NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ENGINEERING SURVEYS FIELD WORK

PLATE NO. 11
Reversed curve (intersecting chord)

Submitted by:
DOBLON, KAREN JOY
LAGUNA, EZRA SAMANTHA
LUPINA HAZEL JEAN
MANALO, JAN POLA
ZULUETA, RIKKY JOHN

Submitted to: ENGR. JOSELITO BATAC

I – OBJECTIVE

1. To lay out a reverse curve using intersecting chord method.

II – TOOLS / EQUIPMENTS / INSTRUMENTS

Fiberglass Tape Measure

Marking Chalk

III – PROCEDURE
For First curve

1. Establish a point along the ground mark it as PI (Point of Intersection).

2. Using fiber glass tape, from PI measure the tangent distance equal to
8.816 then mark the end of the line as BC (Beginning of the Curve).
3. From PI measure an angle equal to 20° then swing a tangent distance
equal to 8.816 meter.
4. From BC swing a chord distance equal to 17.365 meter. Mark the point
of intersection as PCC (Point of Common Curvature).
5. Compute all the center of the line and off-set for each station.
6. Compute and swing all the distance of the stations from point BC and
point PCC.
7. Mark all the intersections and name all the station of the curve.

For Second Curve

8. Extend the tangent line of previous curve.

9. Use the surveyor’s tape measure to lay down the computed distance
along the extended tangent line from point PCC to point PI.
10. From PI swing the tangent line distance opposite to your first curve and
from point PCC swing the computed distance for chord, mark the
intersection and name it as point PT (Point of Tangency).
11. Compute and swing all the distance of the stations from point PCC and
point PT.
12. Mark all the intersections and name all the station of the curve.
IV – DRAWING / SKETCH / PHOTO
Reverse Curve

1st Curve

Station 1/8∆

Station 1/4∆

Station 3/8∆

Station MC

Station 5/8∆
Station 3/4∆

Station 7/8∆

2nd Curve

Station 1/8∆

Station 1/4∆

Station 3/8∆
Station MC

Station 5/8∆

Station 3/4∆

Station 7/8∆
V. RESULTS / OBSERVATIONS
We observe that this fieldwork is the most accurate procedure among all the
methods that we perform. Through computing the chord is easy for us to lay-
out a curve.

VI. DATA

1st Curve

R= 50m
I = 20°
Station Chord, C (m)
BC 0
1/8Δ 2.18
1/4 Δ 4.36
3/8 Δ 6.54
MC 8.72
5/8 Δ 10.89
 3/4 Δ 13.05
7/8 Δ 15.21
EC 17.36

2nd Curve

R= 30m
I = 18°
Station Chord, C (m)
BC 0
1/8Δ 1.18
1/4 Δ 2.36
3/8 Δ 3.53
MC 4.71
5/8 Δ 5.88
3/4 Δ 7.05
7/8 Δ 8.22
EC 9.39

VII – FORMULA

𝐼
𝐶 = 2𝑅𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝑆𝑡𝑎.• )
2
Where: C – Chord length
R – Radius
I – Central Angle
Sta. – Station (from BC – EC)

VIII – COMPUTATIONS
1st Curve
0 20
*BC: C0/8 Δ = 2 • 50sin⁡(8 • )
2
=0
1 20
*1/8Δ: C1/8 Δ = 2 • 50sin⁡(8 • 2 )
= 2.18m
1 20
*1/4Δ: C1/4 Δ = 2 • 50sin⁡(4 • 2 )
= 4.36m
3 20
*3/8Δ: C3/8 Δ = 2 • 50sin⁡(8 • 2 )
= 6.54m
1 20
*MC: C1/2 Δ = 2 • 50sin⁡(2 • )
2
= 8.72m
 3 20
*5/8Δ: C3/8 Δ = 2 • 50sin⁡(8 • 2 )
= 10.89m
1 20
*3/4Δ: C1/4 Δ = 2 • 50sin⁡(4 • 2 )
= 13.05m
1 20
*7/8Δ: C1/8 Δ = 2 • 50sin⁡(8 • 2 )
= 15.21m
0 20
*EC: C0/8 Δ = 2 • 50sin⁡(8 • )
2
= 17.36m

2nd Curve

0 18
*BC: C0/8 Δ = 2 • 30sin⁡(8 • )
2
=0
1 18
*1/8Δ: C1/8 Δ = 2 • 30sin⁡(8 • 2 )
= 1.18m
1 18
*1/4Δ: C1/4 Δ = 2 • 30sin⁡(4 • 2 )
= 2.36m
3 18
*3/8Δ: C3/8 Δ = 2 • 30sin⁡(8 • 2 )
= 3.53m
1 18
*MC: C1/2 Δ = 2 • 30sin⁡(2 • 2 )
= 4.71m
3 18
*5/8Δ: C3/8 Δ = 2 • 30sin⁡(8 • 2 )
= 5.88m
1 18
*3/4Δ: C1/4 Δ = 2 • 30sin⁡(4 • 2 )
= 7.05m
1 18
*7/8Δ: C1/8 Δ = 2 • 30sin⁡(8 • 2 )
= 8.22m
0 18
*EC: C0/8 Δ = 2 • 30sin⁡(8 • 2 )
= 9.39m

IX – CONCLUSION
We therefore conclude that in reserve curve using the chord and intersecting lines is
an easy way to lay out a curve. It does not take many time to do the curve.but you also
need to find the correct solution for you to plot a correct curve.