LESSON 19

Profile Leveling
FUNDAMENTAL OF SURVEYING
ENGR. RICHARD VILLAMORA

Submitted by: Zosa, Mark Alfredo Jomel D.

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 PROFILE LEVELING
• A process of determining differences in elevation along a
fixed line at designated short measured intervals.
• It provides data from which a vertical section of the ground
surface can be plotted.
• Used for the design and construction of roads, railroads,
canals, culverts, bridges, sewer lines, etc.
• Is identical to differential leveling, establishments of turning
points on which FS and BS readings are taken before the
terminal point is reached.
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PROFILE vs DIFFERENTIAL
LEVELING
• Profile leveling • Differential leveling
• Uses a series of bench • Requires only one
marks, and have foresight in a station.
intermediate foresights in
between the bench
marks/stations.
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Profile leveling is like Differential leveling with extra steps.

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Illustrative Problems: Locating Stations. Work
out of the following problems regarding points and
stations along a profile level route.

a) A turning point along a profile level route measures 126.44m

beyond station 8+24.50. Determine the stationing of this turning
point.
Solution:
Dtp = 126.44 (Distance of turning point beyond station 8+24.50)
Dsta = 8 + 24.50 or 824.50m (Distance of the reference station from station 0+00)
D = Dsta + Dtp = 824.50 + 126.44
= 950.94m (Distance of the turning point from station 0+00)
Therefore, Stationing of Turning Point = 9 + 50.94

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Illustrative Problems: Locating Stations. Work
out of the following problems regarding points and
stations along a profile level route.

b) For the problem given on the previous slide, determine the

stationing of the turning point if it is instead located 83.45m before
the given reference station.
Solution:
Dtp = 83.45m (Distance of turning point before station 8+24.50)
Dsta = 8 + 24.50 or 824.50m (Distance of the reference station from station 0+00)
D = Dsta - Dtp = 824.50 – 83.45
= 741.05m (Distance of the turning point from station 0+00)
Therefore, Stationing of Turning Point = 7 + 41.05

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Illustrative Problems: Locating Stations. Work
out of the following problems regarding points and
stations along a profile level route.

c) Determine the distance between station 33 + 45.02 and station

26 + 62.75.
Solution:
D1 = 33 + 45.02 or 3,345.02m (Distance of one of the stations given)
D2 = 26 + 62.75 or 2,662.75m (Distance of one of the stations given)
D = Dsta - Dtp = 3345.02 – 2662.75
= 682.27m (Distance between two stations)

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Illustrative Problems: Profile Leveling. Complete
the following set of profile level notes and show
customary arithmetic check.

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Illustrative Problems: Profile Leveling. Complete
the following set of profile level notes and show
customary arithmetic check.
a) Computation of HI’s And Elevation of Stations

125.50 + 0.95 = 126.45 (HI1) 127.66 + 2.16 = 129.82 (HI3)

126.45 – 3.0 = 123.5
126.45 – 2.3 = 124.2
126.45 – 0.64 = 125.81
125.81 + 3.13 = 128.94
128.94 – 2.7 = 126.2
128.94 – 2.8 = 126.1
128.94 – 3.1 = 125.8
128.94 – 0.5 = 128.4
128.94 – 0.8 = 128.1
128.94 – 1.28 = 127.66
(Elev Sta 0.+00) 129.82 – 0.9 = 128.9 (Elev Sta 0.+45)
(Elev Sta 0.+10) 129.82 – 1.2 = 128.6 (Elev Sta 0.+48.6)
(Elev TP1) 129.82 – 1.7 = 128.1 (Elev Sta 0.+50)
129.82 – 2.8 = 127.0 (Elev Sta 0.+53.7)
(HI2) 129.82 – 2.37 = 127.45 (Elev TP3)
(Elev Sta 0.+22)
(Elev Sta 0.+30.5) 127.45 + 0.82 = 128.27 (HI4)
(Elev Sta 0.+34.2) 128.27 – 3.50 = 124.77 (Elev TP3)
(Elev Sta 0.+39.3) 124.77 + 1.35 = 126.12 (HI5)
(Elev Sta 0.+42.5) 126.12 – 3.0 = 123.1 (Elev Sta 0.+75)
(Elev TP2) 126.12 – 1.99 = 124.13 (Elev BMb)

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Illustrative Problems: Profile Leveling. Complete
the following set of profile level notes and show
customary arithmetic check.

B.) Determining Backsight and Foresight Sums

= 0.95 + 3.13 + 2.16 + 0.92 + 1.35
ΣBS
= + 8.41 m
= - (0.64 + 1.28 + 2.37 + 3.50 + 1.99)
ΣFS
= - 9.78 m

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Illustrative Problems: Profile Leveling. Complete
the following set of profile level notes and show
customary arithmetic check.
C.) Tabulated Solution

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Illustrative Problems: Profile Leveling. Complete
the following set of profile level notes and show
customary arithmetic check.

D.) Arithmetic Check

125.50m (Elevation of BMa)
+ 8.41m (ΣBS)
133.91m (Sum)
- 9.78m (ΣFS)
124.13m (Checks with Elevation of BMb)

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Illustrative Problems: Profile
Leveling. Schematic arrangement of
lines for the profile route.

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Illustrative Problems: Profile
Leveling. Plot of the Profile

Plot of the Profile

130

129

128

127

126

125

124

123

122

121

120
BMa 0+00 0+10 TP1 0+20 0+30.5 0+34.2 0+39.3 0+42.5 TP2 0+45 0+48.6 0+50 0+53.7 TP3 TP4 0+75 BMb

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