SURVEYING 1
1. The length of a line AB measured with a
100-m tape is 1539.28 m. During the
measurement, the tape is supported at
the ends under a pull of 10 kg and the
observed mean temperature is 31C.
The tape is of standard length at 20C
and a tension of 12kg. The cross-
sectional area of the tape is 0.035cm2 .
The coefficient of linear expansion is
0.0000116/ C , and the modulus of
elasticity of steel is 2.0 x 106 kg/cm2.
The tape weighs 1.5 kg.
a. Det. The total correction for
temperature.
b. Det. The total correction due to
pull/tension.
c. Det. The total correction due to
sag.
d. What is the correct length of the
line?
2. A rectangular lot having a dimension of
217.3m by 148.5 m was measured by a
3m tape which is 0.04m too long.
a. What is the correct width of the
lot?
b. Find the error in the area..
c. If the same tape is used to set a
baseline with length of 837.5m,
determine the actual distance to
be laid out.
3. A line of levels 6km long is run from BM1
to BM2 with a computed elevation of
165.8 m. The average BS and FS
distances are 100 and 150 m
respectively. It was found out however
that the line of sight the instrument is
inclined upward by 0.003m in a distance
of 10m.
a. Compute the error in every setup.
b. Determine the total error.
c. Find the correct elevation of BM2.
4. Three level lines were run over three
different routes at different distances.
Route Distance Elevation
from BM1 of BM2
M 8 45.879 m
N 6 45.795 m
O 10 45.590 m
What is the adjusted elevation of
BM2?
5. Three hills M,N, and O are at elevations
135 m, 146m and 154m respectively
above sea level. Distance MN is 3.9 km
while distance NO is 3.1 km.
a. Find the effect of curvature and
refraction between M and N.
b. Det. The effect of curvature and
refraction between N and O.
c. What would be the height of
tower to be constructed at hill O
so that the line of sight will clear
hill N by 2.5 m considering the
effect of the earths curvature and
refraction.
6. An engineers level with a stadia
constant of 0.30m was set up on the line
between A and B.
The following crosshair readings were
observed:
Rod HAIR READINGS
Position UPPER MIDDLE LOWER
A 1.330 1.175 1.020
B 1.972 1.854 1.736
If the stadia interval factor of the level is
100, determine the length of line AB.
7. A transit with a stadia interval factor of
100.8 was set up at point C on the line
between points A and B. The following
readings were observed:
Vertic Hair Readings
al Upper Middle Lower
Angle
Rod A +152 1.972 1.854 1.732
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Rod B +907 1.330 1.175 1.010
If the distance from the instrument to the focus
is 0.38 m. determine the following:
A. Horizontal distance A and B.
B. Difference in elevation between A
and B.