Engineering Surveying (eBook)

Theory and Examination Problems for Students

W. Schofield (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2013 | 3. Auflage
302 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-0513-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Engineering Surveying: Theory and Examination Problems for Students, Volume 1, Third Edition discusses topics concerning engineering surveying techniques and instrumentations. The book is comprised of eight chapters that cover several concerns in engineering survey. Chapter 1 discusses the basic concepts of surveying. Chapter 2 deals with simple and precise leveling, while Chapter 3 covers earthworks. The book also talks about the theodolite and its applications, and then discusses optical distance measurement. Curves, underground and hydrographic surveying, and aspects of dimensional control on site are also examined. The text will be useful to both students and practitioners of civil engineering.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Engineering Surveying: Theory and Examination Problems 
4 
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 8
Preface 6
Acknowledgements 7
Chapter 1. Basic concepts of surveying 10
Definition 10
Basic measurements 11
Control networks 12
Locating position 16
Errors in measurement 17
Types of error 17
Summary 18
Chapter 2. Simple and precise levelling 20
Basic concepts 20
Equipment 21
Instrument adjustment 26
Principle of levelling 30
Comparison of methods 34
Contouring 35
Precise levelling 42
Precise levelling equipment 48
Sources of error 49
Accuracy 50
Chapter 3. Earthworks 51
Areas 51
Volumes 61
Mass-haul diagrams 77
Chapter 4. The theodolite and its application 88
Basic concepts 88
Tests and adjustments 90
Theodolite traversing 102
Traverse computation 104
Sources of error 116
Location of gross error 122
Areas by co-ordinates 123
Partition of land 124
Chapter 5. Optical distance-measurement 135
Vertical-staff tacheometry 135
Application 143
Subtense tacheometry 144
Further optical distance-measuring equipment 154
Chapter 6. Curves 165
Circular curves 165
Setting out curves 167
Compound and reverse curves 174
Short and/or small-radius curves 175
Transition curves 185
Setting-out data 189
Cubic spiral and cubic parabola 193
Curve transitional throughout 193
The osculating circle 193
Highway transition curve tables (metric) 198
Vertical curves 206
Chapter 7. Underground and hydrographic surveying 227
Underground surveying 227
Gyro-theodolite 236
Line and level 248
Hydrographic surveying 250
Chapter 8. Setting out (dimensional control) 270
Protection and referencing 270
Basic setting-out procedures using coordinates 272
Technique for setting out a direction 274
Use of grids 276
Setting out buildings 277
Controlling verticality 278
Controlling grading excavation 282
Use of lasers 287
Rotating lasers 287
Laser hazards 287
Route location 289
Responsibility on site 292
Responsibility of the setting-outengineer 293
Appendices to: Chapters 3 and 6 295
Abbreviations 302
Index 303

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-0513-X / 148310513X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-0513-0 / 9781483105130