and he chuckles - I hope your engineering is better than your arithmetic...
Raleigh in (guess what) snowey Mainey... At 11:23 AM 2/27/2011, Bert Cutler wrote: >Sir, A 25 grade is @" every 100 " and a 3% is 3" >every 100' and as a Civil engineer I do know this is correct.Thanks Bert Cutler > >To: [email protected] >From: [email protected] >Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:56:52 +0000 >Subject: {S-Scale List} Trigonometry of a 2%-3% >grade plus, lengt Re: Sloped module idea; Marias Pass,MT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm currently designing a sloped module > block and am trying to determine how much > height I could achieve over the course of each module. > > > >Since my trigonometry is a little rusty, I went >to double check my results with an online >calculator and the results don't match. As a >matter of fact, the online-calculator gives me >close to 50% more rise then my own calculations. > > > >Here's what the calculator determined; > > > >Over a 4 foot module with a continuous slope; > >http://www.csgnetwork.com/righttricalc.html > > > >A 2% grade =1.68 inches of rise > > > >A 3% grade=2.52 inches of rise > >(The actual Marias Pass has a 3% slope in places) > > > >This seems to be a greater increase then I expected. > > > >Now, even if this is correct, the first four >modules won't increase at this rate since they >will each include a transition from level to the maximum slope. > > > >How would I calculate the amount of horizontal >space necessary to transition to the maximum >slope and how much height would be achieved over >the course of the transition zone? > > > >Thank you in advance > > > >--- In [email protected], "Tyler" <tfroatz4@...> wrote: > > > > > > Specifically, I was hoping to start with a > flexible TEN foot module "block" consisting of > two 4 foot modules and two 2 foot modules, as > well as an additional two 6 foot "add ons". > > > > > > That should have read "Twelve" foot module "Block" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
