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Extra Clearances and Curve Setting Methods

The document discusses clearances required on curved railway tracks and methods for laying out circular curves. It states that on curved tracks, additional lateral clearances must be provided between adjacent tracks and between curved tracks and fixed structures. It also establishes the relationship between the radius and versine of a curve using an equation, and notes that the degree of a curve can be determined in the field. Finally, it describes the tangential offset method for laying out a circular curve in the field, which involves measuring perpendicular offsets from a tangent line at fixed distances based on the curve's radius.

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Extra Clearances and Curve Setting Methods

The document discusses clearances required on curved railway tracks and methods for laying out circular curves. It states that on curved tracks, additional lateral clearances must be provided between adjacent tracks and between curved tracks and fixed structures. It also establishes the relationship between the radius and versine of a curve using an equation, and notes that the degree of a curve can be determined in the field. Finally, it describes the tangential offset method for laying out a circular curve in the field, which involves measuring perpendicular offsets from a tangent line at fixed distances based on the curve's radius.

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1. What are the extra clearances provided on a curved track?

Describe the extra


clearances provided between two adjacent curved tracks.
On curves, additional lateral clearances, in excess of the fixed dimensions should be provided as
laid down in the Schedule of Dimensions -
(a) between adjacent tracks and
(b) between curved track and fixed structure.
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2. Establish a relationship between the radius and versine of a curve. How is the degree of
a curve determined in the field?
The versine is the perpendicular distance of the midpoint of a chord from the arc of a circle. The
relationship between the radius and versine of a curve can be established as shown in Fig. 13.1.
Let R be the radius of the curve, C be the length of the chord, and V be the versine of a chord of
length C.
In Eqn (13.1), V, C, and R are in the same unit, say, metres or centimetres. This general
equation can be used to determined versines if the chord and the radius of a curve are known.

3. Enumerate the various methods of setting out a circular curve. Describe the tangential
offset method for laying a circular curve.
Based on the instruments used in setting out the curves on the ground there are two methods:
- Linear Method. In these methods only tape or chain is used for setting out the curve.
Angle measuring instrument are not used. By offsets from the long chord. By successive
bisection of arcs. By offsets from the tangents. By offsets from chord produced.
- Angular Method. This methods are used when the length of curve is large. The angular
methods are: Rankine method of tangential angles, Two theodolite method, Tacheometric
method.

The tangential offset method is employed for setting out a short curve of a length of about 100 m
(300 ft). It is generally used for laying turnout curves.

In Fig. 13.3, let PQ be the straight alignment and T be the tangent point for a curve of a known
radius. Let AA  , BB , CC  , etc. be perpendicular offsets from the tangent. It can be proved
that
Value of offset O1 = C12= 2R
where C1 is the length of the chord along the tangent. Similarly,

The various steps involved in the laying out of a curve using this method are as follows.

(a) Extend the straight alignment PT to TQ with the help of a ranging rod. TQ is now the
tangential direction.
(b) Measure lengths C1, C2, C3, etc. along the tangential direction and calculate the
offsets O1, O2, O3, etc. for these lengths as per the formulae given above. For simplicity, the
values of C1, C2, C3, etc. may be taken in multiples of three or so.

(c) Measure the perpendicular offsets O1, O2, O3, etc. from the points A, B, C,
 , B , C , etc. on the curve.

In practice, sometimes it becomes difficult to extend the tangent length beyond a certain point
due to the presence of some obstruction or because the offsets become too large to measure
accurately as the length of the curve increases. In such cases, the curve is laid up to any convenient
point and another tangent is drawn out at this point. For laying the curve further, offsets are
measured at fixed distances from the newly drawn tangent.

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