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B. Management conditions
Equipment conditions and maintenance
practices
Skills of work force and management
Planning, supervision and coordination of
work.
1.25
1.0
0.90
Loose: Vl
Loose cubic yards (LCY)
Density L Lb/LCY
Compacted: Vc
Compacted cubic yards (CCY)
Density C LB/CCY
Loose density
Load factor = Bank density
2-0
or more Angle of Repose
Prof Awad S. Hanna
Approximate Angle of Repose
For Sloping Sides of Excavation
Original
Ground Line
(90 Deg.)
80
82
84
86
88
300'
A B C D E F
100' 100' 100' 100' 100'
500'
78.5
Sec. A- A 78
76
82
Sec. B- B 80.3
Project Cross Sections
80
78
84
Sec. C- C 82.3
82
80
86
Sec. D- D 84.2
84
88
Sec. E- E 86.2
86
90
Sec. F- F 88.2
88
78.5
78
77
193 x 1.8
76.7 Area = = 173.7
2
76
Section A- A
80.3
80
79
210 x 1.8
76.7 Area = = 189.0
2
78
Section B- B
A B C D E F
87.6 88.6 89.4 90.4 91.6 93.2 94.3
G H J K L M
87.4 88.2 89.5 90.6 91.6 92.7 93.5
N O P Q R S
87.2 87.7 89.0 90.4 91.3 92.0 93.1
Notes:
1. Bring the entire site to elevation 90.
No Scale 2. All grids are 50x 50 = 2500 sq. ft.
3. Present contours
Need Need
150'
Fill Cut
300'
Quick and Dirty
Assume one grid 90' 91'
Existing 90.50
90.5'
Proposed 90.00
Cut 0.50
Total Cost =150 x 300 x 0.50 = 833CY
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Prof Awad S. Hanna
If we choose the grid size to be 50x50
= 1.92
cut =
= 177.77 CY
and so on.