Influence of vertical alignment on horizontal curve perception. Phase I: Examining the hypothesis

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1796, 2002, Pages 12-23

  Bidulka, Shaun ^a   Sayed, Tarek ^a   Hassan, Yasser ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANIMATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTER-GENERATED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRESENTATION; HORIZONTAL CURVE PERCEPTION; OVERLAPPING VERTICAL ALIGNMENT;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0036942886     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1796-02     Document Type: Article

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