The Pontifical and Royal

University of Santo Tomas

The Catholic University of the Philippines
Faculty of Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering | CE 223: Fundamentals of Surveying

PLATE NO. #2
Measurement of Horizontal Distance

Year and Section: 2CE-B Date Started: October 9, 2021

Date Finished: October , 2021
Name: Dimalibot, Glyn Daniel M.
Date Submitted: October , 2021

I. PROBLEMS

1.) The following interior angles of a triangle traverse were measured with the same precision. Determine the most
probable value of their interior angles.
STATION OBSERVED NO. OF WEIGHT CORRECTION MPV
ANGLES (DEG) MEASUREMENTS

A 39 3

B 65 4

C 75 2

SUM

1. Angle Error:

2. LCM of No. of Measurements:

2.) The following subtended angles were read on a 2m long subtense bar using a transit: 0°55'45", and 0°10'50".
Compute the horizontal distance from the transit to each position of the bar.

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3.) MEASUREMENT WITH TAPE

A rectangular lot was laid out using a 50m steel tape which was found to be 0.05m too short. If the recorded length
and width of the lot are 185.50m and 172.07m, respectively, determine the following:
a. Actual dimension of the lot
b. Error in area introduced due to the erroneous length of tape

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4.) CORRECTION DUE TO PULL

A 30m steel tape weighing 1.45 kg is of standard length under a pull of 5 kg supported for full length. The tape was
used in measuring a line 938.55m long on a smooth level ground under a steady pull of 10kg. Assuming
E =2 x 106 kg /c m 2 and the unit weight of steel to be 7.9 x 10−3 kg /c m 3.
a. Cross-sectional area of the tape
b. Correction for increase in tension
c. Correct length of the line measured

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5.) TAPE CORRECTION

A line measured in the field and found to be 1,219.00m, with a steel tape with length of 50m, and weight of 0.70kg.
The cross-sectional area of the tape is 0.03 c m2 and was standardized at a temperature of 20°C under a tension of
5kg. Find the correction of the line due to tension, temperature, and sag. Find the corrected length of the line, if the
distance measured in the field under tension force of 10kg and at a temperature of 35°C. The modulus of elasticity,
E, is 2.10 x 107 kg /c m 2. K=0.0000116 m/m°C

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