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What is a superelevation?

What is a superelevation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The angle that a gun must be elevated above the line of its target to allow for the effect of gravity on the projectile.
  2. The cant of a railway track; the difference in elevation (height) between its two edges, as on a curve.
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The right-hand curve was 209 feet long with no superelevation.
A track geometry car had last inspected the track on 14 April 2003 and one urgent defect was noted at Mile 52.41 for a minor excess superelevation condition that was subsequently corrected.
Tip: the relative altimeter can be used for example for measuring the superelevation above landing site.
This tendency is counteracted by designing the cross section with superelevation.
The channel aggrades in place until a superelevation threshold for avulsion is met.
The field geometric data did not present significant variations in lane width, shoulder width and superelevation.

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