the difference between the heights of the sides of a road or railway track on a bend
Examples of 'superelevation' in a sentence
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The paper also deals with railway line curves, superelevation and uncompensated lateral acceleration.
Inesa Gailienė 2012, 'Investigation into the calculation of superelevation defects on conventional raillines', Transporthttps://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Transport/article/view/4936. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Although the flood was below the designed capacity, there was an overflow due to superelevation at the bend.
Getnet Kebede Demeke, Dereje Hailu Asfaw, Yilma Seleshi Shiferaw 2019, '3D Hydrodynamic Modelling Enhances the Design of Tendaho Dam Spillway, Ethiopia',Waterhttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/1/82. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)