and -2%. If the height of the dirver's eye from the pavement is 1.08 m and the height of the object
and -2%. If the height of the dirver's eye from the pavement is 1.08 m and the height of the object
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A vertical parabolic curve has a sight distance of 150 m. The curve has tangent grade of 3% and -2%. If the height of the dirver's eye from the pavement is 1.08 m and the height of the object is 0.5 m. The design speed for the curve is 80kph.
a.) Compute the maximum length of the curve
b.) Compute for the maximum speed of the curve c) If the curve has 120 m sight distance compute for the maximum speed of the curve
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