公路线形设计外文翻译.doc

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1、GeometricDesignofHighwaysAAlignmentDesignofaroadisshownontheplaneviewandisaseriesofstraightlinescalledtangentsconnectedbycircular.Inmodernpracticeitiscommontointerposetransitionorspiralcurvesbetweentangentsandcircularcurves.Alignmentmustbeconsistent.Suddenchangesfromflattosharpcurvesandlongtan

2、gentsfollowedbysharpcurvesmustbeavoided;otherwise,accidenthazardswillbecreated.Likewise,placingcircularcurvesofdifferentradiiendtoend(compoundcurves)orhavingashorttangentbetweentwocurvesispoorpracticeunlesssuitabletransitionsbetweenthemareprovided.Long,flatcurvesarepreferableatalltimes,astheya

3、repleasinginappearanceanddecreasepossibilityoffutureobsolescence.However,alignmentwithouttangentsisundesirableontwo-laneroadsbecausesomedrivershesitatetopassoncurves.Long,flatcurvesshouldbeusedforsmallchangesindirection,asshortcurvesappearas“kink”.Alsohorizontalandverticalalignmentmustbeconsid

4、eredtogether,notseparately.Forexample,asharphorizontalcurvebeginningnearacrestcancreateaseriousaccidenthazard.Avehicletravelinginacurvedpathissubjecttocentrifugalforce.Thisisbalancedbyanequalandoppositeforcedevelopedthroughcannotexceedcertainmaximums,andthesecontrolsplacelimitsonthesharpnessof

5、curvesthatcanbeusedwithadesignspeed.Usuallythesharpnessofagivencircularcurveisindicatedbyitsradius.However,foralignmentdesign,sharpnessiscommonlyexpressedintermsofdegreeofcurve,whichisthecentralanglesubtendedbya100-ftlengthofcurve.Degreeofcurveisinverselyproportionaltotheradius.Tangentsections

6、ofhighwayscarrynormalcrossslope;curvedsectionsaresuperProvisionmustbemadeforgradualchangefromonetotheother.Thisusuallyinvolvesmaintainingthecenterlineofeachindividualroadwayatprofilegradewhileraisingtheouteredgeandloweringtheinneredgetoproducethedesiredsuperisattainedsomedistancebeyondthepoint

7、ofcurve.Ifavehicletravelsathighspeedonacarefullyrestrictedpathmadeupoftangentsconnectedbysharpcircularcurve,ridingisextremelyuncomfortable.Asthecarapproachesacurve,superbeginsandthevehicleistiltedinward,butthepassengermustremainvertical