POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITS OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY FOR ROAD DESIGN

POSSIBILITES ET LIMITES DE LA TECHNOLOGIE MODERNE POUR LES ETUDES ROUTIERES

After a reminder of the new context in which the road engineers work, characterized by preoccupations relating to the protection of environment, saving of energy and credits, examples of high performance design methods are reviewed. As regards new projects, these examples concern aerial photography with progress in emulsions, oblique shots interpretation methods, utilization of images transmitted by satellites, the different geophysical methods applied to geotechnical reconnaissance, some of them being conventional such as electric, seismic, and other more recent such as artificial magnetotelluric method, utilization of computers for project designs, marked by the development of dialogue, "telematique" and micro-computers. As regards maintenance planning, surveillance and road sounding methods are described. All these design methods generate important quantities of data available to the road field and others. Many countries consider the implementation of road data bank. As a conclusion, it can be outlined that the technical progress sets the problem of service organization in new terms. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers from the 9th IRF World Meeting, Roads Into the Future--Road Design and Safety--TS3, held in Stockholm, June 1-5, 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Svenska Vaegfoereningens Foerlags AB

  P.O. Box 27115
  S-102 52 Stockholm,   Sweden 

  Svenska Vaegfoereningens Foerlags AB

  P.O. Box 27115
  S-102 52 Stockholm,   Sweden 

  Svenska Vaegfoereningens Foerlags AB

  P.O. Box 27115
  S-102 52 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • BERTHIER, J
• Publication Date: 1981

Language

• French

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 103-114
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Svenska Vaegfoereningen Foerlags AB
  • Publisher: Svenska Vaegfoereningens Foerlags AB

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Computer aided design; Computer programs; Conferences; Data banks; Design methods; Highway design; Highways; Maintenance; Methodology; Nondestructive tests; Photointerpretation; State of the art studies; Technology; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• ITRD Terms: 4006: Aerial photography; 8525: Conference; 2755: Highway; 2855: Highway design; 3847: Maintenance; 9102: Method; 6216: Non destructive testing; 5722: Site investigation; 8645: Software; 3855: Technology; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I41: General Soil Surveys; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00345566
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1982 12:00AM