Review Module 13 Route Surveying Part 1
Review Module 13 Route Surveying Part 1
Review Module 13 Route Surveying Part 1
1. The length of a simple curve having a degree of curve of 40 is 13.03 Reverse Curves
equal to 210 m.
1. The perpendicular distance between two parallel tangents of a
a) Determine the length of tangent. reversed curve is 35m. The azimuth of the back tangent of the
b) Determine the middle ordinate of the curve. curve is 270 deg. And the azimuth of the common tangent is 300
c) Determine the external distance of the curve. deg. If the radius of the back curve is 160 m and the stationing of
P.R.C. is 10+140, find the station of P.T.
2. A simple curve has a central angle of 400. The stationing at the
point of curvature is equal to 10+100. The offset distance from the 2. The Azimuths of tangents through PC, PRC and PT are 240°,
PT to the point of tangent line passing thru the P.C is 80 m long. 270° and 250° respectively, the degree of the first curve is 1.5°
and the stationing of PC is 10+800, the distance from PI of the first
a) Compute the degree of curve. curve to the PI of the second curve is 300m.
b) The deflection angle from the tangent at the PC to point B on
the curve is equal to 50, what would be the stationing of point B. a) Determine the stationing of PRC.
b) Determine the Radius of the second Curve.
3. The PI of two tangents of a highway is located in a lake at point
V. Stations A and B are selected to replace the inaccessible PI, 13.04 Transition Curves/Spiral Curves
that is lying along a line through PC and PT respectively. The
stationing of P.C. is 115+100, while that of A is 115+500, if angle 1. A transition curve is required for a single carriageway road with
VAB and VBA is equal to 25 and 21 degrees respectively and a design speed of 85 km/hr. The radius of the simple curve is 510
AB=600m. m. Assume the rate of change of centripetal acceleration value of
a) What is the radius of the circular curve? 0.3 m/s3. Determine the transition length L.
b) What is the degree of the curve?
c) What is the length of the curve? 2.Two tangents having azimuths 2400 and 3200 intersects at
d) What is the station of PT? station 120+050 are connected by a spiral curve with 153.60 m
radius of circular curve. If the design velocity is 80 kph, determine
4. A 7° curve intersects a railway segment AB at point B. The the following.
tangent line through PC intersects the railway segment at point A,
which is 106 m from PC, which is at station 12+250, The angle a) The desirable length of spiral.
that the railway segment AB makes with the tangent line through b) The spiral angle midway between TS and SC.
PC is 110°.( PC AB) c) The spiral angle at SC.
d) The offset distance of the point midway between TS and SC
a) Determine the length of railway segment AB. and from tangent through TS.
b) Determine the stationing of point B. e) The offset distance of SC from tangent through TS.
c) Determine the deflection angle of point B from the PC. f) The deflection angle midway between TS and SC.
g) The deflection angle at SC.
13.02 COMPOUND CURVES h) The length of Short Tangent.
i) The length of Long Tangent.
1.Two tangents intersect at station 5+800. A compound curve laid j) The length of Throw.
on their tangents has the following data k) The External Distance.
I1=320, I2=380 , D1=40 and D2=70 l) The Stationing of TS.
m)The Stationing of SC.
a) Determine the stationing of PC. n) The Stationing of CS.
b) Determine the stationing of PCC. o) The Stationing of ST.
c) Determine the stationing of PT.