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TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
CEN409 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING 7 3 3 6

Objectives and Contents

Objectives: It is aimed to give information about the general concepts of transportation types, road transportation, geometric design of highways, to evaluate the principles of traffic engineering and to evaluate how this information will be used for design purposes, to give information about road pavements and road materials, to give basic information about road construction works and deterioration on roads. .
Content: It includes the following topics; define the steps in transportation planning, the dynamics between driver, road and vehicles in transportation facilities design, to prepare and present professional projects, to show the steps of road design, to define the traffic flow theorem, application of flow-density-speed relations, capacity and service level analysis.