{"id":779,"date":"2024-07-05T12:40:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T07:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/?p=779"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:27:52","slug":"compound-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/ce\/surveying\/compound-curve","title":{"rendered":"COMPOUND CURVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A compound curve is the combination of two or more simple circular curves of different radii.<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus because of two different radii, the two centers will also be different.<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because of different length of tangents, compound curve allows the fitting of location of a topography with enhanced refinement as compared to simple circular curve.<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">As far as possible, where simple circular curve can be used there compound curve should not be used.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Elements of Compound Curve<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-465 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/compound-curvee.jpg\" alt=\"Compound Curve\" width=\"697\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/derived.jpg\" alt=\"Derived\" width=\"676\" height=\"232\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-danger\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/ce\/surveying\/vertical-curves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&lt;&lt; Previous<\/a> | <a class=\"btn btn-success\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/ce\/surveying\/requirements-of-a-transition-curve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Next &gt;&gt;<\/a> <br \/><strong> Must Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/study.madeeasy.in\/subjects\/what-is-surveying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What is Surveying?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A compound curve is the combination of two or more simple circular curves of different radii. Thus because of two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203,2],"tags":[266,265],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surveying","category-ce","tag-circular-curves","tag-common-tangent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeeasy.in\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}