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The document presents two design problems involving calculating earthwork quantities for road construction. The first problem calculates the earthwork quantity along a 200m portion of road with varying bank heights of 1m and 1.6m using three different methods: mid-section area, mean sectional area, and prismoidal formula. The second problem involves calculating earthwork quantity and drawing longitudinal and cross sections for a 600m road segment with varying ground levels and gradients provided, as well as determining the area of side slopes.

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Problem No1

The document presents two design problems involving calculating earthwork quantities for road construction. The first problem calculates the earthwork quantity along a 200m portion of road with varying bank heights of 1m and 1.6m using three different methods: mid-section area, mean sectional area, and prismoidal formula. The second problem involves calculating earthwork quantity and drawing longitudinal and cross sections for a 600m road segment with varying ground levels and gradients provided, as well as determining the area of side slopes.

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Problem No.

1
Calculate the quantity of earthwork for 200m length for a portion of a road in an
uniform ground, the heights of banks at the two ends being 1.00m and 1.60m. The
formation width is 10m and side slopes 2:1 (H: V). Assume that there is no
transverse slope.
Given Data:
Q=?
L=200m
d1=1m
d2=1.6m
B=10m
H:V=2:1
Solution:

Area of Mid-Section:
Area=B*dm + s*(dm) ^2
dm= (1+1.6)/2=1.3m
A=10X1.3+2X (1.3)^2=16.38 m3
Q=AXL=16.38X200=3276 m3
Mean Sectional Area:
A1= (10+14)/2X1=12m2
A2= (16.4+10)/2X1.6=21.12m2
Am= (A1+A2)/2=16.56m2
Q=AmXL=16.56X200=3312m3
Prismoidal Formula Method:
Q= {B (d1+d2)/2+s(d12+d22+d1d2)/3}XL
Q= {10(1+1.6)/2+2(12+1.62+1X1.6/3} X200=3288m 3

Design Problem-2:
Reduced level (R.L.) of ground along the center line of a proposed road at 30m
interval is given below. The formation level (F.L.) at R.D. of 300m is 107.0m and the
road is in downward gradient of 1 in 150 up to R.D. of 420m and then the gradient
changes to 1 in 100 downward. Formation width of the road is 10m and side slopes
of banking are 2:1 (H:V).
i) Draw longitudinal section of the road and a typical cross section. Also, determine
the quantity of earthwork involved.
ii) For estimation of turning on side slopes, find out the area of side slopes as well.
Solution:
R.D. (m) 300 330 360 390 420 450 480 510 540 570
600
R.L. of NSL (m) 105.0 105.6 105.44 105.9 105.42 104.3 105.0 104.1 104.62 104.0
103.3
R.L. of F.L. (m) 107.0 106.8 106.6 106.4 106.2 105.9 105.6 105.3 105.0 104.7
104.4
Height/Depth (m) 2.0 1.2 1.2 0.5 0.8 1.6 0.6 1.2 0.4 0.7 1.1

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