SURVEYING 2
At what station is the cross-drainage be
SPIRAL CURVE
1. A spiral curve having a length of 100 m is to
be laid out on a certain portion of road. The
degree of central curve is 6.
a. Find the offset distance at the first
quarter point of spiral
b. Determine the spiral angle at the third
quarter point of the spiral.
c. Compute the maximum speed of the car
that could pass through the spiral
without skidding.
2. What is the length of the long tangent at a
spiral easement curve if the spiral angle at
SC is 12 and the offset distance at SC is 8.4
m? Distance along tangent up to SC is 79.62
m.
3. A spiral easement curve has a length of 100
m with a central angle having a radius of
300 m. Determine the degree of spiral at the
third quarter point.
4. The degree of the central curve of a spiral
easement curve is equal to 6. If the max
design velocity of the car passing through
the spiral curve is 75 kph, determine the
required length of spiral.
5. A spiral easement curve has a length of 80
m and the radius of the curve is 200 m.
Determine the max velocity that a car could
pass through the spiral curve.
PARABOLIC CURVES
1. The back tangent with a grade of +3.4% and
forward tangent with a grade of -4.8%
intersects at the station 14 +750 and
elevation 76.3 m. The two tangents are
connected by a 320 m parabolic curve.
a. Find the location of the highest point
from PC
b. Compute the stationing of the highest
point from PC
c. Determine the elevation of the highest
point.
2. A descending grade of 4.2% intersect an
ascending grade 3% at station 11 + 488 of
elevation 20.8 m. These two gradelines are
to be connected by a 260 m parabolic sag
curve.
a. Where should be the location of the
drainage pipe from PT?
b.
situated?
c. If the outside dimension of the pipe to
be installed is 95 cm and the top of the
pipe culvert is 30 cm is below the curve,
what is the invert elevation?
3. A descending grade of 6% and an ascending
grade of 2% intersect at Sta 12+200 whose
elevation is at 14.375 m. The two grades are
to be connected by a parabolic curve 160 m
long. Find the elevation of the first quarter
point of the curve.
4. A grade of -3% is followed by a grade of
+2% which intersects at station 10+250 and
elevation of 100 m. If the maximum change
in grade per 20 m station is 0.20,determine
the ff:
a. Length of curve that shall connect these two
gradelines
b. Stationing of PC
c. Elevation of PC
5. An unsymmetrical parabolic curve connects
a +4.2% grade and a -3.4% grade. The
length of curve on the left side of the vertex
is 80 m and 110 m on the other side. If the
stationing of the point of intersection is
4+460 and its elev is 145.2. Determine the
ff:
a. Location of summit from PT
b. Stationing of summit
c. Elevation of summit
EARTHWORKS
1. From the following cross section notes for
the road grading work:
The road bed is 9 m wide and the side slope for
cut is 1:1 and for the fill is 1.5. Determine the
area of the cut for section.
2. The cross sectional area of a road with
width of 10 m is 42.9 square meters. The
cross sectional area is as follows:
Determine the value of x.
3. Compute the side slope and the base of the
given cross sectional notes if it has an area
of 31.7 m2
4. Find the value of x if the roadway for cut is Station7+460
6 m and 4.8 m in fill. Side slope is 1:1: Station 7+500

The base of a road is 7.0 m and the

VOLUME OF EARTHWORKS sideslope is 2:1
1. The following data are cross section notes a. Determine the area of the first station
of the ground which will be excavated for a b. Find the area of the second station
roadway. c. Compute the volume of excavation
using end area method
Station 4+120
5. The grading works of a proposed road
Station 4 +160 shows the following data:
FHD = 50 m
The base road is 10 m and the sideslopes LEH = 450 m
are 1.5:1. Cost of haul = 0.25 m per station
a. Find the volume of excavation by end area
method. Compute the cost of borrow.
b. Compute the volume by prismoidal formula.
c. Determine the prismoidal correction VOLUME IN THE BORROW PIT
A 90 m x 90 m square lot is to be divided
2. Given the following cross sections: into square sections. The following data are
Base for cut = 9 m Sideslope 1:1 the elevations at the corners of the square
Base for fill = 8 m Sideslope 1.5:1 section on the ground surface of the lot. If
the ground is to be leveled at elevation 5 m,
Station 3 +000 find the volume of the earthworks to be
excavated.

Station 3+060 A= 8.3 m B=7.9 m C=10.8 m D=6.8 m

E= 7.6 m F=9.2 m G=10.6 m H=8.6 m
I = 7.2 m J=10.2 m K=9.4 m L=6.9 m
M=7.2 m N=6.2 m O=9.6 m P=8.9 m
a. Compute the volume for cut using end
area method
b. Find the volume of fill using end area
method
3. From Station 0 +200 with a center height of
1.4 m in the fill, the ground line makes a
uniform slope of +5% to station 0+260
whose center height is 2.8 m in cut.
Assuming both sections to be trapezoidal
with a roadway of 10 m and side slope of
2:1
a. Compute the grade of finished roadway.
b. How far from the station 0+200 will
then filling extend?
c. What is the area of the section at station
0+250?
4. It is required to determine the earthwork
volume on a portion of a road construction
grading work based on the ff cross section
notes: