BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| URBAN SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT (TURKISH, THESIS) | |||||
| Master | TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 | QF-EHEA: Second Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 7 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| KSU5419 | Railway Systems | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | Turkish |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi NİLGÜN CAMKESEN |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | Main objective of the course is giving general information about railway system engineering, infrastructure and superstructure systems and their functions, technical terminology of railway systems engineering. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; Course learning outcomes are: -Technical terminology about railway systems -Pull mechanics in railway vehicles -Line parameters -Railway infrastructure -Railway vehicles and components -Railway electrification and signalization -Railway system vehicles dynamics and control |
Course Content
| The aim of the course is to introduce the poject components for railway systems and to idetify the relationships between these components and demonstrate through applications. Selection of project standards for railway systems; traffic calculations; selection of pulling and being pulled vehicles and train formation; route investigation; geometric and physical design of the railway; components of traffic control systems and corresponding calculations; calculations for project costs. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Railway Infrastructure Systems | |
| 2) | Railway Superstructure Systems | |
| 3) | Line parameters | |
| 4) | Railway system vehicles components | |
| 5) | Power transfer systems | |
| 6) | Railway system electrification | |
| 7) | CER power, railway system signalization | |
| 8) | Railway system vehicle control | |
| 9) | Bogie and its function | |
| 10) | Tire and track interaction | |
| 11) | Derail conditions | |
| 12) | Dynamic stability of railway system vehicles | |
| 13) | Braking systems | |
| 14) | Other auxiliary components and their functions |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Derste Verilen Notlar / Lecture Notes |
| References: | Demiryolu Güngör EVREN 2002 Birsen Yayınları Practical Railway Engineering C. F. Bonett 2005 Imperial College Press Toprak İşleri ve Demiryolu Konu ve Problemleri İnal SEÇKİN 2001 Çağatay Yayınları Railway Engineering USA V.A. Profillidis, 1995 Cambridge University Press |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 10 | % 0 |
| Quizzes | 4 | % 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 5 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 10 | 6 | 60 |
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 20 | 100 |
| Quizzes | 4 | 10 | 40 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 270 | ||
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Improving and enhancing information in expertise level on the concept of transportation licence level abilities in terms of transportation department and related departments. | 5 |
| 2) | Having detailed information about current technics, methods and their constraints in transportation engineering. | 5 |
| 3) | Estabilishing engineering problems, improving methods for solution, implementing new methods in solutions | 5 |
| 4) | Completing and implementing information with limited datas, integrating informations of different discipline datas | |
| 5) | Estabilishing engineering problems, improving methods for solution, implementing new methods in solutions | |
| 6) | New/origin idea and method implementing, improving new solutions in system, part and process designs. | |
| 7) | Understanding process and results of studies, presenting the datas oral and written in related department on national and international scales, understanding a foreign language, having speaking, writing and reading level at least Europan Language Portfolio B2. | |
| 8) | Understanding social and environmental phases of technological implementations. Listing ability of current technics, methods, effects, constraints and results of technological implementations. | |
| 9) | Considering social-scientific-ethic values in collecting-understanding-implementing-presenting phases and all activities. | |
| 10) | Having information detailed and deeply by implemented researching in technology, evaluating and implementing of information | |
| 11) | Developing method for defined technological problems and implementing innovative methods in solutions. | |
| 12) | Modelling and implementing of experimental investigations, solving of complex cases in this process |