Problem 1. A rectangular lot was being measured
A baseline was measured using a 100m
using a 30m metallic tape which was 6mm too
long. The recorded dimensions where 70.50 m
long by 37.10 m wide.
a) What is the error due to the erroneous tape?
b) What are the actual dimensions of the lot?
Problem 2. A line is recorded as 472.90m long. It is
measured with a 0.65kg/m tape which is 30.005 m
long at 20°C under a 50N pull supported at both
ends. During measurement the temperature is 5°C
and the tape is suspended under a 75N pull. The
line is measured on a 3% grade. What is the true
horizontal distance? E is 200GPa, cross-sectional
area of the tape is 3 mm2 and the coefficient of
thermal expansion is 0.0000116 (m/m-°C).
Problem 3. A 30 m steel tape is 2mm too long at
20°C with a pull of 55N. A rectangle is measured
with this tape. The sides are recorded as 144.95 m
and 113 m. The average temperature during the
measurement is 30°C with a pull of 55N.
a) If the recorded measurement are used , will
the computed area of the field be too small, or
too big and why?
b) What is the error in the area? Use coefficient
of thermal expansion of steel tape as
0.0000116 (m/m-°C)
Problem 4. The distance measured with a 50m
steel tape is recorded as 696.41m. The tape is
known to be 0.015 m too short. What is the
correct length of the line?
Problem 5. A steel tape is 100m long at 60°C with a
pull of 10 kgs. A line was measured and found to
be 510.02m when the temperature was 65°C
using the same pull. If the coefficient of the
thermal expansion of the tape is 0.0000065 (m/m-
°C), what is the correct length of the line?
Problem 6.
tape which is standardized at 15°C with a standard
pull of 10kg. The recorded distance was found to
be 430.60 meters. At the time of measurement,
the temperature was 20°C and the pull exerted
was 16kg. Determine the true length of the base
line if the weight of one cubic cm steel is 7.86
grams. Weight of tape is 2.67 kg. E is 2 x 10 6
kg/cm2 and K is 7 x 10-7 (m/m-°C)
Problem 7. An engineer’s chain was used to
measure a line, there were 6 tallies (1 tally = 10
pins) recorded, the rear chainman had 5 marking
pins (1 pin = 100 links) and the distance from the
last pin to the end of the line was 51.10 links ( 1
link = 1 foot), what was the length of the line?
Problem 8. A 100m steel tape standardized at
20°C had a length of 100.06 m. it was used to
measure a line A to B on a slightly sloping ground.
The recorded tape distance was 622.70m. The
temperature at the time of measurement is 29°C.
the stadia distance for the same line was only
560.0 m. Upon investigations, the discrepancy was
found out to be due to the fact that a 10m length
(between 75m and 85m was cut off.
a) What is the true length of the sloping line?
b) What is the horizontal distance of the same
line if the difference of elevation between A
and B is 0.72m. K is 0.0000116 (m/m-°C)
Problem 9. A rectangular field was measured
using a 100m tape which was actually 10 cm too
short. The recorded area was 2500 m². what is
the true area of the field?
Problem 10. A steel tape is known to be 50 m long
at 10°C. if the coefficient of thermal expansion is
0.0000116 (m/m-°C), what distance should be
taped to set two monuments exactly 1000m apart
when the temperature is 26°C.