - |
| Project | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Seminar / Workshop | - | - | - |
| Oral Exams | - | - | - |
| Midterms | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 150 |
| # | PC Sub | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
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