Earthwork Volume using Simpson's Rule Step by step procedure to find out the volume of earthwork using Simpson's Rule This article is about using Simpson's rule to find out the quantity of earthwork using contour maps. The procedure is explained with the help of an example. In the example given below the map is divided in to 6 horizontal and 6 vertical grids each of Sm interval. The reduced levels are given at the intersections. eee ai2 | 2a | 2335 | 23 | 2945 | 204 | 2342 zis | 23a | 2342 | 204 22 | 2323 | 2343 moze | 2304 | aoa | 2948 | es | 2963 | 208 2524 | 2398 | 2343 | 205 | 2982 | 207 | 2388 24 | 2357 | 2364 | 2989 | 2545 | 2362 | 2365 2342_| 2398 | 2359 | 2368 | 2364 | 2369 | 236 2353 | 2354 | 2369 | 2361 | 2964 | 2363 | 2366 ‘Nate: all mensions in metres Suppose the final level for filling is 24.1m, Then the required depth of filling at each point is as given in the table below ‘The area on the side of each grid can be found out as follows TOTAL 52.925 ach side can be considered as a trapezoid. Hence the area of each side DotD, xh 2 a eg: (0.98+0.97)/2 x 5 = 4.875(0.80+0.80)/2 x 5 = 4. Now the volume according to Simpson's rule is as follows 000 Volume = 2 {AgtdA +2A,+4Ay 2Ay t4A, tAy} va 825 4e7__| 2165 Vb 7225 | 434 202 ve 6.85 aA 1725) va 85, 362 | 1605 ve 5025 | 342 464 vt 5725 | 31.6 148 TOTAL 313.825] eg: (4.87543.375)-8.25 4x (443.75+3.925)=46.7 2x (3.575+3.875)=21.65 Total = 76.6 Total earth filing volume = 373.83 x (4/3)