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    Properties of Vertical Curves

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    Jayanth Mysore
    The document provides guidelines for calculating sight distances and vertical curves for road design based on design speed. It gives the minimum lengths of summit and valley curves based on design speed and whether it is for stopping sight distance (SSD), intersection sight distance (ISD), or overtaking sight distance (OSD). It then shows an example calculation for a summit curve with a design speed of 100 kmph, including the curve length, gradient change, shift value, point of highest elevation, equation used, and a table of ordinate values along the curve. A similar example is given for a valley curve with the same design speed.

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    Properties of Vertical Curves

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    The document provides guidelines for calculating sight distances and vertical curves for road design based on design speed. It gives the minimum lengths of summit and valley curves based on design speed and whether it is for stopping sight distance (SSD), intersection sight distance (ISD), or overtaking sight distance (OSD). It then shows an example calculation for a summit curve with a design speed of 100 kmph, including the curve length, gradient change, shift value, point of highest elevation, equation used, and a table of ordinate values along the curve. A similar example is given for a valley curve with the same design speed.

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    Calculated values of all the properties of summit curve, valley curve

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    The document provides guidelines for calculating sight distances and vertical curves for road design based on design speed. It gives the minimum lengths of summit and valley curves based on design speed and whether it is for stopping sight distance (SSD), intersection sight distance (ISD), or overtaking sight distance (OSD). It then shows an example calculation for a summit curve with a design speed of 100 kmph, including the curve length, gradient change, shift value, point of highest elevation, equation used, and a table of ordinate values along the curve. A similar example is given for a valley curve with the same design speed.

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    Properties of Vertical Curves

    Uploaded by

    Jayanth Mysore
    The document provides guidelines for calculating sight distances and vertical curves for road design based on design speed. It gives the minimum lengths of summit and valley curves based on design speed and whether it is for stopping sight distance (SSD), intersection sight distance (ISD), or overtaking sight distance (OSD). It then shows an example calculation for a summit curve with a design speed of 100 kmph, including the curve length, gradient change, shift value, point of highest elevation, equation used, and a table of ordinate values along the curve. A similar example is given for a valley curve with the same design speed.

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    Sight distance criteria (From IRC 66-1976)

    Design Speed (Kmph)


    Length of summit curve (m)
    (NS/4.4 for SSD; NS/9.6 for ISD/OSD)

    Length of summit curve to be provided (m)


    In grade
    out grade
    Change in the gradient (N%)
    Shift (M=NL/8)
    Highest point location of the summit curve
    (X =n1/(n1+n2)*L)

    Calculating ordinates
    Equation of Vertical curve (Square Parabola)
    Length of Chord (m)
    Number of Chords
    PVI level
    Chainage of Tangent Point
    RL at the tangent point
    RL at length m on tangent line
    Chord Numbers

    SSD
    100

    180

    368.1818182
    370
    2.5
    2.5
    5
    2.3125
    185

    Y=X /a

    a=2L/N

    10
    37
    104.625
    200
    100
    102.5
    Y (Shift)

    RL of Summit curve

    Point of Tangency

    100

    Ordinate of 1st chord (Y =X /a)

    0.00676

    100.24324

    0.02703

    100.47297

    0.06081

    100.68919

    0.10811

    100.89189

    0.16892

    101.08108

    0.24324

    101.25676

    0.33108

    101.41892

    0.43243

    101.56757

    0.54730

    101.70270

    10

    0.67568

    101.82432

    11

    0.81757

    101.93243

    12

    0.97297

    102.02703

    13

    1.14189

    102.10811

    14

    1.32432

    102.17568

    15

    1.52027

    102.22973

    16

    1.72973

    102.27027

    17

    1.95270

    102.29730

    18

    2.18919

    102.31081

    19

    2.43919

    102.31081

    20

    2.70270

    102.29730

    21

    2.97973

    102.27027

    22

    3.27027

    102.22973

    23

    3.57432

    102.17568

    24

    3.89189

    102.10811

    25

    4.22297

    102.02703

    26

    4.56757

    101.93243

    27

    4.92568

    101.82432

    28

    5.29730

    101.70270

    29

    5.68243

    101.56757

    30

    6.08108

    101.41892

    31

    6.49324

    101.25676

    32

    6.91892

    101.08108

    33

    7.35811

    100.89189

    34

    7.81081

    100.68919

    35

    8.27703

    100.47297

    36

    8.75676

    100.24324

    37

    9.25000

    100.00000

    14800

    RL of Summit curve tangent

    Station

    100

    200

    100.250

    210

    100.500

    220

    100.750

    230

    101.000

    240

    101.250

    250

    101.500

    260

    101.750

    270

    102.000

    280

    102.250

    290

    102.500

    300

    102.750

    310

    103.000

    320

    103.250

    330

    103.500

    340

    103.750

    350

    104.000

    360

    104.250

    370

    104.500

    380

    104.750

    390

    105.000

    400

    105.250

    410

    105.500

    420

    105.750

    430

    106.000

    440

    106.250

    450

    106.500

    460

    106.750

    470

    107.000

    480

    107.250

    490

    107.500

    500

    107.750

    510

    108.000

    520

    108.250

    530

    108.500

    540

    108.750

    550

    109.000

    560

    109.250

    570

    Sight distance criteria (From IRC 66-1976)


    Design Speed (Kmph)
    Length of summit curve (m)
    (NS/4.4 for SSD; NS/9.6 for ISD/OSD)

    Length of Valley curve to be provided (m)


    In grade
    out grade
    Change in the gradient (N%)
    Shift (M=NL/8)
    Lowest point location of the Valley curve
    (X =n1/(n1+n2)*L)

    Calculating ordinates
    Equation of Vertical curve (Square Parabola)
    Length of Chord (m)
    Number of Chords
    PVI level
    PVI Chaiange
    Chainage of Tangent Point
    RL at the tangent point
    RL at length m on tangent line
    Chord Numbers

    HSD=SSD
    100

    180

    166.1538462
    170
    2
    2
    4
    0.85
    85

    Y=X /a

    a=2L/N

    10
    17
    98.3
    285
    200
    100
    102
    Y (Shift)

    RL of Valley curve

    Point of Tangency

    100

    Ordinate of 1st chord (Y =X /a)

    0.01176

    99.81176

    0.04706

    99.64706

    0.10588

    99.50588

    0.18824

    99.38824

    0.29412

    99.29412

    0.42353

    99.22353

    0.57647

    99.17647

    0.75294

    99.15294

    0.95294

    99.15294

    10

    1.17647

    99.17647

    11

    1.42353

    99.22353

    12

    1.69412

    99.29412

    13

    1.98824

    99.38824

    14

    2.30588

    99.50588

    15

    2.64706

    99.64706

    16

    3.01176

    99.81176

    17

    3.40000

    100.00000

    8500

    RL of Valley curve tangent

    Station

    100

    200

    99.800

    210

    99.600

    220

    99.400

    230

    99.200

    240

    99.000

    250

    98.800

    260

    98.600

    270

    98.400

    280

    98.200

    290

    98.000

    300

    97.800

    310

    97.600

    320

    97.400

    330

    97.200

    340

    97.000

    350

    96.800

    360

    96.600

    370

    DESIGN SPEED (KMPH)


    20
    25
    30
    35
    40
    50
    60
    65
    80
    100

    SSD
    20
    25
    30
    40
    45
    60
    80
    90
    120
    180

    ISD
    40
    50
    60
    80
    90
    120
    160
    180
    240
    360

    OSD
    166
    235
    300
    340
    470
    640

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