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Discussion Forum : Highway Engineering - Section 2 (Q.No. 11)
11.
If L is the length of a moving vehicle and R is the radius of curve, the extra mechanical width b to be provided on horizontal curves,
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Shivaprasad sajjan said:   6 years ago
e = Wm + Wp.

Wm=mechanical widening
= l^2/2R.

If no of lanes given then, Wm = nl^2/2R,
Wp = phychological widening,
= Vkmph/9.5 √ R,
Widening = Wm + Wp.

Nitin said:   7 years ago
How? Explain it.

Ravi yadav said:   9 years ago
Wm=nl^2/2R here no of lanes are not mentioned.

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