Question

Please define these terms

-Taper

-Avarage slope

-theoretical dever

ADDITIONAL INFO:These terms are under titles in civil engineering ‘railway lecture’.Please make the definitions accordingly.Please indicate to sources

Answer 1

Ans) A taper is reduction in thickness of wheel towards one end of tread to have higher diameter near the flange and lower diameter at outer edge in order to facilitate curve negotiation

Ans) Avearge slope is the inclination of railway line with respect to horizontal surface..The slope is neccessary facilitate drainage along railway line

Ans) Theoritical dever is a theoritical rate of change in elevation between the two rail edges.However, in practical implementation, it can be changed as per requirement