1.

THE ANGLE OF INTERSECTION OF A CIRCULAR

CURVE IS 35° 30' AND ITS RADIUS IS 98.17
M. PC IS AT STA. 0 + 725. COMPUTE THE RIGHT
ANGLE OFFSET FROM STA. 0 + 736.58 ON THE
CURVE TO TANGENT THROUGH PC.

2. GIVEN THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS OF A

CIRCULAR CURVE: MIDDLE ORDINATE = 4 M;
LENGTH OF LONG CHORD = 50 M. FIND ITS
DEGREE OF CURVE, USE ARC BASIS.
3. FROM POINT A ON A SIMPLE CURVE, THE
PERPENDICULAR DISTANCE TO THE TANGENT,
AT POINT Q, IS X METERS. THE TANGENT
PASSES THROUGH THE PC. THE DISTANCE
FROM Q TO PC IS 450M. FIND X IF THE RADIUS
OF THE CURVE IS 1600M.

4. A CIRCULAR CURVE WITH A RADIUS OF 280M, A

CENTRAL ANGLE OF 70°, AND ITS PC AT STATION
10+300 MUST BE STALED BY DEFLECTION ANGLE
AND CHORDS. WHAT IS THE DEFLECTION ANGLE
TO STATION 10+450?
5. TWO TANGENTS INTERSECTING AT V WITH
BEARINGS N 75°12’ E AND S 78°36’ E ARE
CONNECTED WITH A 4 DEGREE SIMPLE CURVE.
WITHOUT CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THE
TWO TANGENTS AND WITH THE SAME ANGLE OF
INTERSECTION, IT IS REQUIRED TO SHORTEN
THE CURVE TO 100M STARTING FROM PC. A) BY
HOW MUCH SHALL THE POINT OF INTERSECTION
OF THE TANGENT BE MOVED? B) WHAT IS THE
DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO PARALLEL
TANGENTS? C) BY HOW MUCH SHALL THE PT BE
MOVED AND IN WHAT DIRECTION FROM THE OLD
TANGENT?
6. IN A RAILROAD LAYOUT, THE CENTERLINES OF
TWO PARALLEL TRACKS ARE CONNECTED WITH
A REVERSED CURVE OF UNEQUAL RADII. THE
CENTRAL ANGLE OF THE FIRST CURVE IS 16°
AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN PARALLEL
 TRACKS IS 27.60M. STATIONING OF PC IS 15+420
AND THE RADIUS OF THE SECOND CURVE IS 290
M. COMPUTE THE STATIONING OF PT.

7. A REVERSE CURVE WITH DIVERGING TANGENT

IS TO BE DESIGNED TO CONNECT TO THREE
TRAVERSED LINES FOR THE PROPOSED
HIGHWAY. THE LINES AB IS 185M, BC IS 122.40M,
AND CD IS 285M. THE AZIMUTH (FROM SOUTH)
ARE DUE EAST, 242°, AND 302° RESPECTIVELY.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE COST INDEX AND
SPECIFICATION:
TYPE OF PAVEMENT: ITEM 311
(PORTLAND CEMENT) NUMBER OF LANES
TWO LANES
WIDTH OF PAVEMENT 3.05 M PER LANE
THICKNESS OF PAVEMENT 20 CM
 UNIT COST 780 PER SQUARE
METER
IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE PRC (POINT OF
REVERSE CURVATURE) MUST BE ONE-FOURTH
THE DISTANCE BC FROM B.

A. FIND THE RADIUS OF THE FIRST CURVE B.

B. FIND THE LENGTH OF ROAD FROM A TO D. USE
ARC BASIS.
C. FIND THE COST OF THE CONCRETE PAVEMENT
FROM A TO D.
8. A 6 PERCENT DOWNGRADE IS TO BE
CONNECTED TO A 4 PERCENT UPGRADE BY A
PARABOLIC CURVE. THE CHANGE IN GRADE
MUST NOT EXCEED 0.5 PERCENT PER 20-METER
STATION. THE STATIONING AND ELEVATION OF
PC ARE 10+992 & 45.78M RESPECTIVELY.
A. WHAT MUST BE THE MINIMUM LENGTH OF THE
CURVE?
B. USING THE MINIMUM LENGTH, AT WHAT
STATION MUST THE CULVERT BE
CONSTRUCTED?
C. USING THE MINIMUM LENGTH OBTAINED
ABOVE, WHAT MUST BE THE ELEVATION OF THE
INVERT OF THE CULVERT (DRAINAGE IS AT
LOWEST POINT) IF IT IS TO BE SITUATED 1.5M
BELOW THE PAVEMENT?
9. A SYMMETRICAL PARABOLIC CURVE 120M LONG
PASSES THROUGH POINT X WHOSE ELEVATION
IS 27.79M AND 54 M AWAY FROM PC. THE BACK
TANGENT OF THE CURVE HAS A GRADE OF +2%.
IF PC IS AT ELEVATION 27.12, WHAT IS THE
ELEVATION OF THE SUMMIT?
10. A 5 DEGREE SIMPLE CURVE HAS A
CENTRAL ANGLE OF 50°. FROM THE CENTER OF
THE CURVE, A LINE IS DRAWN INTERSECTING
THE TANGENT THROUGH PT AT AN ANGLE OF
60°, AND PASSING THROUGH A POINT E ON THE
CURVE. WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THE CURVE
FROM E TO PT?