I – OBJECTIVE

1. To be able to layout a curve by using moving up the curve method within an

obstruction.
2. To be able to have the knowledge for the design and layout curves for
transportation routes including highways, railroads, and pipelines, etc.

II – TOOLS / EQUIPMENTS / INSTRUMENTS

Marking pins Range pole

1.

Fiber Glass tape

Marking chalk

Theodolite

III – PROCEDURE
1. Establish a point along the ground mark it as point PI (Point of Intersection.)
2. Using Fiber glass tape from PI measure the tangent distance equal to 8.816
meter then mark the end of the line as BC (Beginning of the Curve).
3. Set up your theodolite at point BC.

Setting up the theodolite

4. Mark the point at which the theodolite will be set up with a marking pin. This
point is the basis for measuring angles. Set up the tripod and make sure the
height of the tripod to be eye-level. The centered hole of the mounting plate
must be over the marking pin.
5. Drive the tripod legs into the ground using the brackets on the sides of the legs.
Mount the theodolite by placing it atop the tripod, and screw it in place with the
mounting knob.
6. Level the theodolite by adjusting the tripod legs and using the bulls-eye level,
make slight tuning with the leveling knobs to get it just right.
7. Adjust the small sight (the vertical plummet) found on the theodolite. The
vertical plummet will allow you to ensure that the instrument remains over the
marking pin. Adjust the plummet using the knobs on the bottom.
 8. Aim the crosshairs in the main scope of the point to be marked. Use the looking
knobs on the side of the theodolite to keep it aimed on the point.

Laying out all station

9. Telescope direct backsight point PI press 0set.
10. To locate all the station compute for the deflection angle of each station.
11. From point BC align the tape measure in the vertical cross hair of the theodolite
and measure the chord distance for each station.

Laying out all the station with obstruction

12. If there is an obstruction between the theodolite and the station wherein a
curve will be establishing, move the theodolite to other station that already
established and make sure that there are no obstruction/s between the two
stations.
13. As the theodolite has been moved to other station, for example at the station
MC, back sight point BC and set the angle to zero degree / 0˚ by pressing the
zero set button.
14. Turn the scope vertically to the other side and turn the horizontal angle of the
theodolite to the corresponding deflection angle of the station that you are
going to establish.
15. Lay down the fiberglass tape and align the vertical line of the scope.
16. Compute the chord distance between the two stations and mark the
established station.

IV – DRAWING / SKETCH / PHOTO

PI
8°45'0 1 °0'0
6°15'0 7°45'0
3°45'0
5°0'0
2°30'0

BC 1°15'0
THEODOLITE

OBSTRUCTION
EC
THEODOLITE
C

Establishing a point with obstruction

obstruction
V. RESULTS / OBSERVATIONS
We observed that it is easy to locate the exact point of the curve if the data is complete
and measured accurately. We also observed that we still able to continue establishing the
point of the curve even if there is an obstruction within.

VI. DATA
R= 50m T= 8.82m
I = 20° C= 17.36m

DEFLECTION ANGLE
STATION CHORD (m)
(Ɵ)
BC 0 0°00’00”
1/8 Δ 2.18 1°15’00”
1/4 Δ 4.36 2°30’00”
3/8 Δ 6.54 3°45’00”
MC 8.72 5°00’00”
5/8 Δ 10.89 6°15’00”

NOTE:

-The instrument (theodolite) setup was at the station BC.

-The instrument (theodolite) was moved to station MC because of an obstruction in 5/8 Δ

DEFLECTION ANGLE
OBSTUCTED STATION CHORD (m)
(Ɵ)
3/4 Δ 13.05 7°30’00”
7/8 Δ 15.21 8°45’00”
EC 17.36 10°00’00”
VII – FORMULA
𝐼
𝑇𝐵𝐶−𝑃𝐼 = 𝑅𝑡𝑎𝑛 ( )
2
𝐼 𝐼 𝑆
𝐶 = 2𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( ) 𝐶𝑂𝐵𝑆𝑇𝑅𝑈𝐶𝑇𝐸𝐷 = 2𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( 𝑥 )
2 2 8
𝐼 𝐼 𝑆
Ɵ= Δ ƟOBSTRUCTED = ƟMC + ( 𝑥 )
2 2 8
where: T – tangent distance
C – chord length
COBSTRUCTED – chord length from MC
R – radius
I – central angle
Δ – station (from BC– EC)
Ɵ – deflection angle
ƟOBSTRUCTED – deflection angle from MC
S – no. of segments

VIII – COMPUTATIONS

STATION CHORD (m) DEFLECTION ANGLE (Ɵ)

20 0 20 0
BC 𝑪𝑩𝑪 = 2(50) sin ( × ) = 𝟎 𝜽𝑩𝑪 = ( × ) = 𝟎°𝟎𝟎′𝟎𝟎"
2 8 2 8
20 1 20 1
1/8 Δ 𝑪𝟏 = 2(50) sin ( × ) = 𝟐. 𝟏𝟖 𝜽𝟏 = ( × ) = 𝟏°𝟏𝟓′𝟎𝟎"
𝟖
∆ 2 8 𝟖
∆ 2 8
20 1 20 1
1/4 Δ 𝑪𝟏 = 2(50) sin ( × ) = 𝟒. 𝟑𝟔 𝜽𝟏 = ( × ) = 𝟐°𝟑𝟎′𝟎𝟎"
𝟒
∆ 2 4 𝟒
∆ 2 4
20 3 20 3
3/8 Δ 𝑪𝟑 = 2(50) sin ( × ) = 𝟔. 𝟓𝟒 𝜽𝟑 = ( × ) = 𝟑°𝟒𝟓′𝟎𝟎"
𝟖
∆ 2 8 𝟖
∆ 2 8

20 1 20 1
MC 𝑪𝑴𝑪 = 2(50) sin ( × ) = 𝟖. 𝟕𝟐 𝜽𝑴𝑪 = ( × ) = 𝟓°𝟎𝟎′𝟎𝟎"
2 2 2 2

20 5 20 5
5/8 Δ 𝑪𝟓 = 2(50) sin ( × ) = 𝟏𝟎. 𝟖𝟗 𝜽𝟓 = ( × ) = 𝟔°𝟏𝟓′𝟎𝟎"
𝟖
∆ 2 8 𝟖
∆ 2 8

OBSTRUCTED
STATION
CHORD (m) DEFLECTION ANGLE (Ɵ)

20 3 20 3
3/4 Δ 𝑪𝟑 = 2(50) sin ( × ) = 𝟏𝟑. 𝟎𝟓 𝜽𝟑 = ( × ) = 𝟕°𝟑𝟎′𝟎𝟎"
𝟒
∆ 2 4 𝟒
∆ 2 4
20 7 20 7
7/8 Δ 𝑪𝟕 = 2(50) sin ( × ) = 𝟏𝟓. 𝟐𝟏 𝜽𝟕 = ( × ) = 𝟖°𝟒𝟓′𝟎𝟎"
𝟖
∆ 2 8 𝟖
∆ 2 8
20 8 20 8
EC 𝑪𝑬𝑪 = 2(50) sin ( × ) = 𝟏𝟕. 𝟑𝟔 𝜽𝑬𝑪 = ( × ) = 𝟏𝟎°𝟎𝟎′𝟎𝟎"
2 8 2 8
20
𝑻𝑩𝑪−𝑷𝑰 = 50𝑡𝑎𝑛 ( ) = 𝟖. 𝟖𝟏𝟔 𝒎
2
20
𝑪 = 2(50)𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( ) = 𝟏𝟕. 𝟑𝟔 𝒎
2
IX – CONCLUSION

It can be concluded that moving up the curve method is very helpful in finding
the specific points or stations along within a curve even if it has an obstruction. Having a
knowledge in moving up the curve method is helpful to easily plot the curve.