VERTICAL CURVE COMPUTATIONS

FIND GIVEN
I) Location of V (vertex or P.I.) from known
point
X(in feet) = +
2) Middle ordinate
a)
AxL
m (in feet) = 8
or
b) m (in fee+) = 1/2 (elev.lIVtI_ elev.B.V.C.;elev.EMCj
3) Offset or correction from grade line to curve y
a)
b)
2
y (in feet)= m &
( >
or
y (in feet) = 9
4) Grade (slope) of tangent G at any point
on curve
G (in percent) = -g,- X1($)
5) Sag or summit curve
a) Distance to low or high point from B.V.C.
or E.V.C.
L(+g)
X, (in feet) = -+
b) Elevation of low or high point on curve
+cA21-
ys (in feet) = 2~
Where A = algebraic sum of the intersecting
grades +g, and -ge (in percent/loo).
H = an elevation as determined by pro-
ducing the grade +g, along the horizontal dis-
tance between two known points P and P (in ft.)
Elevations and distance between P and P (in ft.)
a) Where A is in percent/lOO, L is in feet.
b) Where elevations of V, B.K., and E.V.C. are
in feet.
a) Where m is in feet and X and L are in
stations.
b) Where A is in percent and X and L are in
stations.
Where -g2 and A are in percent and X and
L are in stations.
a) Where A and +g, are in percent.
b) Where A and +g, are in percent and L is
in feet.