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Review MODULE 13 – ROUTE SURVEYING – Part 1

13.01 SIMPLE CURVES

SITUATION.
A simple curve has a degree of 6° and angle of intersection of 50°.
1. Calculate the distance from the midpoint of the curve to the
point of intersection of the tangents.
2. Calculate the distance from the midpoint of the curve to the
midpoint of the long chord.
3. If the stationing of PC is 50+160, determine the stationing at
a point on the curve which intersects with the line making
deflection angle of 8° with the tangent through PC.
4. Compute the radius of curvature if we assume chord-basis.
SITUATION.
The Azimuths of tangents through PC, PRC and PT are 240°,
270° and 250° respectively, the degree of the first curve is 1.5°
and the stationing of PC is 10+800, the distance from PI of the first
curve to the PI of the second curve is 300m.
14. Determine the stationing of PRC.
15. Determine the Radius of the second Curve.
13.04 TRANSITION CURVES

SITUATION. The angle of intersection of a circular curve is 45
degrees 30 minutes and its radius is 198.17m. PI is at station
0+783.10.
5. Compute the deflection angle of Sta. 0+736.58 from PC.
SITUATION.
The design speed of a certain highway is 100kph, if the radius of
the simple curve is 250m, and the allowable rate of change of
centrifugal acceleration is 0.5m/s3,
16. design the length of transition curve.

6. Compute the right angle offset from Sta. 0+736.58 on the SITUATION.
curve to tangent through PC. The tangent through TS and ST intersects at an angle of 40°, the
design speed of the highway is 90kph, if the radius of the of the
7. Degree of curve. Use chord basis. Assume 20 m length of simple curve is 200m. Determine the following.
chain.
17. The desirable length of spiral.
18. The spiral angle midway between TS and SC.
13.02 COMPOUND CURVES 19. The spiral angle at SC.
20. The offset distance of the point midway between TS and SC
SITUATION. and from tangent through TS.
The common tangent AB of a compound curve is 80m, with an 21. The offset distance of SC from tangent through TS.
azimuth of 270°. The azimuths of the tangents through PC and PT 22. The deflection angle midway between TS and SC.
are 250° and 280° respectively. The stationing of A is 100+210 23. The deflection angle at SC.
and the degree of the first curve is 6°. 24. The length of Short Tangent.
25. The length of Long Tangent.
8. Determine the stationing of PCC. 26. The length of Throw.
9. Determine the radius of the second curve. 27. The External Distance.
10. Determine the stationing of the PT. 28. The tangent distance for the spiral.

SITUATION.
A compound curve connects three tangents having bearings of
N70°E, Due East and S60°E respectively. The length of the chord
is 350 m long measured from the PC to the PT of the compound
curve and is parallel to the common tangent. If the stationing of
the PT is 3+450.

11. Determine the radii of the curves.

12. Determine the stationing of PCC and PC.

13.03 REVERSE CURVES

SITUATION.
The perpendicular distance between two parallel tangents of a
reversed curve is 35m. The azimuth of the back tangent of the
curve is 270 deg. And the azimuth of the common tangent is 300
deg. If the radius of the back curve is 160 m and the stationing of
P.R.C. is 10+140,
13. Find the station of P.T.