CVEN2401

Sustainable Transport and Highway Engineering

Week 10: Vertical Alignment (Part 2)

Kasun P. Wijayaratna
 Review
Assignment Progress Check
Introduction - What is Geometric Design? / Design Standards (L7(1))
Road and Design Characteristics (L7(1)) If you answer No to any of these
Basic Kinematics (L7(1)) questions, you need to catch up and
Speed Parameters (L7(2)) get organised!!!
Sight Distance (L7(2))
Horizontal Alignment: Part 1 (Basics and Sight Distance) (L8(1)) - Do you know what design group
Horizontal Alignment: Superelevation and Cross Sections (L9(1)) you are in? Have you spoken to
Horizontal Alignment: Transition Curves (L9(1),(2)) others in your design group?
Horizontal Alignment: Satisfying the Guidelines (L9(2))
- Have you or members in your
Vertical Alignment: Why do we need it?
Vertical Alignment: Controls group downloaded and installed
Vertical Alignment: Design Procedure Infraworks360?
Grading - Has your group developed a base
Vertical Curves
model of the study area?
Vertical Curves: Key Definitions
Vertical Curve Fundamental Calculations - Has your group completed an
Vertical Curve Design Calculations analysis of the existing road
Stopping Sight Distance Revisited conditions using Infraworks360?
Crest Curves
Sag Curves - Has your group finalised your
Minimum Length of Vertical Curves horizontal alignment?
- Has your group thought about how
to present the assignment, reports,
technical drawings?

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 Overview

Vertical Alignment: Satisfying the

Guidelines
Worked Example
Technical Drawing
Longitudinal Sections

Kancamagus Highway, New Hampshire

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 Vertical Alignment: Satisfying the Standards
Example
Design the vertical curves for the following alignment.

Grade = -1.4963%

Grade = +1.4255%

Grade = +0.6667%

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 Vertical Alignment: Satisfying the Standards
Example
Design the vertical curves for the following alignment.

PVC PVI PVT Crest Curve Properties:

1 = 1.4225%
2 = 1.4963%

1 = 0 + 470


Sag Curve Properties:
2 = 1.4963%

3 = 0.6667%
2 = 0 + 470

Operating speed: = 80

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 Technical Drawings
Consider the following Horizontal Alignment:

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 Longitudinal Section

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Road Profile
and Natural
Terrain

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 Horizontal Alignment Curvature Diagram

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 Superelevation Development Diagram

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