VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT, A TOOL FOR SETTING OUT AND PROCESSING THE GEOLOGICAL DATA OF A GIVEN SITE

LA CONSLOE DE VISUALISATION, OUTIL DE REPRESENTATION ET DE TRAITEMENT DES DONNEES GEOLOGIQUES D'UN SITE.

The vercors system consists of a set of programs developed by the SETRA. It is a tool for the geologist enabling the latter to check and process the geological data of a highway project for a given study. When it will be completed, this tool will provide a data file, which will be of immediate use in conventional programs valid even for minor changes in alignment. The vercors uses an IBM 2250 VDU which displays and examines geological cross-sections calculated by the computer. These cross-sections define a network specially set up for linear interpolations and form a numerical model of the geology of the site to be utilized. This model can be automatically processed by computer programs. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)

  Boulevard Lefebvre 58
  Paris Cedex 15,   France  F-75732
• Authors:
  • Gors, G
• Publication Date: 1975-3-4

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 133-140
• Serial:
  • Bulletin de Liaison des Lab des Ponts et Chaussees
  • Issue Number: 76
  • Publisher: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Computer programs; Cross sections; Data files; Data storage; Digital computers; Geology; Highway design; Information processing; Interpolation; Mathematical models; Road construction; Visual aids; Visual display units
• Uncontrolled Terms: Input data; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: V d u
• ITRD Terms: 8655: Data processing; 8673: Digital computer; 4053: Geology; 2855: Highway design; 8634: Input data; 8645: Software; 8630: Visual display
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168147
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1978 12:00AM