Curve liners
Abstract
Abstract A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE ALIGNMENT OF RAILROAD TRACK WHICH PROVIDES A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM TANGENT TO CIRCULAR CURVE TRACK THROUGH A SPIRAL CURVE AND WHICH ENABLE THE APPARATUS TO BE USED IN LINING ON A SINGLE PASS THROUGH A SECTION OF TRACK. THE METHOD COMPRISES STEPS OF MEASURING PARAMETERS OF A LENGTH OF TRACK ESTABLISHING FROM THE MEASURED PARAMETERS A CURVE FORM TO WHICH THE LENGTH OF TRACK APPROXIMATES AND WHICH PROVIDES A CONSTANT RATE OF CHANGE OF CURVATURE AND ADJUSTING FOR SOME POINT IN THE LENGTH OF TRACK THE POSITION OF THE POINT TO LIE ON THE ESTABVLISHED CURVE FORM. ACCORDING TO A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT DISCLOSED THE REQUIRED CURVE FORM IS DETERMINED BY THE MEASUREMENT OF PARAMETERS DETERMINATIVE OF THE CURVATURE AT TWO POINTS IN THE LENGTH OF TRACK.
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- 👤 Odon Steven Bencsics
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