Combinations of Horizontal and Vertical Alignment:

Example:
Determine the elevations of (CL, RE, and LE) of a carriageway from station 32+10 to station 34+40
every 10m and at the control points (T.S and S.C) if you know that:
- The length of the transition curve used = 140m
- Superelevation rate = 7.5%
- The cross section of the carriageway is:
- The roadway has an adjacent grade of -4% from
station 30+00 to station 33+00 and a grade of +2% from station 33+00 to station 35+00
using a vertical curve of 150m length
- Station of T.S=32+90 and the elevation of this point at the tangent = 75m
- The rotation of the roadway is about CL
Sol.
(e*w)/2=(0.075*8)/2=0.30m
X' = (0.30/0.06)*140=28m

The vertical curve begins at station ((33+00)-(0+75))=32+25 (PVC)

The vertical curve ends at station ((33+00)+(0+75))=33+75 (PVT)
𝑔2 − 𝑔1 0.02 + 0.04
𝑎= = = 0.0002
2∗𝐿 2 ∗ 150
Elevation at any point on the VC = (aX2)+(g1*X)+Elev. PVC
Elev. of PVC = (75) + ((90-25)*0.04) = 77.600m

CL Elev. at
Station X a*x2 g1*X
VC
32+25 0 0 0 77.600
32+30 5 0.005 -0.2 77.405
32+40 15 0.045 -0.6 77.045
32+50 25 0.125 -1 76.725
32+60 35 0.245 -1.4 76.445
32+70 45 0.405 -1.8 76.205
32+80 55 0.605 -2.2 76.005
32+90 65 0.845 -2.6 75.845
33+00 75 1.125 -3 75.725
33+10 85 1.445 -3.4 75.645
33+20 95 1.805 -3.8 75.605
33+30 105 2.205 -4.2 75.605
33+40 115 2.645 -4.6 75.645
33+50 125 3.125 -5 75.725
33+60 135 3.645 -5.4 75.845
33+70 145 4.205 -5.8 76.005
33+75 150 4.5 -6 76.100

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 Elev. of Elev. of LE Elev. of RE
Station
CL d Elev. d Elev.
32+10 78.200 - 78.140 - 78.140
32+20 77.800 - 77.740 - 77.740
32+25 PVC 77.600 - 77.540 - 77.540
32+30 77.405 - 77.345 - 77.345
32+40 77.045 - 76.985 - 76.985
32+50 76.725 - 76.665 - 76.665
32+60 76.445 - 76.385 - 76.385
32+62 76.394 0 76.334 - 76.334
32+70 76.205 8 76.162 - 76.145
32+80 76.005 18 75.984 - 75.945
32+90 TS 75.845 28 75.845 - 75.785
33+00 PVI 75.725 38 75.746 - 75.665
33+10 75.645 48 75.688 - 75.585
33+18 75.610 - - 0 75.550
33+20 75.605 58 75.669 2 75.541
33+30 75.605 68 75.691 12 75.519
33+40 75.645 78 75.752 22 75.538
33+50 75.725 88 75.854 32 75.596
33+60 75.845 98 75.995 42 75.695
33+70 76.005 108 76.176 52 75.834
33+75 PVT 76.100 113 76.282 57 75.907
33+80 76.200 118 76.393 62 75.986
33+90 76.400 128 76.614 72 76.164
34+00 76.600 138 76.836 82 76.343
34+10 76.800 148 77.057 92 76.521
34+20 77.000 158 77.279 102 76.700
34+30 SC 77.200 168 77.500 112 76.879
34+40 77.400 - 77.700 - 77.100

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