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Assignment Highway Week 11

The document provides calculations to determine the elevations at various stations along a 150m vertical curve with a PVI at station 0+260 and elevation of 100m. Elevations are calculated at PVC, PVT, and stations 0+150, 0+200, 0+260, 0+300, and 0+350 by determining tangent elevations using grade changes and adding the curve elevation calculated from the grade difference and curve length. A graph is included to illustrate the elevation values.

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Assignment Highway Week 11

The document provides calculations to determine the elevations at various stations along a 150m vertical curve with a PVI at station 0+260 and elevation of 100m. Elevations are calculated at PVC, PVT, and stations 0+150, 0+200, 0+260, 0+300, and 0+350 by determining tangent elevations using grade changes and adding the curve elevation calculated from the grade difference and curve length. A graph is included to illustrate the elevation values.

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Highway Engineering Week 11 Assignment


QUESTION

PVI is at stationing 0+260 at an elevation of 100 meter. If vertical curve length is 150 m,
determine the elevations at STA 0+150, STA 0+200, STA 0+260, STA 0+300 and STA
0+350.

ANSWER
Data:
g1 = -8%;
g2 = -2%;
Station at PVI = STA 0+260;
Elevation at PVI = 100 m;
Length of vertical curve (L) = 155 m.

Prior to determining the elevations at the mentioned stations in the question, stations
and elevations at PVC andPVT needs to be determined. The following are the calculations to
determine them:
a. PVC Station = PVI Station– L/2
= STA 0+260 – (150/2)
= STA 0 + 185;
b. PVT Station = PVI Station + L/2
= STA 0+260 + (150+2)
= STA 0+ 335;
c. Elevation at PVC = Elevation at PVI – g1(L/2)
= 100 – (-0.08 × 150/2)
= 106 m;
d. Elevation at PVT = Elevation at PVI + g2(L/2)
= 100 + (-0.02 × 150/2)
= 98.5 m.
After obtaining the stations and elevation for PVC and PVT, calculations for the
elevation for the corresponding stations mentioned in the questions can be done. The
following table shows the results of the calculation:
Tangent Elevation
Station x (m) y (m) Curve Elevation (m)
(m)
STA 0 + 185 0 106 0 106
STA 0 + 200 15 104.8 0.045 104.845
STA 0 + 260 74 100 1.125 101.125
STA 0 + 300 40 99.2 0.320 99.520
Calculation samples for the table above can be seen below:
a. Tangent Elevation = Elevation at PVC + g1x
= 106 + (-0.08)(15)
= 104.8 m;
( g 2 - g1 ) x2
b. y =
2L
( - 0.02 - (-0.08 ) ( 15 )2
=
2( 150 )
= 0.045 m;
c. Curve elevation = Tangent Elevation + y
= 104.8 + 0.045
= 104.0845 m.
As for STA 0 + 300, since it is located 40 m after PVI, its grade is at -2%.
Calculations are adjusted accordingly based on its location. The following shows the
calculations done to calculate the elevation for STA 0+300
a. Tangent Elevation = Elevation at PVI + g2x
= 106 + (-0.02)(40)
= 99.2 m;
( g 2 - g1 ) x2
b. y =
2L
( - 0.02 - (-0.08 ) ( 40 ) 2
=
2(150)
= 0.32 m;
c. Curve elevation = Tangent Elevation + y
= 99.2 + 0.32
= 99.52 m.

Since STA 0+150 and STA 0+350 are not located on the curve, the calculation are
adjusted to their positions. The calculations for STA 0+150 and STA 0+350 are shown
below:
a. Tangent Elevation at STA 0+150 = Elevation at PVC - g1x
=106 - (-0.08)(185-150)
= 108.8 m;
b. Tangent Elevation at STA 0+350 = Elevation at PVT - g1x
=98.5 - (-0.02)(350-300)
= 98.2 m;
A graph can be drawn to provide a clearer illustration on the elevation data. The graph
is shown below:
110
108
106
104
Elevation (m)

102
100
98
96
94
92
+100 +150 +200 +250 +300 +350 +400

Station

Elevation on Curve Elevation on Tangent Line

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