Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 22 views

    Parabolic or Vertical Curves

    Uploaded by

    Kailah Lunasco
    Parabolic or vertical curves are used in highway and railway construction to provide a gradual change in grade between two road or track segments with differing slopes. They prevent abrupt changes in elevation and ensure a smooth ride for vehicles. Vertical curves can be either symmetrical, with equal grades on both sides of the vertex, or unsymmetrical. Their design considers factors like grade changes, sight distances, vehicle speed, and drainage requirements. The elevations along a vertical curve can be calculated using the equation of a parabola or geometric properties of parabolic curves.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Parabolic or Vertical Curves

    Uploaded by

    Kailah Lunasco
    22 views21 pages
    Parabolic or vertical curves are used in highway and railway construction to provide a gradual change in grade between two road or track segments with differing slopes. They prevent abrupt changes in elevation and ensure a smooth ride for vehicles. Vertical curves can be either symmetrical, with equal grades on both sides of the vertex, or unsymmetrical. Their design considers factors like grade changes, sight distances, vehicle speed, and drainage requirements. The elevations along a vertical curve can be calculated using the equation of a parabola or geometric properties of parabolic curves.

    Original Title

    Untitled

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Parabolic or vertical curves are used in highway and railway construction to provide a gradual change in grade between two road or track segments with differing slopes. They prevent abrupt changes in elevation and ensure a smooth ride for vehicles. Vertical curves can be either symmetrical, with equal grades on both sides of the vertex, or unsymmetrical. Their design considers factors like grade changes, sight distances, vehicle speed, and drainage requirements. The elevations along a vertical curve can be calculated using the equation of a parabola or geometric properties of parabolic curves.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    22 views21 pages

    Parabolic or Vertical Curves

    Uploaded by

    Kailah Lunasco
    Parabolic or vertical curves are used in highway and railway construction to provide a gradual change in grade between two road or track segments with differing slopes. They prevent abrupt changes in elevation and ensure a smooth ride for vehicles. Vertical curves can be either symmetrical, with equal grades on both sides of the vertex, or unsymmetrical. Their design considers factors like grade changes, sight distances, vehicle speed, and drainage requirements. The elevations along a vertical curve can be calculated using the equation of a parabola or geometric properties of parabolic curves.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 21

    PARABOLIC OR VERTICAL CURVES – these are highway or route

    curves which are constructed on rolling grounds like hills, mountains


    and similar landforms.

    On highways and railways, in order that there may be no abrupt change


    in the vertical direction of moving vehicles, adjacent segments of
    differing grade are connected by a curve in the vertical plane called or
    parabolic curve.

    When a change in grade of more than about 0.5 percent occurs at a


    vertex or PI, a vertical curve
    is required. The vertical curve lengths are determined by criteria found
    in the Road Safety Design Manual of the DPWH.

    Types of Parabolic / Vertical Curves


    1. type according to form
    a. vertical summit curves
    b. vertical sag curves
    2. Type according to form
    a. symmetrical summit or sag curves
    b. unsymmetrical summit or sag curves

    When the grades form a peak or hill at the vertex, the curve is known
    as a crest or summit vertical curve.

    When the grades form a valley or dip at the vertex, the curve is known
    as a vertical sag.

    In our local vernacular,

    Ilocano:
    Summit Curve : Sang-atan – Salugan
    Sag Curve : Salugan – Sang-atan

    Itawes:
    Summit Curve: Pagadang-Padahut
    Sag Curve : Padahut_ Pagadang
    Enrile :
    Summit : Pa Up - Pa Down
    Sag : Pa Down – Pa Up

    Once the grades are established and the lengths of the curves are
    chosen, the vertical offsets of the curves can be computed.

    Design of crest and sag curve vertical curves is a function of the grades
    of the intersecting tangents, stopping or passing sight distances, which
    are in turn are functions of vehicle design speed and height of driver’s
    eye above roadway and drainage. In addition to these factors, design
    of a sag vertical curve also depends on headlight beam distance, rider
    comfort, and appearance.

    Elevations on vertical parabolic curves can be computed by using the:

    a. equation of the parabola directly


    b. geometric properties of the parabola to calculate vertical offsets
    from the tangent
    c. geometric properties of the parabola as exemplified by the chord
    gradient method.
    Learning Assessments:

    Symmetrical Parabolic curves


    1. A grade ascending at the rate of 3% meets another grade
    descending at the rate of 5% at the vertex which is at elevation
    of 100 m if PC is on station 1+115 and the horizontal length of
    the curve is 100 m. Compute the elevation of all points on the
    curve at full points including the summit.
    2. A grade descending at a rate of 4% meets another grade
    ascending at a rate of 5.75% in an underpass at Magapit. An
    overpass bridge 20 m wide has a minimum clearance of 4.27 m.
    The centerline of the bridge is exactly above the vertex and the
    underside of this has an elevation of 107.713 m. If the vertex is
    on elevation 100m. and station 1 +234, compute the following:
    a. length of the parabolic curve
    b. the stations and elevations of the catch basin

    UNSYMMETRICAL PARABOLIC CURVES


    1. An unsymmetrical summit curve have slope tangents of 3% and
    -6%. The vertex is at 1+234 and elevation of 101.5 m. The length
    of the curve at the back tangent is 100 m. if this curve will pass
    through a point P which is located at station 1+284 and elevation
    97.3 m, compute the following:
    a. the length of the curve at the forward tangent
    b. the elevation of points at stations 1+294, 1+184
    c. position of the highest point.
    2. An underpass road was designed by using the following criteria:
    g1= -4%, g2= 5%, L=200 m. , station V is ta 6+543, elevation of
    V is 100 m. During construction of the above underpass road, it
    was found out that there is a hard rock above the vertex whose
    top elevation is 102.893 m. To avoid expensive rock excavation,
    redesign the curve by maintaining two slopes including PC and
    V. What will be the station and elevation of the new PT?

    You might also like