Lec # 03 Setting Out Simple Curve
Lec # 03 Setting Out Simple Curve
Lec # 03 Setting Out Simple Curve
This is the process of establishing the center line of the curve on the
ground by means of pegs at 10 m – 30 m intervals. In order to do this the
tangents and intersection points must first be fixed in the ground in their
correct position
Before starting setting out a curve by any method, the exact positions of
the tangents points between which the curve lies ,must be determined.
4) Locate T1 and T2 points by measuring the tangent lengths backward and forward
along tangent linesAB and BC.
Advanced Engineering Survey 6
Method of Curve Ranging
Procedure:
• After locating the positions of the tangent points T1and T2 ,their chainages may be
determined.
• The chainage of T1 is obtained by subtracting the tangent length from the known
chainage of the intersection point B. And the chainage of T2 is found by adding
the length of curve to the chainage of T1.
• Then the pegs are fixed at equal intervals on the curve.
• The interval between pegs isusually 20m or one chain length.
• The distances along the centre line of the curve are continuously measured from the
point of beginning of the line up to the end .i.e the pegs along the centre line of the
work should be at equal interval from the beginning of the line up to the end.
data for setting out a circular curve of 6 chains radius between the
roads by the offsets from long chord method. The length of one chain
is 100 ft.