Manual for railroad engineers and engineering students : containing the rules and tables needed for the location, construction, and equipment of railroads as built in the United States (1883)
Vose, George L. (George Leonard), 1831-1910 · Boston : Lee and Shepard · leaf 56
2 3-28 3-50 17 338 1 63 2.79 348 372 18 320 1 73 2.96 3.69 3-93 •9 303 1 82 3.12 3-90 4.15 20 288 1 .92 3-29 4.10 4-37 Compound Curves. It is often found in practice that a simple circular curve willnot fit the ground in a satisfactory manner ; but that the lineneeds to curve more sharply at one… … Fig. 18. 32 MANUAL FOR RAILROAD ENGINEERS. to E upon the centre C, and radius A C ; from E to E uponthe centre C, and radius E C ; and from E to B upon the centreC, and radius E C. In order that the adjoining curves shouldbe properly connected, they should have a common tangent atthe point of…
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