Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : MCE555 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : Second Cycle (Master's Degree) |
| Education Language | : English |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 3 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 3 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 8 |
• Investigating engineering methods to provide the highest-level safety for vehicles leaving roadway for any reason • Providing information on safe roadside design phases • Teaching how the crash tests used to ensure roadside safety in the world • Providing the implementation details of road restraint systems, such as guardrails, crash cushions and transition guardrails.
This course is intended to explain all necessary engineering measures to increase the safety of vehicle passengers entering the roadside, determine what can be done to reduce the impact severity, present detailed information about engineering precautions, such as guardrails and crash cushions, explaining crash tests and the current crash test standards in the world, investigating the roadside safety issues with examples from Turkey and around the world.
| Assoc. Prof. Ayhan Öner YÜCEL |
| 1. | To learn design phases and determine measures of roadside safety. |
| 2. | To explain contents of crash tests used to achieve roadside safety in the world. |
| 3. | To learn the detailed use of the guardrails, crash cushions and transition guardrails. |
| 4. | To understand what needs to be done to ensure the highest safety level for vehicles leaving the roadway. |
| 5. | To learn common guardrail types. |
| 1. | Yolkenar Güvenliği Dizayn Kitabı, Amerikan Federal Karayolu Birimi, AASHTO, https://bookstore.transportation.org/Item_details.aspx?id=148 |
| 2. | Yolkenarlarında kullanılan direklerin güvenlik dizayn esasları, Ulaştırma Araştırmaları Kurulu, TRB, http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sar/sar_9.pdf. |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %30 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %50 |
| Assignment | 5 | %20 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 2 | 3 | 70 |
| Assignment | 5 | 15 | 0 | 75 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 25 | 2 | 27 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 25 | 2 | 27 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 199 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | PÇ-7 | PÇ-8 | PÇ-9 | PÇ-10 | PÇ-11 | PÇ-12 | PÇ-13 | |
OÇ-1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
OÇ-2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
OÇ-3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
OÇ-4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
OÇ-5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |