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This document discusses earthwork concepts for road construction including cross sections, cut and fill volumes, and methods for calculating volumes. It provides examples of calculating areas and volumes for irregular cross sections using triangles and trapezoids, and using the average end area method to calculate cut and fill volumes between stations by comparing end area cross sections. It also gives an example of determining excess cut or fill if material shrinks by a certain percentage.

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152 views12 pages

Earthwork

This document discusses earthwork concepts for road construction including cross sections, cut and fill volumes, and methods for calculating volumes. It provides examples of calculating areas and volumes for irregular cross sections using triangles and trapezoids, and using the average end area method to calculate cut and fill volumes between stations by comparing end area cross sections. It also gives an example of determining excess cut or fill if material shrinks by a certain percentage.

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EARTHWORK

EARTHWORK CROSS SECTIONS


EARTHWORK VOLUMES
EARTHWORK CROSS SECTIONS
EARTHWORK CROSS SECTIONS
Cut / Excavation
wherever the existing ground is above the
constructed section

Fill / Embankment
wherever the existing ground is below the
constructed section
EARTHWORK CROSS SECTIONS
Catch Points
The points at which the cut or fill slopes
intersect the ground

Hinge Points
The points at which the cut or fill slopes
intersect the nearly horizontal roadway
surface

Example 1
The following are notes for an irregular cross
section. Compute the cross-sectional area by
dividing it into triangles and trapezoids. The
roadway is 14 m wide and the side slopes are
1:2.

Solution



EARTHWORK VOLUMES
AVERAGE END AREA METHOD


EARTHWORK VOLUMES
Prismoidal formula

EARTHWORK VOLUMES




Example 2
Given the end area below. Calculate the
volumes of cut and fill between sta. 351+ 00
and 352+50. If the material shrinks 12%, how
much excess cut or fill is there?

Station
End Areas(m^3)
Cut Fill
351+00 57.93
351+50 52.28
351+75 23.58
352+00 8.4 3.73
352+14 13.8
352+50 33.34

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