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The document provides 4 examples of problems involving the measurement of distances using steel tapes and accounting for various corrections due to factors like temperature, tension on the tape, sag, and slope of the measured surface. It discusses computing corrections for individual factors and determining the true or corrected length after applying a combined correction. It also provides 4 practice problems for the reader to solve involving similar multi-step calculations to determine corrections and find the actual measured distance.

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Module 1 1 FND

The document provides 4 examples of problems involving the measurement of distances using steel tapes and accounting for various corrections due to factors like temperature, tension on the tape, sag, and slope of the measured surface. It discusses computing corrections for individual factors and determining the true or corrected length after applying a combined correction. It also provides 4 practice problems for the reader to solve involving similar multi-step calculations to determine corrections and find the actual measured distance.

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SAMPLE PROBLEMS: MEASUREMENT BY PACING AND TAPING

Example #10: A steel tape is 100m. long at a temp of 20°C and a pull of
10 kg. It was used to measure a distance of 624.95 m. at a temperature of 32°C
with an applied pull of 15 kg during measurement with the tape supported at
both ends, the coefficient of thermal expansion is 0.0000116 /°C and a modulus
of elasticity of 2 x106 kg/cm2. Weight of the tape is 0.04 kg/m, and a cross
sectional area of 0.06 cm2.

a) Compute the Sag Correction.


b) Compute the total correction for tension, sag, and temperature.
c) Compute the corrected length of the line by applying the
combined corrections for tension, sag, and temperature.

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SAMPLE PROBLEMS: MEASUREMENT BY PACING AND TAPING

Example #11: A Civil Engineer used a 30 m tape in measuring an


inclined distance. The measured length on the slope was recorded to be
459.20 m long. The difference in elevation between the initial point and the
end point was found to be 1.25 m. The 30 m tape is of standard length at a
temperature of 10°C and a pull of 50 N. During measurement, the temperature
reading was 15°C and the tape was supported at both ends with an applied pull
of 75 N. Cross Sectional Area is 6.50mm2 and the modulus of elasticity is 200
GPa. The tape has a mass of 0.075 kg/m. K =0.0000116/°C.

a) Determine the total correction per tape length.


b) Determine the correction for slope.
c) Determine the horizontal distance.

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SAMPLE PROBLEMS: MEASUREMENT BY PACING AND TAPING

Example #12: A line is recorded as 472.90 m long. It is measured with a


0.65 kg, tape which is 30.005 m long at 20°C under a 50 N pull supported at
both ends. During measurement, the temperature is 5°C and the tape is
suspended under a 75 N pull. The line is measured on 3% grade. E=200 GPa,
cross-sectional area of tape is 3 mm2 and the coefficient of linear expansion is
0.0000116 /°C.

a) Compute the actual length of the tape during measurement


b) Compute the total error for the inclined distance using a 30 m.
c) What is the true horizontal distance.

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SAMPLE PROBLEMS: MEASUREMENT BY PACING AND TAPING

SEAT WORK # 1 : LET’S WORK IT OUT

Try and solve the following items. Do not round off any values. Write the
necessary units of every answers.

1) The following data shows the difference in elevation between A and


B.

Diff in No. of
Trials
Elevation (m) Measurements
1 268.94 1
2 268.45 5
3 268.76 7
4 268.32 9

a) Determine the most probable diff. in elevation.


b) Compute the elevation of B if elevation of A is 1000 with B higher
than A.

2) A steel tape with a coefficient of linear expansion of 0.0000116/℃ is


known to be 50m long at 20℃. The tape was used to measure a line which was
found to be 532.28 meters long when the temperature was 35℃. Determine
the following:

a) Temperature correction per tape length.


b) Temperature correction for the measured line
c) Corrected length of the line.

3) A 50 m tape of standard length has a weight of 0.05 kg/m, with a


cross sectional area of 0.04 sq. cm. It has a modulus of elasticity of 2.10x106
kg/cm2. The tape is of standard length under a pull of 5.5 kg when supported
throughout its length and a temp of 20°C. This tape was used to measure a
distance between A and B and was recorded to be 458.65 meters long. At the
time of measurement, the pull applied was 8 kilograms with the tape supported
only at the end points. And the temperature observed was 18°C. Assuming
coefficient of linear expansion of the tape is 0.0000116 /°C.

a) Compute the correction due to the applied pull of 8kg


b) Compute the correction due to weight of the tape
c) Compute the true length of the measured line AB due to the
combined effects of tension, sag and temperature

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SAMPLE PROBLEMS: MEASUREMENT BY PACING AND TAPING

4) The taped distance of a line is 99.812m. using a 100m. steel tape


weighing 2kg at standard pull of 10kg and temperature of 32℃. The difference
in elevation between the end points is 45cm. the tape is exactly 100m. at a
temperature of 28℃ (supported throughout) and standard pull of 10kg. if the
coefficient of expansion of the tape is 0.0000118/℃ and a pull is 10kg was
applied, supported at 25m interval during the measurement, find the following:

a) Correction due to slope


b) Total correction due to temperature, sag, slope and pull.
c) The correct horizontal distance of the line.

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