Republic of the Philippines

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department

ROUTE SURVEYING AND EARTHWORKS

2nd LONG EXAM

INSTRUCTIONS.

1. The exam is good for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

2. Write your solutions in bond or yellow pad papers.
3. Avoid erasures.
4. Box your final answers.
5. Convert your answer sheets in PDF format and submit them to your respective class
presidents.
6. To the class president/s, email all answer sheets to rmcruz@pup.edu.ph on or before 9:00PM

1. A portion of a proposed highway extension project in the form of a compound circular curve is to be laid out
in such a way that it will be tangent to three reference lines AB, BC and CD. The length of the circular curve
which starts at the PC is twice the length of the curve passing through the PT. Stationing of B is 9 + 980.
Given the following data :

POINT NORTHING EASTING

A 130.35 40.50
B 175.78 260.86
C 106.14 437.64
D 12.53 472.82

a. Determine the value of I for the compound curve.

b. Calculate for the radius of the simple curve that starts at the PC.
c. Calculate for the radius of the simple curve that ends at the PT.
d. What will be the stationing of the PT of the compound curve?

2. It is desired to add a third simple curve in the compound curve (in problem 1), forming a reverse curve with
parallel tangents and unequal radii. The curve will begin at the PT of the compound curve. If the perpendicular
distance between the parallel tangents is 136.5 m, solve for the following:

a. Radius of the 3rd simple curve.

b. Stationing of the PT (for the reversed curve).

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