Taping Corrections

 Incorrect
length
 Slope
 Temperature
 Sag
 Stretch
Incorrect Length
 Sources of Error
 Bad repair
 Poor standardization

 CL = (Ltrue-L)
 Determining - add correction
 Establishing - subtract the
correction
Incorrect Length - Determining
 Your Task: Measure distance A to B
 You measure 500.00’
 Your tape is actually 100.02’ long
 Actual length = 500.10’
 CL = (100.02’ – 100’) = 0.02’/pull
 Dtrue = Dmeasured + CL
 Dtrue = 500.00 + 5*(.02’) = 500.10’
Incorrect Length - Establishing
 Your task: Establish point B exactly
500.00 feet from point A
 Your tape is actually 100.02’ long
 B is set 5(100.02’) = 500.10’ from A
 CL = (100.02’ – 100’) = 0.02’/pull
 Correct by subtracting 5(.02’) = 0.10’
Slope
 Trigonometry
Horizontal: h = s*cos()
s
v
 Calculation 
h
C  sh
v 2  s 2  h 2  ( s  h)( s  h)
v2 v2
C 
s  h 2s
Slope Example
s
 If s = 300.00’ 
v
 = 5° h
 h = 300 cos(5) = 298.86’
 v = 300 sin(5) = 26.15’
 If you had measured v = 26.15’
 CS = v2/2S = 26.152/600.00 = 1.14’
 h = v – CS = 300.00 – 1.14 = 298.86’
Temperature

Ct  k (T  Ts )( L)
k  .0000065 /  F
 .0000116 / C
Ct  .0000065(T  Ts )( L)
Temperature Example
 Tape calibrated to 100.00’ at 68°F
 Determine Dist AB = 368.50’ at 22°F
 Calculate true distance
 CT = .0000065(22-68)(368.50) = -0.11’
 True Dist AB = 368.50 - 0.11 = 368.39’
Sag
2 3 2
wL W L
Cs   2

24 P 24 P 2
 Example:
 2.8-lb chain calibrated at 100.00’ when supported
throughout
 Established B 348.75’ from A

 P = 12 lb, Supported at the ends only

 Measured 3 pulls of 100 ft, one of 48.75’
 CS=-[3(2.82*100)+0.0282*48.753]/(24*122)=-.71’
 If P = 18 lb, CS = -0.31’ (Pull hard!)
 If pulls are 6 at 50’ plus 48.75’, P = 12 lb, CS = -0.20
Sag and Tension
2 3 2
wL W L
Cs   2

24 P 24 P 2
0.204W AE
P
( P  Ps ) L P  Ps
Cp 
AE W = 2.8, A = 0.015, PS = 12
ESteel  29,000,000 psi Trial and error -> P = 31 lb

If P = 18-lb, PS = 12-lb, L = 100’, A = 0.015 in2,

CP = (18–12)100/(0.015*29,000,000) = 0.0014’
Taping Precision
 1/2500 - Poor
 1/5000 - Average
 1/10,000 - Good