Problem No.

1
Calculate the quantity of earthwork for 200m length for a portion of a road in an
uniform ground, the heights of banks at the two ends being 1.00m and 1.60m. The
formation width is 10m and side slopes 2:1 (H: V). Assume that there is no
transverse slope.
Given Data:
Q=?
L=200m
d1=1m
d2=1.6m
B=10m
H:V=2:1
Solution:

Area of Mid-Section:
Area=B*dm + s*(dm) ^2
dm= (1+1.6)/2=1.3m
A=10X1.3+2X (1.3)^2=16.38 m3
Q=AXL=16.38X200=3276 m3
Mean Sectional Area:
A1= (10+14)/2X1=12m2
A2= (16.4+10)/2X1.6=21.12m2
Am= (A1+A2)/2=16.56m2
Q=AmXL=16.56X200=3312m3
Prismoidal Formula Method:
Q= {B (d1+d2)/2+s(d12+d22+d1d2)/3}XL
Q= {10(1+1.6)/2+2(12+1.62+1X1.6/3} X200=3288m 3

Design Problem-2:
Reduced level (R.L.) of ground along the center line of a proposed road at 30m
interval is given below. The formation level (F.L.) at R.D. of 300m is 107.0m and the
road is in downward gradient of 1 in 150 up to R.D. of 420m and then the gradient
changes to 1 in 100 downward. Formation width of the road is 10m and side slopes
of banking are 2:1 (H:V).
i) Draw longitudinal section of the road and a typical cross section. Also, determine
the quantity of earthwork involved.
ii) For estimation of turning on side slopes, find out the area of side slopes as well.
Solution:
R.D. (m) 300 330 360 390 420 450 480 510 540 570
600
R.L. of NSL (m) 105.0 105.6 105.44 105.9 105.42 104.3 105.0 104.1 104.62 104.0
103.3
R.L. of F.L. (m) 107.0 106.8 106.6 106.4 106.2 105.9 105.6 105.3 105.0 104.7
104.4
Height/Depth (m) 2.0 1.2 1.2 0.5 0.8 1.6 0.6 1.2 0.4 0.7 1.1