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    Geometrics Cheat Sheet

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    This document provides formulas and definitions for key concepts in transportation engineering, including: 1) Horizontal curve formulas for elements like deflection angle, arc length, chord length, and stationing. 2) Vertical curve formulas for elements like curve length, grade, slope, and the equation of a parabolic vertical curve. 3) Traffic formulas for flow, density, spacing, headway, and peak hour factor.

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    Geometrics Cheat Sheet

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    This document provides formulas and definitions for key concepts in transportation engineering, including: 1) Horizontal curve formulas for elements like deflection angle, arc length, chord length, and stationing. 2) Vertical curve formulas for elements like curve length, grade, slope, and the equation of a parabolic vertical curve. 3) Traffic formulas for flow, density, spacing, headway, and peak hour factor.

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    This document provides formulas and definitions for key concepts in transportation engineering, including: 1) Horizontal curve formulas for elements like deflection angle, arc length, chord length, and stationing. 2) Vertical curve formulas for elements like curve length, grade, slope, and the equation of a parabolic vertical curve. 3) Traffic formulas for flow, density, spacing, headway, and peak hour factor.

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    Geometrics Cheat Sheet

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    This document provides formulas and definitions for key concepts in transportation engineering, including: 1) Horizontal curve formulas for elements like deflection angle, arc length, chord length, and stationing. 2) Vertical curve formulas for elements like curve length, grade, slope, and the equation of a parabolic vertical curve. 3) Traffic formulas for flow, density, spacing, headway, and peak hour factor.

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    Geometrics Cheat Sheet

    HORIZONTAL CURVES


    T  R tan
    2
    Arc Length (La):

     100
    La  R 
    180 D
    Chord Length: LC
     
    LC  C  2 R sin  2T cos
    2 2

    5729.58
    D (Arc Basis)
    R

    50
    Sin ( D )  (Chord Basis)
    2 R

     C  
    M  R (1  cos )  tan  E cos
    2 2 4 2

    E  T tan
    4
    Deflection Angle α at any point along the arc:

      Sta. at A  PC 
    2L

    1
    Stationing: Sta. PT = Sta. PC + L
    Sta. PC = Sta. PI - T

    Tangent Offset Calculation: For short curves

    2
    VERTICAL CURVES

    Equation of simple parabolic vertical curve:


    r(x) 2 g  g1
    Y( x )  YBVC  g1 ( x )  r 2
    2 L
    (g 2  g 1 )
    m  d0  L
    8

    x 2 (g 2  g 1 ) 4 m( x 2 )
    2
     x  d = Vertical distance from any point
    d   m  on the curve to tangent grade.
     L/2
    2
    2L L
    x = distance from BVC if point is left of PVI and from EVC if point is right of BVC

    g 1 ( L)
    DL  DL or DH = Distance to low or high point from BVC of the curve
    g1  g 2

    100(YH  YP )
    D
    g1  g 2

    x (g 2  g 1 )
    S  g1   g1  r ( x ) S = slope of the tangent to the curve at any point on the curve
    L x = distance from BVC

    3
    Vertical curve through a fixed point:
    Fixed point in space

    g1 offset
    g2

    VPI
     2  offset  A(offset)  offset 
    2
     A
    L  2 A  4     
     g 1  g 2 
      1
    g  g 2  g1  g 2   (stations)

    TRAFFIC

    Number of vehicles
    q  Flow( veh / hr ) 
    Time Interval

    Density veh / mi  
    5280 ft / mile 5,280
    Spacing (ft / veh ) 
    Density ( veh / mile) spacing ft / veh 

    Spacing 1
    h  Headway (sec/ veh )  
    Speed Flow rate

    Flow rate veh / hr  


    3,600
    headway s / veh 

    4
    DHV = AADT*K K = 0.09 for urban
    K = 0.10 for rural

    V
    PHF  V15 = maximum 15 minute-count
    4  V15

    1 N
    u t  ui
    N i 1 Time Mean Speed

    n
    us  n
    1

    i 1 u i
    Space Mean Speed

    5
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