COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AIRPORT DESIGN - II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5056 AIRPORT DESIGN - II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR BURAK ŞENGÖZ

Offered to

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The objective of the course is to provide the necessary knowledge for the geometric design of airfield, planning of airports, Heliports, STOL ports and Vertiports. Also in this course it is aimed to give detailed information on structural design of airport pavements and airport marking, lightning and signing.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To investigate airport design processes with details
2   To choose available materials and equipments for airport design.
3   To edit the literature data concerning the airport designs.
4   To investigate visual approach aids together with the design.
5   To illustrate a method for each project

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Geometric Design of the Airfield Airport design standards Airport classification Runways 1. Homework and presentation assignment
2 Geometric Design of the Airfield Taxiways and taxilanes Aprons Control tower visibility requirements
3 Planning and Design of the Terminal Area The passenger terminal system Design considerations The terminal planning process 1. Homework submission and presentations
4 Planning and Design of the Terminal Area The terminal planning process The apron-gate system 2. Homework and presentation assignment
5 Heliports, STOL Ports and Vertiports Aids for the control of traffic Automation in terminal and en route air traffic control
6 Heliports, STOL Ports and Vertiports Heliports STOL ports Vertiports 2. Homework submission and presentations
7 I.MIDTERM EXAM
8 Structural Design of Airport Pavements CBR method of design for flexible airport pavements Design of rigid pavements 3. Homework and presentation assignment
9 Structural Design of Airport Pavements Pavement design using elastic layer theory Effect of frost on pavement thickness
10 Structural Design of Airport Pavements The FAA method of design for flexible and rigid airport pavements Design of overlay pavements 3. Homework submission and presentations
11 Airport Lighting, Marking and Signing Requrements for visual aids Approach lighting Visual-approach slope aids Threshold lighting Runway lighting Taxiway lighting Runway and taxiway marking Runway distance-remaining signs Taxiway guidance system 4. Homework and presentation assignment
12 II.MIDTERM EXAM
13 Airport Drainage Purpose of drainage Design storm for surface runoff Determining the intensity-duration pattern for the design storm Determining the amount of runoff by the FAA procedure
14 Airport Drainage Determining the amount of runoff by the Corps of Engineers procedure Layout of surface drainage Subsurface drainage 4. Homework submission and presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):

Horonjeff, R., Mckelvey, F.,X.(1994) ,Planning and Design of Airports, McGraw-Hill Series in Transportation,USA, Forth Edition.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The visual presentations and presentation slides.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2, 4: Consideration with mid-term exam and final exam
LO 3-5: Consideration with assignments and presentations

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation. The rules of writing term paper topics, and it will be distributed to students at the beginning of the period

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Burak ŞENGÖZ: burak.sengoz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The course schedule will be announced by the faculty member is created.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 4 6 24
Preparing presentations 4 6 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 168

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15344
LO.24433
LO.355453
LO.45434
LO.54543

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