 | Samuel Wright Mifflin - 1837 - 104 páginas
...smallest angle made by a chord at its extremity, with a tangent to the curve at that extremity. 8. A compound curve is composed of two curves of different radii turning in the same direction, having a common tangent at their point of meeting. 9. This point of meeting is called the point of... | |
 | William Findlay Shunk - 1854 - 120 páginas
....106 EXPLANATI0NS. ALL railway curves are parts of circles. They are designated generally from tlieir character as simple, compound, or reverse ; and specifically...is called the point of compound curvature, or PCC A reverse curve is composed of two curves turning in different directions, and having a common tangent... | |
 | William Findlay Shunk - 1869 - 136 páginas
...length of the chain in common use. It fe found that the circle described with radius of 5730 feet has^a circumference of 36,000 feet. Since there are 360°...is called the point of compound curvature, or PCC CO A reverse curve is composed of two curves turning in different directions, and having a common tangent... | |
 | Great Britain. War Office - 1889 - 138 páginas
...as simple, compound, or reverse. A simple curve is one in which the radius is the same throughout ; a compound curve is composed of two curves of different...having a common tangent at their point of meeting ; a reverse curve is composed of two curves, turning in different directions, and having a common tangent... | |
 | William Findlay Shunk - 1890 - 120 páginas
...curves are parts of circles. They are designated generally from their character as simple, 3ompound, or reverse ; and specifically from the central angle...point is called the point of compound curvature, or PC 0. (7) A reverse curve is composed of two curves turning in different directions, and having a common... | |
 | William Durward Connor - 1917 - 206 páginas
...constant radius. A compound curve is one composed of two or more simple curves of different radii curving in the same direction and having a common tangent at their point of meeting. A reverse curve is composed of two simple curves curving in opposite directions and having a common... | |
 | United States. War Dept - 1932 - 1122 páginas
...constant radius. A compound curve is one composed of two or more simple curves of different radii curving in the same direction and having a common tangent at their point of meeting. A reverse curve is composed of two simple curves curving in opposite directions and having a common... | |
 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1916 - 208 páginas
...constant radius. A compound curve is one composed of two or more simple curves of different radii curving in the same direction and having a common tangent at their point of meeting. A reverse curve is composed of two simple curves curving in opposite directions and having a common... | |
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It is found that the circle described with radius of 5730 feet has a circumference of 36,000 feet. Since there are 360° in the circle, the central angle subtended by a chord of 100 feet is, in this case, equal to 1°, and the curve is named a one degree... 