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Title:

HIGHWAY DESIGN MODELS: SCALES AND USES

Accession Number:

00203833

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

ONE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF DEPICTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL HIGHWAY DESIGN IN OTHER THAN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL FORM IS THROUGH USE OF MODELS AND MODEL PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT. THIS PAPER SHOWS THE RESULTS OF RESEARCH AIMED AT RESOLVING THE PROBLEM OF SCALE AND REALISM IN HIGHWAY DESIGN MODELS AND ILLUSTRATES THE USE OF MODELSCOPES FOR PHOTOGRAPHING AND VIEWING DESIGN MODELS. EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN OF DESIGNS MODELED TO REPRESENT A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS INCLUDING AN INTERSECTION AT FLAT GRADE, AN INTERCHANGE WITH SIGNIFICANT GRADE CHANGES, AND STRAIGHT HIGHWAY SECTIONS.

Supplemental Notes:

Sponsored by Committee on Geometric Highway Design. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Authors:

Smith, Bob L
HOLMES, RONALD C

Pagination:

pp 23-31

Publication Date:

1973

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 437
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (7) ; References (9)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Design models; Scale

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 22 1973 12:00AM