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Earth Work Calculations Introduction

This document discusses methods for calculating earthwork volumes for civil engineering projects like roads, dams, and canals. It provides formulas to calculate volumes based on cross-sectional areas and lengths for embankments and cuttings with both uniform and varying slopes. Sample problems are also included to demonstrate calculating volumes using mid-ordinate, trapezoidal, and prismoidal methods for roads and canals with given dimension and elevation data.

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Earth Work Calculations Introduction

This document discusses methods for calculating earthwork volumes for civil engineering projects like roads, dams, and canals. It provides formulas to calculate volumes based on cross-sectional areas and lengths for embankments and cuttings with both uniform and varying slopes. Sample problems are also included to demonstrate calculating volumes using mid-ordinate, trapezoidal, and prismoidal methods for roads and canals with given dimension and elevation data.

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EARTH WORK

CALCULATIONS

Introduction:-
Generally all the Civil Engineering projects like roads, railways, earth dams, canal,
buildings etc. involves the earth work. This earth work may be either earth
excavation or earth filling or Sometimes both will get according to the desired
shape and level. Basically the volume of earthwork is computed from length,
breadth, and depth of excavation or filling. The various methods of calculating the
earth work quantities shall be discussed.

Calculation of earth work for Roads:


case 1) volume of earth work in banking or in cutting having "no longitudinal
slope .

*Quantity or volume = Sectional area * length.

Cross section of earth work of road or canul in banking or in cutting is usually in


the form of trapezoidal

V = (bd+nd2)L
Case 2:
When the ground is in longitudinal slope or the formation has uniform gradient for
a length the earth work may be calculated by the following methods.

1. By Mid Section or Mid ordinate method.

Where d1, d2 = depth of banks at two ends


Mid ordinate (or) Average depth (dm) = d1+d2 / 2
Area of mid section (Am) = (bd+n()
volume of earth work (v) = L/6 (

ii) Trepezoidal formula: (for two sections) In this method also called mean
sectional area method.
Let A1 &A2 be two areas at two ends.

Volume of earth work (v) = Am ×L


iii) Trepezoidal formula for a series of c/s areas at equal intervals.
Let A1,A2,A3.......An are the cross sectional areas along L.S of Road
'L" is the distance between two cross sections
The volume of earth work

v = length /2 [ (sum of first and last areas ) + 2(reaming Areas) ]

iv) Prismoidal formula for a series of cross sectional areas at equal intervals.
Note : This method is adopted when there is odd number of cross sections.
Volume of earth work

V= length/3[ (Sum of first and last areas)+4(even areas)+2(odd Areas)]

iii) Trepezoidal formula for a series of c/s areas at unequal intervals.


Let A1,A2,A3.......An are the cross sectional areas along L.S of Road
'L1,L2,L3,-----------Ln" is the distance between two cross sections
L1≠L2≠L3≠---------------------Ln
The volume of earth work

Example 1:- Estimate the quantities of earth work to road its length 100Km &
width 8m slop 1:2 the high at the beginning of the road is 1m at the end 1.6m , its
section as show bellow:
8m

Home Work 1: Estimate the quantities of earth work to a canal with the following
data:

station in meter 0 100 200 300 400


R.L of ground 100.2 99.8 99.6 101.3 100.3
R.L of bed 99

Slop of the canal 1/2000.


The bed width of the canal is 3m.
The side slop is 1/1.
The section of canal as show .

3m its length 500m


Example 2: Estimate the quantities of earth work to a part of road
& width 12m slop 1:2, its section as show bellow:

53
51.8 52.4
51,6 52
50.5
50
49.4
48.8
49
48.2 48

50 100 500
0 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

12m

12m
Home Work 2: Find the volume of earth work in embankment of length 12m. Top
width is 5.5m and depth is 2.5m the side slopes are 1½:1

Home Work 3 : The depths at two ends of an embankment of road of length 70m
are 2m and 2.5m. The formation width and side slopes are 8m and 2:1 respectively.
Estimate the Quantity of earth work by
a) Mid Sectional Area (b)Mean sectional Area method.
Home Work 4The following width of road embankment is 10m. The side slopes
are 2:1 The depth along the centre line road at 50m intervals are 1.25, 1.10, 1.50,
1.20,1.0,1.10, 1.15m calculate the Quantity of earth work by:
a) Mid sectional rule
b) Trepezoidal rule
c) Prismoidal rule

Home Work 5- Estimate the Quantity of earth work for a portion of road from the
following data:

Statio 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
n
RL 7.50 7.70 7.50 7.25 6.85 6.95 6.70 6.45 6.30 5.95

The formation level at station 0 is 8.0 and having falling gradient of 1 in 100. The
top width is 12m and side slopes 1½ horizontal to 1 vertical assuming the
transverse direction is in level calculate the quantity of earth work Take 1 chain =
20m by using trapezoidal & Prismoidol formula.

Home Work 6:- The road has the following data:

Station 0 20 40 60 80 100 120


RL of 20.6 21.0 21.5 22.1 22.7 22.9 23.0
Ground

The formation level at station zero is 22.0 and having a rising gradient of 1 in 100
the top width is 12.0m and side slopes are1½ :1 Assuming the transverse direction
is in level. calculate the quantity of earth work by a) Trepezoidal formula b)
Prismoldal formula

Home Work 7:- From the problem 7.5 if the gradient is 1 in 100 raising up to 40th
station and 1 in 100 falling slop from 40th station to 120th station. Calculate the
volume of earth work by using the formulas.

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