PROBLEM SET NO.

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POBLEM 1

A SPIRAL EASEMENT CURVE WAS LAID OUT AND HAS A LENGTH OF 80M. THE ANGLE OF
INTERSECTION OF THE TWO TANGENTS IS 38 DEGREES. IF THE DEGREE OF CURVE IS 6 DEGREES,
DETERMINE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS OF THE SPIRAL CURVE.

A.) LENGTH OF LONG AND SHORT TANGENT

B.) EXTERNAL DISTANCE
C) LENGTH OF THROW
D.) MAXIMUM VELOCITY THAT A CAR COULD PASS THRU THE CURVE WITHOUT SKIDDING

PROBLEM 2

THE LENGTH OF SPIRAL CURVE IS 80M WITH A RADIUS OF 300M AT THE CENTRAL CURVE.
A.) COMPUTE THE OFFSET DISTANCE FROM THE TANGENT ON THE FIRST QUADRANT POINT OF
THE SPIRAL
B.) COMPUTE THE LENGTH OF THROW OF THE SPIRAL CURVE
C.) COMPUTE THE SUPERELEVATION AT QUARTER POINTS IF THE WIDTH OF ROAD IS 8M

POBLEM 3

THE SPIRAL ANGLE AT THE S.C. OF A SPIRAL EASEMENT CURVE IS EQUAL TO 12 DEGREES, WITH
ANGLE OF INTERSECTION OF SIMPLE CURVE OF 40 DEGREES. IF THE DEGREE OF SIMPLE CURVE IS 5.5
DEGREES.
A.) FIND THE DEFLECTION ANGLE AT MID-POINT OF S.C.
B.) FIND THE OFFSET AT MID-POINT OF S.C.
C.) FIND THE TANGENT DISTANCE

PROBLEM 4
GIVEN THE CROSS SECTION NOTES OF AN EARTHWORK BETWEEN STA. 2+300 TO 2+450.
ASSUME BOTH STATIONS TO HAVE THE SAME SIDE SLOPE AND SAME WIDTH OF BASE.

STA. 2+300 STA. 2+450

LEFT CENTER RIGHT LEFT CENTER RIGHT
5.5 0 6.3 4.9 0 7.3
+1 𝑥 +1.4 +0.7 +2 +1.9

A.) COMPUTE THE SIDE SLOPE OF BOTH SECTIONS

B.) COMPUTE THE VALUE OF X AT STATION 2+300 IF IT HAS A CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF 15𝑚2
C.) COMPUTE THE VOLUME OF EARTH BETWEEN THE TWO STATIONS USING END AREA
METHOD CONSIDERING PRISMOIDAL CORRECTION.

PROBLEM 5
AT STATION 3+023, THE CENTER HEIGHT OF THE ROAD IS 1.65M FILL, WHILE AT STATION 3+068 IT
IS 1.50M CUT. THE GROUND BETWEEN STATION 3+023 AND STATION 3+068 HAS A UNIFORM SLOPE OF 5%.
A.) WHAT IS THE GRADE OF THE ROAD?
B.) HOW FAR IN METERS FROM STATION 3+068 TOWARD STATION 3+023 THE CUTTING EXTEND?
C.) AT WHAT STATION WILL THE FILLING EXTEND?
PROBLEM 6
ATHE EARTHWORK DATA OF APROPOSED HIGHWAY IS SHOWN ON THE TABULATED DATA.
LENGTH OF ECONOMICAL HAUL IS 450M. STATIONING OF LIMITS OF ECONOMICAL HAUL IS 2+498.03 AND
2+948.03. STATIONING OF LIMITS OF FREEHAUL IS 2+713.12 AND 2+763.12. FREEHAUL DISTANCE IS 50M.
ASSUME THE GROUND SURFACE TO BE UNIFORMLY SLOPING.

STATION AREA
CUT FILL
2+440 45M2
2+740 0 BALANCING POINT
3+040 60 M2

A.) COMPUTE THE OVERHAUL VOLUME

B.) COMPUTE THE VOLUME OF WASTE
C.) COMPUTE THE VOLUME OF BORROW