Article from issue CAD & GIS for roads. — 2014. — No.2(3)

Guidelines for designing roundabouts in the construction and reconstruction of roads

DOI: 10.17273/CADGIS.2014.2.8

  • P.I. Pospelov, Dr.Sc., professor, vice-rector of MADSTU (MADI) (Moscow, Russia)
  • B.A. Shchit, Ph.D., Docent, docent of MADSTU (MADI) (Moscow, Russia)
  • M.A. Ovchinnikov, Ph.D., chief executive officer (CEO) of NPF Topomatic LLC (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
  • A.A. Vershkov, chief technical officer (CTO) of NPF Topomatic LLC (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
  • M.N. Zobnin, engineer of Autodesk CIS LLC (Moscow, Russia)
  • A.V. Zhukov, engineer of Autodesk CIS LLC (Moscow, Russia)
  • P.A. Elugachev, Ph.D., chief executive officer (CEO) of Indor-Most LLC (Tomsk, Russia)
  • M.A. Katasonov, chief technical officer (CTO) of Indor-Kuzbass LLC (Kemerovo, Russia)
  • G.V. Velichko, Ph.D., chief technical officer (CTO) of SP Credo-Dialogue LLC (Minsk, Belarus)
  • L.I. Sikorskaya, engineer of SP Credo-Dialogue LLC (Minsk, Belarus)

The article presents the content, structure and main provisions of the draft "Guidelines for designing roundabouts in the construction and reconstruction of roads" developed at the department of Research and Design of Roads MADI, and design features of roundabouts using computer-aided design, the most widespread in the road design organizations in Russia and the CIS countries: AutoCAD Civil 3D, CREDO, IndorCAD, Robur.

Keywords

CAD, computer-aided design, computer-aided road design, road design, highway engineering, technical regulations, roads, highways, road infrastructure, road circle intersection design, round-about design, circle intersection traffic modelling

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