banked curve
Angled road bend
A banked curve is a road or track surface tilted so the outer edge is higher than the inner edge, helping vehicles maintain speed through turns without sliding outward.
The banking counteracts centrifugal force, allowing safer, faster cornering: NASCAR tracks feature steeply banked curves.
Common on highways, racetracks, and velodromes.
- superelevationRoad surface banking angle
- tiltAngular deviation from level
- leanLacking fat; incline
- velodromeBanked oval cycling arena
- racetrackCourse for competitive speed
pit lane · centrifugal · centripetal force · NASCAR · Formula One · race car · speedway · incline · slope · apex · tight corner · grip · racing · cornering · turn · oval · physics · indy
- road curveshairpin turn, zigzag, reverse turn, hairpin, switchback
- mechanicsforce, turning, rotation, momentum, velocity
- highwayshighway, highways, freeway, freeways, expressway
- Racetracksracetrack, speedway, raceway, oval, Silverstone
- test facilitiestest track, proving ground, test chamber, test bench, test bed