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ORM2022Forest Roads2+1+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Saliha ÜNVER
Co-LecturerProf. Dr. Selçuk Gümüş Prof. Dr. Erhan Çalışkan
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To provide practical information about the planning, design, construction and maintenance of forest roads, which are the most important infrastructure facilities for the operation of forest areas, taking into account their technical, economic and environmental characteristics, in a way that can serve all kinds of forestry works
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : comprahend the forest road planning and projecting procedure,1,3,5,11
LO - 2 : describe the attributes of roads and road location within alternate harvesting systems1,3,5,11
LO - 3 : discuss the suitability of different road construction methods and the cost efficiency1,3,5,11
LO - 4 : realize road projecting in field exercise1,3,5,11
LO - 5 : obtain abylity of prepearing and presentation independently of a Project1,3,5,11
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Introduction to principles of road planning and projecting, road location, surveying, design, cost estimation calculations, construction practices of forest roads, laboratory and field practices
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Fundamental principles of forest road planning and projecting
 Week 2Vehicle numbers and density on forest roads, vehicle types and its features, speed concept, gradient concept
 Week 3Horizontal and vertical curves on forest roads, special curves, across and turn back locations, road cut and fill glacis and glacis surface grarates
 Week 4Fundamental principles of forest road route analysis and projecting on contour maps
 Week 5Fundamental principles of constitutation zero line
 Week 6Straightening of zero line, measuremets of road route, locating of curves
 Week 7Constitution of vertical profile, plotting of horizontal profiles, cut and fill area and volue calculations
 Week 8Constitutaion of material profile and material removal table, road construction cost estimation calculation
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Functional forest road network planning principles, forest road network plan cosntitutation
 Week 11Environmental impact assesment of forest road construction works
 Week 12Forest roads consrtuction awarding methods and work acceptance
 Week 13Ground analysis (evaluation of the soil) according to uppersutructe of roads and road construction area
 Week 14road costruction and hydrolic costruction (bridges, culverts, pipe and walls) works, project quize
 Week 15Forest roads maintanence and repair works
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Acar, H. H., 2005; Orman Yolları, KTÜ Yayınları, No: 82, Trabzon
 
Recommended Reading
1Erdaş, O., 1997; Orman Yolları I, KTÜ yayınları, No: 187, Trabzon
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 1 20
Project 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
11
12
13
11 10
Oral exam 14 1 20
End-of-term exam 16 1 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 2 14 28
Sınıf dışı çalışma 1 14 14
Arasınav için hazırlık 2 7 14
Arasınav .5 1 .5
Uygulama 1 14 14
Proje 2 13 26
Kısa sınav 1 1 1
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 3 6 18
Dönem sonu sınavı .66 1 .66
Total work load116.16