DEGREE OF CURVE AND DELTA

Question

As shown in the attached image, the delta is nothing but deflection angle of a curve. 
 Then what is the degree of the curve?

Jeffrey Blind · Accepted Answer

The degree of curve is basically the delta of a 100' chord (if using chord definition ... 100' arc otherwise).

Constantin Ciobanu · Answer

The degree of the curve is an American convention for defining the curvature. It is the arc angle covering a chord length of 100 ft. 
 See more details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_of_curvature

DEGREE OF CURVE AND DELTA

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