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Transition Curves
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Transition Curve
Introduced between a straight line and a
between two curves.
It facilitates the gradual change from str
to a curve or from one curve to another.
What happens as soon as a vehicle ente
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It experiences acentrifugal force
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There are chances forthe vehicle to derail,
overturn or slip
ow can we avo
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r = Radius of the curved banked roadm = Mass of the moving vehicle
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(et v be the maximum speed of the
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)ssuming the force of friction to benegligible when the vehicle is moving at ahigh speed* the forces acting are+
• Weight = mg
• Normal reaction exerted
by road surface on the
vehicle, N• ori!ontal component of
N = N"in
• #ertical component of
N = NCos
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The vehicle has no vertical motion$"o,
N "in
directed to%ards the centre o
the curve provides the necessarycentripetal force$
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&ividing second e'uation by (rst %eget,
The superelevation )independethe mass o
vehicle
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v is the maximum safety speed %ith %hvehicle can be safely driven along a
banked road$ This is also independent o
the mass of the vehicle$
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