Recent questions tagged horizontal-and-vertical-curves

A road in a hilly terrain is to be laid at a gradient of $4.5\%$. A horizontal curve of radius $100\:m$ is laid at a location on this road. Gradient needs to be eased due...

While aligning a hill road with a ruling gradient $6\%$, a horizontal curve of radius $50 \: m$ is encountered. The grade compensation (in percentage, up to two decimal p...

A parabolic vertical curve is being designed to join a road of grade $+5 \%$ with a road of grade $-3 \%$. The length of the vertical curve is $400 \: m$ measured along t...

A theodolite is set up at station A and a $3$ m long staff is held vertically at station B. The depression angle reading at $2.5$ m marking on the staff is $6^{\circ}10’$...

The horizontal distance between two stations P and Q is $100 \: m$. The vertical angles from P and Q to the top of a vertical tower at $T$ are $3^{\circ}$ and $5^{\circ}$...