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In this paper, we study $$\Xi $$ -curvature and H-curvature of a special class of Finsler metrics called general $$(\alpha ,\beta )$$ -metrics. We prove that every general $$(\alpha ,\beta )$$ -metric of almost vanishing H-curvature is of almost vanishing $$ \Xi $$ -curvature under certain conditions. Moreover, we study such Finsler metric with vanishing $$\Xi $$ -curvature and its interaction to the flag curvature.

Finsler metrics of quadratic curvatures form a rich and important class of metrics. In this paper, we study spherically symmetric metrics of quadratic curvatures. We find equations that characterize R-quadratic spherically symmetric Finsler metrics. In addition, we find the necessary and sufficient conditions for the metrics to be W-quadratic and Ricci-quadratic types.

In this paper, we investigate the flag curvature of a special class of Finsler metrics called general spherically symmetric Finsler metrics, which are defined by a Euclidean metric and two related 1-forms. We find equations to characterize the class of metrics with constant Ricci curvature (tensor) and constant flag curvature. Moreover, we study general spherically symmetric Finsler metrics with the vanishing non-Riemannian quantity χ-curvature. In particular, we construct some new projectively flat Finsler metrics of constant flag curvature.