Widening of Road at Curves
Widening of Road at Curves
Widening of Road at Curves
ENGINEERING
WIDENING OF PAVEMENT ON
HORIZONTAL CURVES
Objects:-
On horizontal curves , especially when they are not of very
large radius, it is a a common practice to widen the pavement slighty
more than the normal width, the object of providing Extra Widening
of pavements on horizontal curves are due to the following reasons....
(a) An automobile such as car, bus or truck has a rigid wheel base
and only the front wheels can be turned. When the vehicle takes a
turn to negotiate a horizontal curve, the rear wheels do not follow
the same path as that of the front wheels. This phenomenon is
called ‘off tracking’. The off tracking depends on
(1) the length of the wheel base of the vehicle
(2) the turning angle or the radius of the horizontal curves.
(b) At more than design speed if super elevation and lateral
friction jointly cannot counteract the centrifugal force, full
outward slipping of rear wheels may occur and thus more width
of road is covered. This condition occurs at very high speeds.
Wps
Hence the total widening We required on a horizontal curve is
given by:
We= Wm + Wps
Nl2
We = +
2R
Here,
n =number of traffic lanes
l = length of wheel base of longest vehicle in m
R= radius of horizontal curves in m
V= design speed Kmph
The extra width recommended by the Indian Road Congress for
single and two lane pavements are given in table:
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