GEE142

Curves and Earthworks

Removal Exam

Instructions:
i. In a bond paper, copy the problems completely.

ii. Write your solution legibly and orderly. Provide the necessary illustration.

iii. Review your answers and put a box around your final answer.

iv. Take pictures of your written questions and answers.

v. Copy and paste your pictures to a word file. Check for the correct order.

vi. Save your file with a filename “Surname_Firstname_GEE142 – Removal

Exam) as PDF file.

vii. Submit your exam in the google classroom, on or before 4:00 pm today.

1. Two parallel railway lines are to be connected by a reverse curve, each section having
the same radius. If the lines are 8 m apart and the maximum distance between tangent
points measured parallel to the straights is 35 m, find the maximum allowable radius. If,
however, both the radii are different, calculate the radius of the second branch if that of
the 1st branch is 50 m. Also, calculate the length of the curves of both branches.
2. An underpass, designed to be a vertical sag curve, is to be constructed parallel to an
existing horizontal road with an elevation of 120 m such that the lowest point of the curve
is directly below the center line of the road with a clearance of 5.5 m. If the vertical curve
has grades of -4.5% and +3.15% and PI is at an elevation of 105 m, determine the
required length of the curve.

3. From the given stations and elevation below, make a profile and mass diagram,
considering a 1 m strip width of soil to get the volume. The elevation of the proposed
road is 50 m. Use a shrinkage factor of 10 percent.

Station Elevation Station Elevation

1 + 000 50.00 1 + 140 49.70
1 + 020 50.50 1 + 160 50.50
1 + 040 52.50 1 + 180 53.10
1 + 060 48.70 1 + 200 51.00
1 + 080 48.50 1 + 220 50.50
1 + 100 47.20 1 + 240 50.00
1 + 120 48.50