Tutorial 1
Please submit the tutorial by February 13.
1. A national highway of two lanes has a curve of 300 m radius to be set out to
connect two straights in hilly terrain. The maximum speed of moving vehicles on
this curve is restricted to 60 kmph. Transition curves are to be introduced at each
end of the circular curve. Calculate:
a) Suitable length of transition curve
b) Necessary shift of the circular curve
c) Chainage at the beginning and end of the curve
Given:
- Angle of intersection = 110° 20'
- Rate of change of centrifugal acceleration = 0.60 m/s³
- Chainage at the PI = 1020 m
2. The design speed is 90 kmph and the maximum permissible super-elevation and
coefficient of lateral friction are 0.07 and 0.15. A highway engineer is designing
super-elevation for a curve of radius 280 m.
a) Find the equilibrium super-elevation
b) Design the super-elevation for the curve
c) If maximum super-elevation is not to be exceeded, calculate the maximum
allowable speed
d) Find the ruling radius required to maintain 90 kmph
3. A transition curve is to be provided to connect a straight and a circular curve of
radius 420 m on a two-lane road in plain terrain with moderate rainfall. Design
the length of the transition curve assuming suitable data. The design speed is 75
kmph, and the rate of introduction of super-elevation is 1 in 180. Determine the
elevations of the outer edge at two typical straight and circular sections if the
center-line elevations are 318.2 m and 318.6 m, with 3% parabolic camber.
4. The angle of intersection between two straights is 137.23° . The spiral angle for
each transition curve is 8.35°. Calculate the length of transition curve, combined
length of curve, and tangent length if the radius is 325 m.
5. A vehicle moving on a horizontal curve at a design speed of 50 kmph develops a
centrifugal ratio of 1/6. The deflection angle of the curve is 55°. Calculate:
a) Radius of the circular curve
b) Length of transition curve (rate of change of centrifugal acceleration criteria)
c) Total length of the composite curve
6. Calculate the maximum permissible speed on a horizontal curve of radius 200 m
on a highway designed for 80 kmph, carrying mixed traffic, if the super-elevation
must not exceed 7%.
7. A highway engineer wants to design a curve at an intersection angle of 130°. Due
to restrictions the length of curve is fixed at 140 m.
a) Design the super-elevation for a design speed of 90 kmph on the straight
section.
b) Find the restricted speed if required.
c) Calculate the ruling radius.
d) Determine the new length of curve using the ruling radius and chainage of PC
and PT if chainage of PI is 1250 m.
8. The center-line elevation of a double-lane road is 410.2 m. The camber of
pavement is 2.5%, cross-slope of shoulder is 5%, lane width is 3.5 m, and
shoulder width is 1.5 m.
Find the elevation at the pavement edges, lane centers, and roadway edges for:
(i) Straight line camber
(ii) Parabolic camber
9. An existing horizontal curve on a highway has a radius of 250 m, which restricts
the maximum speed on this segment of the highway to only 70 percent of the
design speed of the highway. The highway agency wants to improve the curve so
that its maximum speed will be at the design speed of the highway. The
coefficient of the side friction is 0.16 for the existing curve and the rate of super-
elevation is 0.06 for both the existing curve and the new curve to be designed.
What is the minimum radius of the new curve ?