Investigation of a New Transition Curve

This paper describes derivation of the curvature change for the transition curve in a 2nd degree increasing concave formulation. The investigation of the usability of the developed transition curve in new designs and rehabilitation of existing roads are also included in this study. New transition cu...

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Main Authors: Levent Taşçı, Necati Kuloğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Riga Technical University Press 2011-03-01
Series:The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering
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Online Access:https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3720
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description This paper describes derivation of the curvature change for the transition curve in a 2nd degree increasing concave formulation. The investigation of the usability of the developed transition curve in new designs and rehabilitation of existing roads are also included in this study. New transition curves are compared with the most used transition curves (clothoid, sinusoidal and bloss) in highways, and it has been targeted to indicate whether it is the most economic and comfortable one or not.
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spelling doaj-art-fef80ad5e19c4bd48ddb6283319eac312025-01-02T14:51:10ZengRiga Technical University PressThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering1822-427X1822-42882011-03-0161232910.3846/bjrbe.2011.042063Investigation of a New Transition CurveLevent Taşçı0Necati Kuloğlu1Dept of Civil Engineering, Firat University, Elazığ, 23100, TurkeyDept of Civil Engineering, Firat University, Elazığ, 23100, TurkeyThis paper describes derivation of the curvature change for the transition curve in a 2nd degree increasing concave formulation. The investigation of the usability of the developed transition curve in new designs and rehabilitation of existing roads are also included in this study. New transition curves are compared with the most used transition curves (clothoid, sinusoidal and bloss) in highways, and it has been targeted to indicate whether it is the most economic and comfortable one or not.https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3720highwaytransition curvecurvaturesuperelevationclothoidblosssinusoidal
spellingShingle Levent Taşçı
Necati Kuloğlu
Investigation of a New Transition Curve
The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering
highway
transition curve
curvature
superelevation
clothoid
bloss
sinusoidal
title Investigation of a New Transition Curve
title_full Investigation of a New Transition Curve
title_fullStr Investigation of a New Transition Curve
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of a New Transition Curve
title_short Investigation of a New Transition Curve
title_sort investigation of a new transition curve
topic highway
transition curve
curvature
superelevation
clothoid
bloss
sinusoidal
url https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/3720
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