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Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS ZTM366 6. Semester 2 + 2 3.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals Management of engines, their maintanance and cares, theorotical informations on equations and diagrams in engines, tractor properties, tractor tests according to OECD, tractor mechanics and power distributions, efficiency concepts in tractors, and problems, indcator diagrammes.
Course Content History of engine development, thermodynamic cycles, main components of engines,fuel electrical components, inginition, cooling systems, and oil systems within the engine, tractor parts and mechanics, tractor power and tests efficiency concepts in trcators, and problems, indcator diagrammes
Learning Outcomes 1) Properties of tractors
2) Main components
3) Power distribution
4) Selects working machines
5) Use tractors
6) Finds problems in tractor
7) Knows prenciples of tractors
8) Make sreserach related to tractors
9) Makes report
10) makes trials

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Development and classification of thermal motors. Operating principles and cycles of four-stroke engines, operating principles and cycles of two stroke engines, operating principles of rotary piston engines Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
2. Week Indicative power, effective power and efficiency in thermal engines. Engine introductory curves, engine specific power and weight. The main structure and the still parts of the thermal motors. Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
3. Week Auxiliary equipment for thermal motors: Fuel equipment, electrical equipment, first-movement equipment, ignition equipment Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
4. Week Auxiliaries for thermal motors: Cooling equipment, lubrication equipment, overfill systems Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
5. Week Meaning and development of the tractor. Developments in tractor numbers in the world and in our country. Classification of tractors Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
6. Week Tractors, but the building elements: engine, clutch. Transmissions: Gearbox, differential, final reduction Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
7. Week Walking organs, steering system, brake equipment and brake calculations Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
8. Week Tractor equipment Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
9. Week Tool binding and pull hooks, hydraulic lifting system, hydraulic system calculations, pto and pulley, front loader, drive seats. Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week Determination of the center of gravity in tractors, forces in the tractor in motion, forces in rear axle tractors Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
11. Week Determination of wheel circumference, pull strength and walking resistance, weight of tractor, pulling power, output power for work machine Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
12. Week Skidding loss power, transmission system loss power, leaning and acceleration loss forces Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
13. Week Tractor efficiency, tractor characteristics, principles of tractor tests, preliminary experiments Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
14. Week Tail power measurements, tensile strength measurements, rotation properties and determination of center of gravity, brake test, noise measurements, hydraulic lift test, protective frame and test of booths Lecture; Problem Solving
Debate
Problem Based Learning
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
SARAL, A. 1997. Tarım Traktörleri (II. Baskı). Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayın No:1471, Ders Kitabı: 436, Ankara, 200 s
SARAL, A. ve A.ONURBAŞ AVCIOĞLU, 2006. Termik Motorlar (Yenilenmiş 4. Baskı). Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat fakültesi Yayınları: 1550, Ders Kitabı: 503, 294 s.,Ankara
SARAL, A. ve A.ONURBAŞ AVCIOĞLU, 2012. Motorlar ve Traktörler. Düzeltilmiş II. Baskı. Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları: 1603, Ders Kitabı: 555, 299 s., Ankara

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 12 2
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 14 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 6 3
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 8 2
1 1
1 1
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