Mar 28, 2024  
College Catalog 2021-2022 
    
College Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SUR 164 - Field Survey Calculations


4 Credits
Students learn the practical application of mathematical theory to the solution of grades, horizontal and vertical curves, coordinate geometry, intersection problems, volumes, and the practical use of complex numbers.

Course Outcomes
  1. Create coordinates for plats, including bearings, distances and curves, using coordinate geometry
  2. Describe and calculate the several elements of horizontal and circular curves as found in transportation design drawings.
  3. Calculate the coordinate solutions of Intersection problems (bearing-bearing, etc.) and describe the resolution of double solutions, if any.
  4. Calculate the grade elevations of standard and unsymmetrical vertical curves as found in transportation design drawings.
  5. Describe and calculate the basic elements of Spiral Curves as found in transportation design drawings.
  6. Compute areas of land in two dimensional space to statistically appropriate precisions using double area and other standard geometric formulas.
  7. Compute volumes of material in three dimensional space to statistically appropriate precisions using average end area and other standard geometric formulas.
  8. Compute conformal transformation (scale, rotate & translate) using trigonometry and matrix formulas.