CVE 202F: LAB EXERCISE #5

DIFFERENTIAL LEVELING

SUBMITTED TO : ENGR. JENNIE ROQUE

SUBMITTED BY : CUNANAN, JOHN JETHRO P.
 DIFFERENTIAL LEVELING

DATE: NOVEMBER 29, 2O23

LOCATION: VALENCIA HALL ROAD
WEATHER: WARM / MODERATE

I. OBJECTIVES

● TO DETERMINE THE ELEVATION OF THE NEW BENCHMARK.

● TO CALCULATE THE ERROR IN MEASUREMENT.
● TO PERFORM THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENT IF NEEDED.

II. INSTRUMENTS

● AUTOMATIC LEVEL
● TRIPOD
● LEVELING ROD
● CHALK

III. PROCEDURES

1. IDENTIFY BENCHMARK 1 (BM1) WITH A KNOWN ELEVATION AND DESIGNATE AN

UNKNOWN ELEVATION FOR A SPECIFIC POINT AS BENCHMARK 2 (BM2).
2. ESTABLISH TURNING POINT 1 (TP1) FROM BM1 TOWARDS BM2 AND SET TURNING
POINTS 2 AND 3 (TP2 AND TP3) FROM BM2 TOWARDS BM1.
3. ASSEMBLE AND ARRANGE THE AUTOMATIC LEVEL ON A STABLE TRIPOD,
ENSURING VISIBILITY OF BOTH BM1 AND TP1 IN THE INSTRUMENT'S LINE OF
SIGHT. ENSURE THE INSTRUMENT IS LEVELED AND ALIGNED ACCURATELY.
4. USE THE LEVELING (OR STADIA) ROD AT EACH STATION TO DETERMINE
BACKSIGHT (BS) AND FORESIGHT (FS) MEASUREMENTS THROUGH THE MAIN
CROSSHAIR READING. RECORD THE OBSERVED DATA FOR EACH STATION.
5. REPEAT STEPS 3 AND 4 FOR TP1 TO BM2, BM2 TO TP2, TP2 TO TP3, AND TP3 BACK
TO BM1.
6. CALCULATE UNKNOWN ELEVATIONS STARTING FROM BM1 AND GOING BACK TO
BM1 TO CLOSE THE TRAVERSE USING THE FORMULA:

ELEVUNKNOWN = ELEVKNOWN + BS – FS

7. COMPARE THE TRUE VALUE (55.05 METERS) WITH THE COMPUTED ELEVATION OF
BM1, DETERMINING THE ERROR (E) USING THE FORMULA:

e = MEASURED VALUE (MV) - TRUE VALUE (TV) ; c = -(e)

8. DIVIDE THE CORRECTION BY THE NUMBER OF STATIONS AND ADJUST

ELEVATIONS (TP1 TO BM1) USING THE FORMULA:

ADJUSTED ELEVSTA = ELEVSTA + n(CORR/STA)

 DIFFERENTIAL LEVELING

DATE: NOVEMBER 29, 2O23

LOCATION: VALENCIA HALL ROAD
WEATHER: WARM / MODERATE

IV. GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION

V. DATA

(IN METERS – m)

STA BS FS ELEV ADJUSTED

ELEV

BM1 1.5856 55.05 55.05

TP1 1.444 1.652 54.9836 54.9836

BM2 1.384 1.482 54.9456 54.9456

TP2 1.522 1.333 54.9966 54.9966

TP3 1.52 1.356 55.1626 55.1626

BM1 1.615 55.0676 55.0676

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DATE: NOVEMBER 29, 2O23

LOCATION: VALENCIA HALL ROAD
WEATHER: WARM / MODERATE
VI. COMPUTATIONS

STA ELEVUNKNOWN = ELEVKNOWN + BS – ELEV

FS

BM1 55.05

TP1 55.05 + 1.5856 - 1.652 54.9836

BM2 54.9836 + 1.444 - 1.482 54.9456

TP2 54.9456 + 1.384 - 1.333 54.9966

TP3 54.9966 + 1.522 - 1.356 55.1626

BM1 55.1626 + 1.52 - 1.615 55.0676

e = MEASURED VALUE CORR = -(e) CORR/STA

(MV) – TRUE VALUE
= -(0.0176) = -0.0176 / 5
(TV)
= - 0.0176 = - 0.0176
= 55.0676 – 55.050

= 0.0176

STA CORRECTION ELEV + CORR ADJUSTED ELEV

BM1 -(0.00352) (0) 55.05 - (0.00352) (0) 55.05

TP1 -(0.00352) (1) 54.9836 - (0.00352) (1) 54.98008

BM2 -(0.00352) (2) 54.9456 - (0.00352) (2) 54.93856

TP2 -(0.00352) (3) 54.9966 - (0.00352) (3) 54.98604

TP3 -(0.00352) (4) 55.1626 - (0.00352) (4) 55.14852

BM1 -(0.00352) (5) 55.0676 - (0.00352) (5) 55.05

 DIFFERENTIAL LEVELING

DATE: NOVEMBER 29, 2O23

LOCATION: VALENCIA HALL ROAD
WEATHER: WARM / MODERATE

VII. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

UTILIZING THE UNKNOWN ELEVATION FORMULA, ELEVATIONS WERE CALCULATED

FOR BM1, TP1, BM2, TP2, TP3, AND THE FINAL BM1, RESULTING IN VALUES OF
55.05M, 54.98008M, 54.93856M, 54.98604M, 55.14852M, AND 55.05M, RESPECTIVELY.
THE COMPUTED ERROR WAS 0.0176, LEADING TO A CORRECTION OF -0.0176,
WHICH WAS PROPORTIONALLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE STATIONS. AFTER
METICULOUS CORRECTION, ADJUSTED ELEVATIONS WERE OBTAINED: BM1
(55.05M), TP1 (54.98008M), BM2 (54.93856M), TP2 (54.98604M), TP3 (55.14852M), AND
THE CLOSING BM1 (55.05M). THIS SYSTEMATIC CORRECTION PROCESS ENSURES
THE PRECISION OF SURVEYED ELEVATIONS, MAINTAINING THE ACCURACY OF
THE TRAVERSE LOOP AND REINFORCING THE RELIABILITY OF ELEVATION
CALCULATIONS IN THE GIVEN FIELD CONTEXT.

VIII. GROUP COMPOSITION

● BIGALAN, AUDREY B.
OVERSEE THE OVERALL EXECUTION AND ENSURE ACCURATE DATA RECORDING.
● CRISTOBAL, AALIYAH JEAN F.
ASSIST IN SETTING UP THE INSTRUMENT AND RECORDING STADIA HAIR
READINGS.
● CUNANAN, JOHN JETHRO P.
MARK INITIAL POINTS AND MEASURE STAKE DISTANCES USING THE STEEL TAPE.
● MENDOZA, JUN LLOYD S.
ASSIST IN SETTING UP THE INSTRUMENT AND SOLVING DATA-RELATED ISSUES.
● VERTUDAZO, LEA T.
AID IN MARKING POINTS AND DISTANCES WITH THE MEASURING TAPE.