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I new a guy from many years ago who wrote a program to solve for the elevation on a vertical curve, given station, elevation at BVC. Grade in and grade out, if you enter station to solve for, the elevation would be given. I forgot his name (its been 15 years and I live in a different state now) Does anyone have a program that they have written?
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If you know the horizontal length of the curve:
LBL E
INPUT I
INPUT G
INPUT H
INPUT X
*
+
INPUT H
RCL- G
2
/
INPUT L
/
RCL X
x^2
*
+
RTN
Where:
LBL E for elevation
I = initial elevation (BVC)
G = grade in as a decimal
X = location of the station
H = grade out as a decimal
L = total horizontal length of the vertical curve
Hope this helps, Eddie.
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- Why do we have to INPUT H twice?
- Did you ever run that program?
- I think the correct formula to use is:
E= I + G•X + H•(L - X)
Kind regards
Thomas