COURSE SYLLABUS

TRACTORS - EQUIPMENT MECHANICS

1	Course Title:	TRACTORS - EQUIPMENT MECHANICS
2	Course Code:	BSM6011
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Nazmi İzli
16	Course Lecturers:	Yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Telefon: 0 224 2941601 Adres: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Biyosistem Mühendisliği Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü, 16059, Nilüfer/BURSA
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Principles of selection and application of farm tractors and engines. Operation and principles of internal combustion engines including carburetion, fuel injection, ignition, and lubrication. Power transmission application and efficiency are considered. Lecture, two hours per week;laboratory, two hours per week.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Students who take the course will have the engineering knowledge to evaluate the characteristics of the tractor.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To learn about the engine, the clutch organs, gear box, differential, axes of the tractor and working principles an the parts of the final reduction.;
2	To learn about steering systems, hydrolic lifting systems, power take off systems in terms of their working principles and parts.;
3	Able to tractor and tipping points of the analysis of static and dynamic forces that are able to determine;
4	Tractor PTO should be aware that variations;
5	Good knowledge of tractor hydraulic lift system, able to make calculations related to the subject ;
6	They should know the tractor maintenance and apply it ;
7	Tractor should be able to diagnose faults and repair workshop facilities should be able to some of the failures;
8	Tools and equipment to tie the tractor. Be able to use the tractor in the field ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The meaning of the tractor, the history and classification of the tractor
2	Tractor, the main structural elements (engine)
3	Tractor, the main structural elements (clutch)
4	Tractor, the main structural elements (gearbaxs)
5	Tractor, the main structural elements (Differantial and last reductions)
6	Tractors drive units
7	Tractor steering system
8	Hydraulic systems and controls
9	Hydraulic systems and controls
10	PTO, front loader, driver's cabin
11	Mechanics of Tractor, Tractor Determination of Center of Gravity of Place, a tractor in Dormant Forces
12	Mechanics of Tractor, tractor in a horizontal, inclined tractor in, Lateral slope tractor, a tractor in the still to determine stability.
13	Tractor Mechanics; Rear Axle Tractors Muharrik Forces, and a tow bar Tow Hook the incoming forces influence stability, wheel Environmental Force Determination, Strength and Gait Strength Towing Tractor, Tractor Weight.
14	TRACTOR TESTS: Principles of testing of agricultural tractors, general rules, the tractor selection, preliminary preparations for the experiment, the tail shaft power measurement, power measurement Voucher, Rotational properties and the location of the center of gravity

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	-Prof. Dr. Ahmet Saral 1997. Tarım Traktörleri. A.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları Yayın No:1471, Ders kitabı:436 (200 s). -John B. Lilijedahl, Paul K. Turnquist, David W. Smith, Makoto Hoki. Tractors and Their Power Ünits. An AVI Book.ISBN 0 442 25897 6 (463s)
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	The effect of the final exam on the course-passing grade is 100%.
Information	If the number of students is over 20, relative evaluation is applied, if less than 20 students, absolute evaluation is applied.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High