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Switch Angle in Railway

Posted on 22nd December 20191st March 2022 By Malay Sautya

Switch Angle in Railway

Switch angle or angle of switch divergence is defined as the angle formed between the gauge lines of the stock rail and tongue rail(Switch rails).

Switch angle in Railway

If the switch angle is more, the entry of the train will not be smooth and consequently, the speed of trains will have to be reduced. On the other hand, a small switch angle will increase the overall length of the turnout.

Hence, small switch angles are provided in case of fast-moving trains. But, in case of slow-moving train or station yards, greater switch angle is recommended.

Switch angle depends upon the length of tongue rails and heel divergence, which is given below:

Case:1 When the thickness of tongue rails at toe = 0

Let,

  • d = Heel divergence
  • D = Length of tongue rail
  •   \theta = Switch Angle

Now, from the above fig.

   \sin \theta = (heel divergence / Length of tongue rail) =  \frac{d}{D}

Switch Angle =   \theta =  \sin ^{-1}\frac{d}{D}

Case:2 When the thickness of tongue rails at toe = t

Switch angle in Railway

Let,

  • t = Thickness of tongue rail at toe
  •  D_{1} = Actual length of tongue rail
  •  D_{2} = Theoritical length of tongue rail
  • x = Difference between  D_{1} and  D_{2}

From the above equation and fig, we can write

  • Actual Length of tongue rails  D_{1} =   \frac{ ( d - t ) }{  \sin \theta  }
  • Theoretical Length of tongue rails  D_{2} =   \frac{d}{  \sin \theta  }

Now, x = (  D_{2} –  D_{1} ) =   \frac{t}{  \sin \theta  }


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