1	Course Title:	TRAFFIC FLOW THEORY
2	Course Code:	INS6087
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. TURAN ARSLAN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	arsltur@uludag.edu.tr 0 224 294 2639
18	Website:	http://insaat.uludag.edu.tr/
19	Objective of the Course:	To introduce the nature of driver, vehicle and roadway interaction with different traffic operation conditions to design proper and safe traffic facilities
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Students can design proper and safe traffic facilities

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Be able to understand the difference between macroscopic and microscopic models; 2 Be able to characterize the statistical distributions of principal traffic flow parameters ; 3 Be able to characterize congestion using show wave and queuing theories; 4 Be able to understand traffic operational models; 5 Be able to conduct small scale simulation experiments using general and specific purpose software;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to Traffic Engineering
2	Vehicle/Driver/Roadway Interactions
3	Traffic Engineering Statistical Analyses
4	Traffic Engineering Statistical Distributions
5	Traffic Engineering Statistical Distributions
6	Volume-Density, Volume-Speed and Speed-Density Relations
7	Repeating courses and midterm exam I
8	Traffic Operational Models
9	Capacity Concepts and Analysis
10	Bottleneck Analysis
11	Shockwave Analysis
12	Speed Density Analysis
13	Accident Analysis
14	Class Presentations

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Traffic Flow Theory, Transportation Research Board - Trafik Mühendisliği ve Uygulamaları, Argun Tunç, Asil Yayın Dağıtım, 2003 - Transportation Engineering: An Introduction, C. J. Khisty, B. K. Lall, Prentice Hall
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	15
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	35
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Written exams of numerical and theoretical questions and assignments
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	1	14	70
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	2	2
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	2	2
Total WorkLoad			180
Total workload/ 30 hr			6
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 LO3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 LO5 4 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 3

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High