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PRESENTED IS A SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGY FOR RATIONALLY DETERMINING THE AESTHETIC APPEAL OF BRIDGE DESIGNS BY THE USE OF PAIRED LINE DRAWINGS WHERE ONE VISUAL FACTOR AT A TIME IS VARIED. THESE PAIRED DRAWINGS ARE THEN JUDGED BY EITHER A PRESELECTED OR RANDOMLY SELECTED GROUP OF PEOPLE. AN EXAMPLE (USING A STANDARD BRIDGE OVERPASS) IS SELECTED AS A VEHICLE TO EXPLAIN THE METHOD. THE METHOD IS SUCH THAT CONCLUSIONS CAN BE CLEARLY DRAWN FROM THE JUDGMENTS OF THE EXAMPLE. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT AESTHETIC PREFERENCE IS GENERALLY GIVEN TO SUCH FACTORS AS SIMPLICITY, SLIMNESS, SYMMETRY, CONFORMITY TO THE SITE, AND EXPRESSION OF OUT-OF-THE-ORDINARY CHARACTERISTICS. OTHER MORE DETAILED CONCLUSIONS ARE ALSO DETERMINED AND PRESENTED IN THE BODY OF THE REPORT. /AUTHOR/

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1973

Highway Research Record

52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

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Digital/other

Figures (2) ; References (10) ; Tables (1)

Aesthetics; Bridge design; Bridge engineering; Bridges; Drawings; Structural design; Symmetry

Bridges and other structures; Highways

TRIS, TRB

Aug 5 1973 12:00AM

• COMPARISON OF BRIDGE STRESS HISTORY RESULTS WITH DESIGN- RELATED ANALYSES
• DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF BEAM-SLAB HIGHWAY BRIDGES
• LOADING HISTORY OF SPAN 10 ON YELLOW MILL POND VIADUCT
• REINFORCING REQUIREMENTS FOR CONCRETE BEAMS WITH LARGE WEB OPENINGS
• STUDY OF AASHO LOADINGS ON A CONCRETE BOX GIRDER BRIDGE MODEL
• TIME-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR OF HAWAIIAN AGGREGATE CONCRETE TO REPEATED LOADINGS