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Course Name	Turkish	Trafik Tekniği Etüdleri
	English	Introduction to Traffic Engineering
Course Code	ULS 515	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	-	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Hilmi Berk Çelikoğlu
Course Objectives		1. To teach the basic concepts of traffic; 2. To teach the basics of surveys on traffic flows; 3. To teach the basics of numerical analyses on traffic flows; and 4. To teach the basics of implementation studies on traffic flows.
Course Description		Fundamental variables of Traffic Flow: Flow, Density, Speed – Statistical and probabilistic models of flow variables – Observation of flow variables – Fundamental relationships (diagrams) of traffic flow: Speed-Density, Flow-Speed, Flow-Densitys – Mathematical models of fundamental diagrams – Highway Capacity - Types of highway capacity – Relationship of road geometric standarts with capacity - Traffic volume estimation and highway design – Basic analyses for traffic flow: Bottleneck capacity analysis, Shockwave analysis, Platoon dispersion analysis, Surveys on Speed, Density and Accidents
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Other References		[1] Treiber, M. and Kesting, A., “Traffic Flow Dynamics - Data, Models and Simulation”, Springer Verlag, 2013, s. 513. [2] May, A.D., “Traffic Flow Fundamentals”, Printice-Hall, New York, 1990, s. 464. [3] Kutlu, K., “Trafik Tekniği”, İTÜ Rektörlüğü Sayı 1508, İstanbul, 1993. [4] Gazis, D.C., “Traffic Theory” International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002, s. 280. [5] Daganzo, C.F., “Fundamentals of Transportation and Traffic Operations”, Pergamon-Elsevier, Oxford U.K., 1997, s. 356. [6] Barceló, J. (ed), “Fundamentals of Traffic Simulation”, Springer Verlag, New York, 2010, s. 442. [7] Cascetta, E., “Transportation Systems Engineering: Theory and Methods”, Springer, 2004, s. 736. [8] Bayazıt, M., “Mühendisler İçin İstatistik”, Birsen Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1994. [9] Mannering, F.L. and Kilareski, W.P., “Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis”, Wiley, New York, 1990, s. 251. [11] TRB Special report no 209, “Highway Capacity Manual”, Washington, D.C., Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1985. [12] Yalgın, C.C., “Yolların Kapasitesi El Kitabı”, Bayındırlık Bakanlığı Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü yayın no. 219 (tercüme), Ankara B. B., 1975. [13] HCM 2010: Highway Capacity Manual. Transportation Research Board, 2010. [14] Drew, D.R., “Traffic Flow Theory and Control”, McGraw-Hill, 1968, s. 384.

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