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  2. Geometric design of roads - Wikipedia

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    Sag vertical curves are those that have a tangent slope at the end of the curve that is higher than that of the beginning of the curve. When driving on a road, a sag curve would appear as a valley, with the vehicle first going downhill before reaching the bottom of the curve and continuing uphill or level. Crest vertical curves are those that ...

  3. Road curve - Wikipedia

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    Road curves are irregular bends in roads to bring a gradual change of direction. Similar curves are on railways and canals. Curves provided in the horizontal plane are known as horizontal curves and are generally circular or parabolic. Curves provided in the vertical plane are known as vertical curve.

  4. Design speed - Wikipedia

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    The design speed chosen for a high-speed roadway is a major factor in choosing superelevation rates and radii of curves, sight distance, and the lengths of crest and sag vertical curves. Roads with higher design speeds require wider lanes , [ 2 ] sweeping curves, wider recovery areas, broader clear zones , steeper curve banking, longer sight ...

  5. Track geometry - Wikipedia

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    Vertical curve is the curve in vertical layout to connect two track gradients together whether it is for changing from an upgrade to a downgrade (summit), changing from a downgrade to an upgrade (sag or valley), changing in two levels of upgrades or changing in two levels of downgrades.

  6. Hogging and sagging - Wikipedia

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    Hogging is the stress a ship's hull or keel experiences that causes the center or the keel to bend upward. Sagging is the stress a ship's hull or keel is placed under when a wave is the same length as the ship and the ship is in the trough of two waves.

  7. Tensions between Trump and Powell are cooling. For now.

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    The tensions between Jerome Powell and Donald Trump appear to be cooling.. For now. The president-elect said Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press that he has no plans to remove Powell before the Federal ...

  8. Microsoft faces UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences - AOL

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    Microsoft faces legal action in Britain over a claim that thousands of businesses using cloud computing services provided by Amazon, Google and Alibaba could be paying higher licence fees to use ...

  9. Simple suspension bridge - Wikipedia

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    In a simple suspension bridge the deck lies on the main cables In a suspended deck bridge the deck is carried below the main cables by vertical "suspenders" Comparison of a catenary (black dotted curve) and a parabola (red solid curve) with the same span and sag. The catenary represents the profile of a simple suspension bridge, or the cable of ...