New Transition Curve Adapted to Railway Operational Requirements
Publication: Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 145, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper points to the limited possibilities of improving the existing situation of transition curves used in geometric layouts of the railway track. Difficulties in the practical implementation and maintenance of very small horizontal ordinates of the transition curve and the ordinates of the gradient due to cant in the initial section, appearing on smooth transition curves, were indicated. The main reason for this was the excessive smoothing of the curvature in their initial section. Employing the method of curvature identification by differential equations, a new form of the curve was obtained, referred to as the smoothed transition curve. A definite advantage of this curve was shown, from the implementation point of view, over representing the smooth transition curves of the Bloss curve and the parametric curve. It seems that it could successfully compete with the commonly used clothoid, to which it is similar in the initial section, while it differs significantly along its further length, especially in the final section, where it provides a gentle entry from the transition curve into a circular arc.
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Journal of Surveying Engineering
Volume 145 • Issue 3 • August 2019
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Received: Mar 17, 2018
Accepted: Jan 23, 2019
Published online: Jun 13, 2019
Published in print: Aug 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Nov 13, 2019
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