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A circular curve of radius 700 ft connecting two railway tracks is being replaced by a new circular curve of radius 2500 ft to allow for faster traffic. The new curve must not exceed a maximum speed of 60 mph or have a radial acceleration change greater than 0.9 ft/s^2. The summary needs to determine: (a) the length of the new composite curve, (b) the length of straight track removed, and (c) the necessary superelevation of the new curve with a 4'8" gauge.

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Problems AND: Surveying Solutions

A circular curve of radius 700 ft connecting two railway tracks is being replaced by a new circular curve of radius 2500 ft to allow for faster traffic. The new curve must not exceed a maximum speed of 60 mph or have a radial acceleration change greater than 0.9 ft/s^2. The summary needs to determine: (a) the length of the new composite curve, (b) the length of straight track removed, and (c) the necessary superelevation of the new curve with a 4'8" gauge.

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654 SURVEYING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

31. A circular curve of radius 700 ft and length 410*70 ft connects


two straights of railway track. In order that the track may be modern-
ised to allow for the passage of faster traffic and induce less track
wear, the whole curve and certain lengths of the connecting straights
are to be removed and replaced by a new circular curve of radius 2500
ft, with transitions of the cubic parabola type at entry and exit.

Given that the maximum speed of the traffic on the new curve is to
be 60 mile/h, and the rate of change of radial acceleration is not to
exceed 0'90 ft/s 3 determine:
,

(a) the length of the new composite curve,


(b) the length of the straight track to be removed
(c) the necessary superelevation of the track on the circular curve,
the gauge of the track being 4 ft 8^ in.
(I.C.E. Ans. (a) 1769-7 ft; (b) 2 -695-7 ft; (c) 5-42in)

Bibliography

CLARK, D., Plane and Geodetic Surveying, Vol. 1 (Constable)


BANISTER, A. and Raymond, s., Surveying (Pitman)
JAMESON, A.H., Advanced Surveying (Pitman)
JENKINS, R.B.M., Curve Surveying (Macmillan)
searles, w.H. and IVES, H.C., ed. by p. KIRSAM, Field Engineering,
22nd Ed. (John Wiley)
HIGGINS, A.L., Higher Surveying (Macmillan)
SHORTT, W.H., A Practical Method for Improvement of Existing
Railway Curves, Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng., Vol. 176
ROYAL-DAWSON, F.G., Elements of Curve Design for Road, Railway
and Racing Track (Spon,1932)
ROYAL-DAWSON, F.G., Road Curves for Safe Modern Traffic (Spon, 1936)
PERROTT, S.W. and BADGER, F.E.G., The Practice of Railway Survey-
ing and Permanent Way Work (Edward Arnold, 1920)
SHARMA, R.C. and SHARMA, S.K., Principles and Practice of Highway
Engineering (Asia Publishing House)

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