ECTS - Computer-Aided Highway Design

Computer-Aided Highway Design (CE508) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Computer-Aided Highway Design CE508 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
Basic Highway Engineering Courses during BS.
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration, Question and Answer, Problem Solving.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Cumhur AYDIN
Course Assistants
Course Objectives To expose students to the role of probability in highway engineering discipline. To teach students elementary concepts of highway engineering. Introduce and solve practical highway engineering problems trough InRoads software. To make students very familiar with basic highway engineering terms in details like superelevation, transition lengths, typical sections, roadways etc.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • General CAD knowledge
  • The students are prepared with these concepts so that they can solve practical problems of highway engineering discipline which requires earthwork volume calculations, horizontal and vertical alignment geometry, profile and crossection calculations and highway quantity takeoffs.
Course Content Introduction to MicroStation CAD platform, introduction to InRoads platform, digital terrain model and point types symbology and feature creation for DTM, horizontal alignment and profile extraction, vertical alignment, typical cross sections, roadway modeling, superelevation, final evaluation of the course.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 CAD Platform & Introduction to InRoads MicroStation Training Document
2 CAD Platform & Introduction to InRoads MicroStation Training Document
3 CAD Platform & Introduction to InRoads MicroStation Training Document
4 Digital Terrain Model InRoads Training Document
5 Digital Terrain Model InRoads Training Document
6 Digital Terrain Model InRoads Training Document
7 Geometric Design for Alignment Referance
8 Geometric Design for Alignment Referance
9 Geometric Design for Alignment Referance
10 Geometric Design for Alignment Referance
11 Geometric Design for Alignment Referance
12 Profile, Crosssection and Volumes Referance
13 Profile, Crosssection and Volumes Referance
14 Profile, Crosssection and Volumes Referance
15 Final Exam Period
16 Final Exam Period

Sources

Course Book 1. A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets,AASHTO Metric 2001 Edition.
Other Sources 2. Data Book For Civil Engineers by Elwyn E. Seelve.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project 1 15
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 2 50
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 35
Toplam 4 100
Percentage of Semester Work 65
Percentage of Final Work 35
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Ability to carry out advanced research activities, both individual and as a member of a team
2 Ability to evaluate research topics and comment with scientific reasoning
3 Ability to initiate and create new methodologies, implement them on novel research areas and topics
4 Ability to produce experimental and/or analytical data in systematic manner, discuss and evaluate data to lead scintific conclusions
5 Ability to apply scientific philosophy on analysis, modelling and design of engineering systems
6 Ability to synthesis available knowledge on his/her domain to initiate, to carry, complete and present novel research at international level
7 Contribute scientific and technological advancements on engineering domain of his/her interest area
8 Contribute industrial and scientific advancements to improve the society through research activities

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 10 10
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 2 12 24
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 15 15
Total Workload 125