2007-02-07 05:19:50 · 6 answers · asked by tom 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
At every point on the curve, there is a circle which matches the curve. The radius of the curve is the radius of the circle at that point.
If the curve is not circular, then there will be a different circle at each point.
2007-02-07 05:25:22 · answer #1 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means when you're driving on the road and going through a turn on a curved road and if the road kept the same turn pitch and you drove all the way around a circle, the distance to the center of that circle is the radius distance of the curve. That's how the civil engineering people define the sharpness of a curve in the road.
2007-02-07 13:24:22 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were to continue the "curve" enough to make a complete perfect circle, the radius distance would be from the middle of that circle to your curve line.
2007-02-07 13:27:11 · answer #3 · answered by joshnya68 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"radius distance of a curve" is the radius of the circle having the curve as elementary part on its circumference.
2007-02-07 13:28:24 · answer #4 · answered by rgfmss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MorningFoxNorht is absolutely RIGHT..
A skilled answer...
2007-02-07 13:32:53 · answer #5 · answered by Isme M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How sharp the curve is...................!
2007-02-07 13:22:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋