Activity 4 - Correction for Temperature

Name:_____Dexter B. Alarcon_____________________Course/Year:__BSCE-2A__________
Date Submitted:_________January 24, 2024_____________

A 50 meter steel tape measured a line with length of 439.02 meters at temperature of 32ºC. What
is the correct length of the line if the tape is of standard length at 15ºC

Given :

Ksteel= 0.0000116/1ºC T0=32°C

T=15°C

a) Cx = KL(T - To)

b) Correct length of measured line = Measured length + |Cx|

Name:_____________________________________________Course/Year:_________________
Date Submitted:_____________________________________

A 30 meter steel tape with coefficient of thermal expansion of 0.0000116/ºC and standardized at
20ºC was found to measure a line at length of 5230.97 meters. If the temperature during the
measurement was , what will be the quantity of the following?
a) correction for temperature per tape length;
b) correction for temperature of the measured line; and
c) correct length of the measured line.

a) correction for temperature per tape length;

Given :

Ksteel = 0.0000116/ºC T = 20°C

b) correction for temperature of the measured line; and

Given :

Ksteel = 0.0000116/ºC T = 20°C

Name:_____________________________________________Course/Year:_________________
Date Submitted:_____________________________________

The length of line KL is 132.43 meters on the inclined mountainside with difference in elevation
at end points of 2.21 meters. Find the following:
a) Slope correction of the measured length
b) Horizontal distance between the two points
 Activity 7 - Correction for Slope

Name:_____________________________________________Course/Year:_________________
Date Submitted:_____________________________________

The total length of line KLM on the hill side is 3452.34m. The slope distance for line KL is
1768.37m while for LM is 1683.97m with difference in elevation of 3.97m and 5.78m
respectively. Assuming that the lines are gentle and by using the slope correction formula,.
Determine the ff:
a) Total slope correction for the length of the line; and
b) Horizontal distance between points K and M.
 Activity 8 - Correction for Tension

Name:_____________________________________________Course/Year:_________________
Date Submitted:_____________________________________

A steel tape which is 100 ft long and weighing 3.21 lbs is of standard length at a pull of 12 lbs
when supported in full length. When applied with steady pull of 21 lbs, it was found to have a
length of 4,412.12 ft. when the tape was used to measure a distance in smooth level ground.
Determine the following if E = 29x106 psi and 3.54 cubic inches of steel weighs 1.04 lbs.
a. Cross-sectional area of tape
b. Correction for increase in tension per tape length; for the whole length measured
c. Length of the line measured, corrected for the effect of increased tension.
 Activity 9 - Correction for Sag
Name:_____________________________________________Course/Year:_________________
Date Submitted:_____________________________________

A steel tape with length of 30 meters and weight of 1.32 kgs is with ends support and at 6 and 14
meter marks. Compute the correction due to sag if a pull of 7.43 kgs is applied on the following
portions of the tape:
a) Between the zero and 6-meter marks.
b) Between the 6 and 14-meter marks.
c) Between the 14 and 30-meter marks.
d) For one tape length.
 Activity 10 - Sag Correction

Name:_____________________________________________Course/Year:_________________
Date Submitted:_____________________________________

A length of an irrigation canal was measured using a 30m steel tape by supporting at its ends and
by applying a steady 6.57 kg pull. The weight of the tape is 0.75kg. Compute the following if it
took four full tape lengths and one partial tape length of 10.42m to measure the whole length of
the canal.
a. the correction for sag for a full tape length.
b. the correction for sag for the partial tape length.
c. the length of the dam after correction for sag is applied.
 Activity 11 - Normal Tension

Name:_____________________________________________Course/Year:_________________
Date Submitted:_____________________________________

Determine the amount of tension that can eliminate the effect of sag on tape elongation if the
tape is 100 ft long and is supported at its ends. The weight of the tape is 0.027 lbs/ft having a
weight density of 490 lbs/cu.ft., elastic modulus of 30 x10 6 and was standardized under a pull of
13.23 lbs.
 Activity 12 - Normal Tension
Name:_____________________________________________Course/Year:_________________
Date Submitted:_____________________________________

Determine the tension (PN) to eliminate the effect of sag due to elongation of a 100 ft steel tape
supported at its ends. The weight of the tape is 0.024 lbs/ft which was standardized at a pull of
13.14 lbs, having 29,000,000 psi and cross sectional dimension of 5/16 by 0.016.
 Activity 13 - Combined Corrections
Name:_____________________________________________Course/Year:_________________
Date Submitted:_____________________________________

The length of the line was measured using a steel tape with the following properties: Coefficient
of Thermal Expansion = 0.00000645/1˚F, Elastic Modulus = 28,500,000 lbs/sq inch, and Weight
Density = 490 lbs/cu ft. The length of the tape is 100ft, weighing 1.87 lbs and was standardized
at a pull of 16.34 lbs and at 70ºF. A line is measured by constantly supporting on the following
tape marks: 0, 20, 60 and 100ft. by applying a steady pull of 21.45 lbs at an average temperature
of 82ºF. If the length of the measured line is 2,645.00 ft., determine the ff.
a. Cross-sectional area of the tape.
b. Correction for temperature: per tape length; for the measured line.
c. Correction for tension: per tape length; for measured line.
d. Correction for sag: per tape length; for the measured line.
e. Length of the line corrected for the combined effects of temperature, tension, and sag.