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Reversed Curves in Highway Engineering

The document discusses reversed curves in highway and railroad engineering, highlighting their aesthetic appeal and associated safety concerns for motorists. It outlines key elements of reversed curves, such as points of curvature and tangency, and provides examples for both nonparallel and parallel tangents. Additionally, it includes exercises for calculating various parameters related to reversed curves.

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Reversed Curves in Highway Engineering

The document discusses reversed curves in highway and railroad engineering, highlighting their aesthetic appeal and associated safety concerns for motorists. It outlines key elements of reversed curves, such as points of curvature and tangency, and provides examples for both nonparallel and parallel tangents. Additionally, it includes exercises for calculating various parameters related to reversed curves.

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HIGHWAY AND RAILROAD ENGINEERING

PBSCE 009
MODULE 04
Reversed Curves
Reversed curve, though pleasing to the eye, would bring discomfort to motorist running at design speed. The
instant change in direction at the PRC brought some safety problems. Despite this fact, reversed curves are
being used with great success on park roads, formal paths, waterway channels, and the like.

Elements of Reversed Curve


● PC = point of curvature
● PT = point of tangency
● PRC = point of reversed curvature
● T1 = length of tangent of the first curve
● T2 = length of tangent of the second curve
● V1 = vertex of the first curve
● V2 = vertex of the second curve
● I1 = central angle of the first curve
● I2 = central angle of the second curve
● Lc1 = length of first curve
● Lc2 = length of second curve
● L1 = length of first chord
● L2 = length of second chord
● T1 + T2 = length of common tangent measured from V1 to V2
Reversed Curve for Nonparallel Tangents
The following figure is an example reversed curves of unequal radii connecting non-parallel tangents.

Reversed Curve for Parallel Tangents


The figure below is an example of reversed curves of unequal radii connecting two parallel roads.
E1). The centerline of two parallel tracks are connected by a reverse curve. The angle of intersection of the
first curve is 15° and the distance between parallel tracks is 30m. If the radius of the second curve is 300m.
a. Compute the length of the long chord from P.C. to P.T.
b. Compute the radius of the first curve.

E2). The perpendicular distance between the two parallel tangents is 10m. If the angle of intersection of the
first curve is 10° with radius of 200m, what would be the radius of the second curve.

E3). A reversed curve is to connect two tangents which is parallel to each other and are 200m apart with
directions of due east. There is an intermediate tangent of 200m in between the reverse curve and the
horizontal distance of the P.C. and P.T. measured parallel to the tangents is 800m long. The P.C. of the reverse
curve is on the upper tangent while the P.T. of the reverse curve is on the lower tangent.
a. Determine the tangent distance of each curve.
b. Compute the common radius of the reverse curve.

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