An existing horizontal curve has a radius of 85 meters, which restricts the maximum speed on this section of road to only 60% of the design speed of the highway. Highway officials want to improve the road to eliminate this bottleneck. Assume coefficient of side friction is 0.15 and rate of superelevation is 0.08. Compute the existing speed, design speed, and find the new radius of curvature.

An existing horizontal curve has a radius of 85 meters, which restricts the maximum speed on this section of road to only 60% of the design speed of the highway. Highway officials want to improve the road to eliminate this bottleneck. Assume coefficient of side friction is 0.15 and rate of superelevation is 0.08. Compute the existing speed, design speed, and find the new radius of curvature.

Traffic and Highway Engineering

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305156241

Author:Garber, Nicholas J.

Publisher:Garber, Nicholas J.

Chapter15: Geometric Design Of Highway Facilities

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