Activity Guide: Reverse Curve

1. Refer to the figure below of a road section in Sablayan, Mindoro Occidental.

2. The stationing of Point PC is 5+280, stationing of Point PCC is 5+380, and stationing of
Point PT is 5+500.

3. Determine the basic elements of the reverse curve.

First Curve

Radius of the curve: 229.18 m in meters

Internal Angle: 25° in degrees

Degree of the Curve: 5°0’0” in degrees (use arc definition)

Second Curve

Radius of the curve: 229.18 m in meters

Internal Angle: 30° in degrees

Degree of the Curve: 5°0’0” in degrees (use arc definition)

4. Determine the other elements of the compound curve.

Total length of Common Tangent: 112.22 m

Length of the Chord from PC to PCC: 99.21 m

Length of the Chord from PCC to PT: 118.63 m

 10% Shrinkage Computations

220
1. = 22
10

660
2. = 66
10

1090
3. =
10

251 0
4. = 22
10

305 0
5. = 22
10

1650
6. = 22
10

68 0
7. = 22
10

610
8. = 22
10

218 0
9. = 22
10

2520
10. = 22
10
 5. Write your calculations and sketches here in the box.

PC= 5 + 280 Length of Common Tangent AB

PCC = 5 + 380  50.81 m + 61.41 m
PT = 5 + 500  112.22 m
I1 = 25°
I2 = 30° Length of Long Chord from PC to PRC

LC1 C1
 5 + 380 – 5 + 280 I1
 100 m  2 R1 sin
2
25°
 2 (229.18) sin ( )
LC2 2
 5 + 500 – 5 + 380  99.21 m
 120 m
From PRC to PT

C2
D1
20 x I 1 I2
 2 R2 sin
 2
LC 1
3 0°
20 x 25 °  2 (229.18) sin ( )
 2
100
 118.63 m
 5°0’0”

D2
20 x I 2

LC2
20 x 3 0 °

12 0
 5°0’0”

R1
1145.916

5° 0 ’ 0 ¿
 229.18 m

R2
1145.916

5° 0 ’ 0 ¿
 229.18 m

T1
I1
 R1 tan
2
25°
 229.18 tan ( )
2
 50.81 m
T2
I