College of Engineering Architecture and industrial Design

Civil Engineering Department

Bohol Island State University – Main Campus

Fieldwork No. 3
DETERMINING AREA OF A RECTILINEAR FIELD BY TAPE

Name: ____________________________________________ Section: _________________________

Weather: __________________________________________ Date Performed:____________________
Location:___________________________________________ Time Performed:___________________
Survey Party:
Name Duty/Assignment Name Duty/Assignment

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Date Submitted: __________________________

Professor’s Signature: ________________________

OBJECTIVES:
1. To survey an open field by tape survey in order to calculate the area of the open field...

EQUIPMENT:
Steel tape, pins markers (hubs, paint, chalk, or crayons)

PROCEDURE:
1. Establish the corners of the assigned field and also establish within the field a
central1y-Iocated point.
2. Subdivide the field into a convenient series of connected triangles (refer to
accompanying figure). Use pegs, hubs, or pins to mark the vertices of each
triangle. Call these points A, B, C, and etc.
3. From the centrally- located point, measure the distances to each point defining the
corners or vertices of each triangle. Call these distances d1, d2, and etc.
4. Using the chord method of measuring angles by tape, determine all the angles
about the central point, i.e., θ1, θ2, and etc.
5. Refer to the accompanying sample tabulation for the recording of the observed
field data.

INCLUDED CHORD LENGTH OF COMPUTED ANGLE CORRECTION ADJUSTED

ANGLE DISTANCE SIDE ANGLE
Θ1
θ2
Θ3
Θ4
Θ5
COMPUTATION:
1. Determining values of included angles.
With the use of a tape the chord method of measuring angles may be applied to
determine the value of an angle. The following formula is used:

Figure 1 Chord method in measuring angles

2. Determining the area of each triangles

In each triangles, since the length of two sides and the included angle can be determined,
the area of the triangle maybe calculated by the following formula:

TRIANGLE SIDES INCLUDED ANGLE AREA

1st 2nd
ABF
BCF
CDF
DEF
AEF

3. Calculate the total area

The total area of the field is the sum of the calculated areas of the series of connected
triangles into which the field is subdivided, or
SKETCH:

Figure 2 A field subdivided into triangles

CONCLUSION: