The design criterion for the valley curves is the centrifugal force developed.

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• The design criterion for the summit curves is the sight distance to be allowed on the highway.
• Design of both summit and valley curves is based on the assumption that the
• Valley curves are required to be introduced at the situations where
• When the valley curves are designed as square parabola, the stopping sight distance should be equal to head-light beam distance.
• A curve at the valley between two hills having a concave shape is called a valley curve.
• The factor which influences the design of curves, is
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• A vehicle while passing from a straight to a curved path, is under the infludnce of the weight of the vehicle and the centrifugal force.
• Transition curves are not provided on highways.
• In detailed survey of a hill road, the interval for plotting the contours at sharp curves is generally