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This document outlines a tutorial class for first-year Civil Engineering Technology students, focusing on engineering surveys. It includes a series of questions and problems related to transportation alignments, circular curves, vertical curves, and grade changes, requiring students to compute various parameters and tabulate data. The tutorial aims to optimize exam preparation by encouraging clear and thorough answers to the posed questions.

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engineering survey TUTORIAL-1

This document outlines a tutorial class for first-year Civil Engineering Technology students, focusing on engineering surveys. It includes a series of questions and problems related to transportation alignments, circular curves, vertical curves, and grade changes, requiring students to compute various parameters and tabulate data. The tutorial aims to optimize exam preparation by encouraging clear and thorough answers to the posed questions.

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TUTORIAL CLASS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENT YEAR 1

ENGINEERING SURVEY’S TUTORIAL


Students Most Answer clairly all the questions from 1 to 11 in other to
optimize exam preparation.
Q1. Why is a reverse curve objectionable for transportation alignments?
Q2. For the following circular curves having a radius R, what is their degree of
curvature by (1) arc definition and (2) chord definition?
(a) 500.00 m
(b) 750.00 m
(c) 2000.00 m
Compute L, T, E, M, LC, R, and stations of the PC and PT for the circular curves
in Problems Use the chord definition for the railroad curve and the arc
definition for the highway curves.
Q3. The R for a highway curve (arc definition) will be rounded off to the nearest
larger multiple of 100 m. Field conditions require M to be approximately 20 m
to avoid an embankment. The PI= 94 + 18.70 and I= 23°00’’ with stationing at
100 m. Tabulate all data required to lay out by deflection angles and incremental
chords, at the indicated stationing, for the circular curves
Q4. For a highway curve, R will be rounded off to the nearest multiple of 10 m.
Field measurements show that T should be approximately 80 m to avoid an
overpass. The PI = 6 + 356.400 and I = 13°20’’ with stationing at 30 m.
Tabulate all data required to lay out by deflection angles and incremental
chords, at the indicated stationing, for the circular curves
Q5. A highway survey PI falls in a pond, so a cut off line AB = 275.21 m is run
between the tangents. In the triangle formed by points A, B, and PI, the angle at
A = 16°28’’ and B = 22°16’’ at The station of A is 54 + 92.30. Calculate and
tabulate curve notes to run, by deflection angles and incremental chords, a
4°30’’ (arc definition) circular curve at full-station increments to connect the
tangents.

Q6. Why are vertical curves needed on the grade lines for highways and
railroads?
Q7. What is meant by the “rate of grade change” on vertical curves and why is it
important?
Q8. Field conditions require a highway curve to pass through a fixed point.
Compute a suitable equal-tangent vertical curve and full-station elevations if :

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TUTORIAL CLASS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENT YEAR 1

a) Grades of g1 = -2.50% and g2 = +1.00% VPI elevation 750.00 ft at


station Fixed elevation 753.00 m at station 30+ 00 Fixed elevation 753.00
m at station 30+ 00.
b) Grades of g1 = -2.50% and g2 = +1.50% VPI elevation 2560.00 ft at
station 315 + 00. Fixed elevation 2567.00 m at station 314 + 00.

Q9. A -2.50% grade meets a +2.50% grade at station 4 + 200 and elevation
293.585 m, 300-m curve, stakeout at 30-m increments.
Q10. Compute and tabulate full-station elevations for an unequal-tangent
vertical curve to fit the requirements if A+4.00% grade meets a-2.00% grade at
station 60 + 00 and elevation 1086.00 m. Length of first curve 500 m, second
curve 400 m
Q11. A backsight of 6.92 m is taken on a benchmark whose elevation is 867.50
m. A foresight of 3.64 m and a backsight of 7.04 m are then taken in turn on to
establish a HI. What rod reading will be necessary to set a blue top at a grade
elevation of 872.06 m ?

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