Highway Engineering

What is the difference between safety fence and safety barrier?

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Safety fences and safety barriers are both critical tools in hazard management, but they serve distinct purposes and are designed for different scenarios. Recognizing their differences ensures appropriate application, enhancing safety and compliance. Safety Fences: Boundary Control and Access Restriction A safety fence is fundamentally a boundary-cover structure designed to determine unauthorized access or control … Read more

Highway Alignments

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The Geometric design of a highway combine of horizontal alignment, vertical alignment and cross-sectional elements.Horizontal alignment of a highway allocate its location and orientation in plan view. Vertical alignment of a highway handling with its shape in profile. Stationing Distance along a horizontal alignment is measured in condition of stations. A full station is defined … Read more

Circular Curves

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The best common type of horizontal curve used to connect intersecting tangent (or straight) segments of highways or railroads are circular curves. In most countries, two methods of defining circular curves are in use: the first, normally used in railroad work, defines the degree of the curve as the central angle subtended by a chord … Read more