Information Package / Course Catalogue
Power Transmission in Tractors and Traction Mechanics
Course Code: ZTM541
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

The most important power source in the agricultural sector is the tractor. There are many important equipments that distinguish the tractor from other motor vehicles. This second main objective is to highlight the special features of the tractor and to learn it in terms of operation, repair and maintenance. In order to be able to fully demonstrate the suitability of the tractor-to-work machine for operating the tractor, the tractor is learned in depth in terms of structural, vehicle mechanics and power distribution.

Course Content

After studying the meaning and development of the tractor and classification of the tractors, the main structural elements of the tractors, the equipment of the tractors, the tractor mechanics, the tractor power and the tractor experiments are learned in depth. In practice, sample problems related to general issues of tractors, issues to be taken into consideration when buying tractors, use of tractors, powering systems of tractors, maintenance of tractors, significant failures in tractors and their theories are solved.

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