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Highway Assignment Week 9

This document provides the work and calculations to determine stationing and elevations along a 275m vertical curve. Key details include: - The PVC station is 4+862.5, the PVI station is 5+000, and the PVT station is 5+137.5 - Elevations are calculated at 50m intervals along the curve from PVC to PVT and plotted on a graph - A sample calculation shows how the tangent and curve elevations are determined - The elevation 20m past the PVT station is calculated as 506.3m

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Highway Assignment Week 9

This document provides the work and calculations to determine stationing and elevations along a 275m vertical curve. Key details include: - The PVC station is 4+862.5, the PVI station is 5+000, and the PVT station is 5+137.5 - Elevations are calculated at 50m intervals along the curve from PVC to PVT and plotted on a graph - A sample calculation shows how the tangent and curve elevations are determined - The elevation 20m past the PVT station is calculated as 506.3m

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Highway Engineering Assignment Week 9

Farell / 2201733585 / LB43


QUESTION

Given data:
a. g1 = -3%;
b. g2 = +4%;
c. PVI Station = 5 + 000;
d. Elevation at PVI = 500 m;
c. Vertical curve length (L) = 275 m.

ANSWER
a. PVC Station = PVI Station – L/2
= STA 5 + 000 – 275/2
= STA 4 + 862.5;
b. PVT Station = PVI Station + L/2
= STA 5 + 000 + 275/2
= STA 5 + 137.5;
c. Elevation at PVC = Elevation at PVI - g1(L/2)
= 500 – (-0.03)(275/2)
= 503.125 m;
d. Elevation at PVT = Elevation at PVI + g2(L/2)
= 500 + (0.04)(275/2)
` = 505.5 m;
After obtaining the elevation and station at PVC, stations and elevations every 50 m
after PVC until PVT can be determined. The calculation results can be seen in the following
table:
Tangent Elevation
Station x (m) y (m) Curve Elevation (m)
(m)
STA 4 + 862.5 0 504.13 0.00 504.13
STA 4 + 912.5 50 502.63 0.32 502.95
STA 4 + 962.5 100 501.13 1.27 502.40
STA 5 + 012.5 150 499.63 2.86 502.49
STA 5 + 062.5 200 498.13 5.09 503.22
STA 5 + 112.5 250 496.63 7.95 504.58
STA 5 + 137.5 275 495.88 9.63 505.51

The calculation sample for the preceding table are as follows:


a. Tangent Elevation = Elevation at PVC + g1x
= 504.13 + (-0.03)(50)
= 502.63 m;
( g 2 - g1 ) x2
b. y =
2L
( 0.04 - (-0.03 ) ( 50 )2
=
2(275)
= 0.32;
c. Curve elevation = Tangent Elevation + y
= 502.63 – 0.32
= 502.95 m.
A graph can be drawn to provide a clearer illustration on the elevation data. The graph
is shown below:
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10

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Elevation (m)

6 PVC PVT

Elevation on initial tangent (m) Final Elevation on curve (m)

Elevation Detail Graph

Since the PVT Station is determined, station 20 m after PVT can be determined as
follows:
a. 20 m after PVT Station = PVT Station + 20 m
= STA 5 +137.5 +20
= STA 5+ 157.5;
b. Elevation at 20 m after PVT = Elevation at PVT + g2 (20)
= 505.5 + (0.04)(20)
= 506.3 m.

REFERENCES
Garber, N. J. & Hoel, L. A. (2015). Traffic and Highway Engineering (5th ed.). Stamford,
USA: Cengage Learning.

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