NEW PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE CLOTHOID EQUATION

NOUVI IMPIEGHI PRACTICI DELL'EQUAZIONE DELLA CLOTOIDE

Modifications of the clothoid equation are applied, with the aid of two computer programs described, to two highway problems: (1) determining the centre coordinates and the axial direction of the columns of a viaduct constructed wholly or in part on a clothoid curve; and (2) the design of the exit loop of a motorway slip road. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Casa Editrice la fiaccola

  Via Carlo Ravizza 62
  Milano,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Jaforte, B
  • Farinella, A
• Publication Date: 1976-5

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 453-457
• Serial:
  • Rivista della Strada
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 418
  • Publisher: Casa Editrice la fiaccola

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access roads; Bridge piers; Bridges; Computer programs; Design; Equations; Highways; Intersection elements; Loops (Control systems); Transition curves; Viaducts
• Old TRIS Terms: Loop
• ITRD Terms: 435: Access road; 3455: Bridge; 3434: Bridge pier; 8645: Software; 2892: Transition curve
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142790
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM