Application for Making Parabolic Camber Board

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This Excel Application Calculates the Points for making a parabolic camber Board and draws a chart for the half road section profile.
You are required to enter the road width and the % slope.

The parabolic shape is given so that the profile is flat at the middle and steeper towards the edges, which is preferred by the fast moving vehicles as they have to frequently cross the crown line during overtaking operations.  on a two lane highway.

Download Application here.

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