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ISSN 1913-0341 [Print] Management Science and Engineering ISSN 1913-035X [Online] Vol. 12, No. 3, 2018, pp. 9-11 www.cscanada.net DOI:10.3968/10850 www.cscanada.org The Application of Curvature in Real Life GUI Guoxiang[a],* [a]Lecturer. Department of Math, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, road and bridge design. Recall how we compare the bent China. degree of two curves. If the two curves belong to two *Corresponding author. circles with different radius, we can definitely ensure Supported by 2016 Jiangxi Province’s educational reform is the that the less the radius, the greater the bending angle. research and development and application of micro-course teaching However, most curves in real life are not standard curve resources of Higher Mathematics under the background of educational arcs. How should be the curve degree defined? informatization. (No. JXJG-16-2-10). Received 28 June 2018; accepted 30 August 2018 Published online 26 September 2018 1. THE DEFINITION, CALCULATION FORMULA OF CURVATURE AND THE Abstract CONCEPT OF CALCULATION CIRCLE Curvature is the amount by which a curve deviates from a straight line. It is defined in a way which relates to AND RADIUS the tangent angle and the arc length of the curve. The curvature is of utmost significance in designing road 1.1 The Definition and Calculation Formula of Curvature curves and grinding workpieces. While designing road curves, its influence on road safety needs to be considered. Intuition and experience tell us: any point on a direct In order to improve the efficiency without excessive wear, line should not be curving. The curving degree of any its influence on the size of grinding wheel requires to be point on a circumference is the same. The curving degree considered. of a circle with shorter radius is greater than that with longer one. The curve near the apex of a parabola is more Curvature; Design of railway curves; Key words: bent than the ones in other parts of the parabola. What Choose of grinding wheel; Application mathematical quantity should be adopted to define the curving degree? Gui, G. X. (2018). The Application of Curvature in Real Life. Management Science and Engineering, 12(1), 9-11. Available from: URL: http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/mse/article/view/10850 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/10850 INTRODUCTION Derivative is undoubtedly a very important matter in Calculus and has been widely applied in actual life. In differential calculus, besides the monotonicity and convexity, the extreme value, the maximum and the Figure 1 While the length of the arcs are the same, the larger minimum of a function, curvature is another geometry the tangent angle, the greater the curving degree. application of derivative and the theoretical basis of 9 Copyright © Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures The Application of Curvature in Real Life radius of curvature at the Point M. According to the above concept, the curvature circle and the curve share the same tangent line and curvature at the point M and enjoy the same concave direction near M. As a result, a segment curve of the curvature circle near the point M is often used as a substitute for the curve arc to make the problem simpler. According to the above-mentioned concept, the relation between the curvature K(K≠0) and the radius 1 1 Figure 2 of curvature ρ is: ρ = , K = . That is to say, the While the tangent angle are the same, the shorter the K ρ length of arc, the greater the curving degree curvature of a circle is defined to be the reciprocal of the radius With the analysis of the above two graphs, it is known: with the same length of arcs, the curving degree is proportional to the size of tangent angle; with the same 2. THE ACTUAL APPLICATION OF size of tangent angles, the curving degree is inversely proportional to the length of arcs. CURVATURE IN CURVE DESIGN The curvature is defined as the rotation rate of a A transition curve, with a consecutive variability change point’s tangent line to its arc length (usually represented of curvature, links a straight line with a circular curve by K). It describes the amount by which a curve deviates or one circular curve with another. Cars can be steered from a straight line. Mathematically, it is specifically the more smoothly with the gradually consecutive variability numerical value of the bending degree of a curve. change of curvature. Due to the same reason, the abrupt Suppose curvilinear equation is y=f(x), while the change of driving direction and the centrifuge force point P is moved to the point P′, the related tangent line suddenly produced will be eased, thus the vibration is rotated with a degree as Δα. Δs is the length of the and the upset experience can be reduced. According to ∆α national technology standards, most highways, especially arc from the point P to the point P′ is the average . ∆s expressways and driveways are required to be designed with transition curves. cecurvature. In differentiation, while the point P is → infinitely close to the point P′, then Δs 0. The curvature ∆ααd of the curve y=f(x)at point P is k =lim = . ∆→s 0 ∆s ds The calculation formula of curvature: Suppose under rectangular coordinate system, y = f(x) represents a line on the plane with continuous second order derivatives, then y '' = the related curvature formula is k 3 (1'+ y 2 ) 2 y 1 ρ= D K M y = f (x) The heavy wear of the railway curves cause the vibration frequency intensified and the noise increasing, O x which will have a direct influence on operation security. According to the research on the wear of the railway 1.2 The Concept of Calculation Circle and curves, the radius has a great impact on Metro rails. Take Radius the rails with different radiuses for analysis. The result Suppose K(K≠0) is the curvature at the point M(x, y)of shows that the shorter the radius, the bigger the curvature, the curve y = f(x). Take a Point D at the concave side of while other external conditions are kept the same. It also 1 means that the bigger curvature causes the heavier wear the curve’s normal at the Point M. Make |DM| = =ρ K with more worn width to some extent. Since there is a certain physical connection between . Draw a circle as the center of D and the radius of ρ. The circle is known as the circle of curvature at the Point M, the radius of curvature and trains’ driving speed, the cubic parabola is adopted to ensure trains’ drive safety. Trains D as the center of curvature at the Point Mand ρ as the Copyright © Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures 10 GUI Guoxiang (2018). Management Science and Engineering, 12(3), 9-11 can reach the railway curve through buffer transitions. size of grinding wheel, the efficiency will be greatly If a train goes through a straight railway to a curve with reduced. Thus, it is essential to choose a grinding wheel Ras the center, it is required to go through a buffer area, with an appropriate size. 1 increasing the curvature of railway curve from 0 to for R security reasons. If the quadratic parabola y=ax2, is adopted, y′=2ax, 2a K = , y″=2a After calculation, 3 , substitute . (1+ 4a2 x2 )2 x=0 and get K=2a. So the quadratic parabola is not adoptable. If the cubic parabola y = ax3 is adopted, 6ax K = 1 The greater the curving degree is, the smaller wheel 3 After calculation, a = . So, (1+ 9a2 x4 )2 6Rl should be used. Equally, the smaller the curving degree is, the bigger wheel should be used. How should we choose x3 . C：y = is used as cushioning curve. After the wheel? The radius of the wheel can not be longer than 6Rl that of curvature at any point of the curve. The radius of calculation, we get that the curvature of the cushioning the wheel should be the shortest among the radiuses of y′′ 8R2l 2 x curvatures of section curves K = = curve 3 3 . For example, if the transversal of some workpiece’s ′2 2 2 2 4 2 (1+ y ) (4R l + x ) internal surface is the parabola y = 0.4x 2 , what size of While x increases from 0 to , the curvature will the wheel should be used to polish its internal surface? m In order to avoid excessive wear, the radius of grinding 8R2l 2m wheel should not longer than the shortest radius of be changed from 0 to K′ = . If OC is 3 curvature at any point of the curve. The curvature at the 2 2 4 2 (4R l + m ) vertex of the parabola is the biggest, that is to say, the radius of curvature at this point is the shortest. So we only ′ 1 1 need to get the radius at the vertex of the parabola substitute for OA=l, then K ≈ 3 . While (0,0) 2 R 2 2 ′ ′′ m y=0.4x . Substitute y x=0 = 0, y x=0 = 0.8 and get K=0.8. 1+ 2 4R 1 The radius of curvature at the point is ρ = = 1.25. So the K 1 m2 is extremely small, we can ignore the values of 2 , radius of the wheel can not be longer than 1.25 unit length. R 4R To sum up, the curvature is an application of 1 thus k′ ≈ .
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