Plane Surveying

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The book provides a lucid and step-by-step treatment of the various principles, methods and instruments involved in land surveying. Modern methods and techniques are emphasised throughout the text.

After presenting the basic concepts and definitions, the book explains errors in survey measurement and their propagation. Survey measurements are detailed next. These include horizontal and vertical distances, slope, elevation, angle and direction. Measurement using stadia tacheometry is then highlighted, followed by contouring and uses of contours in civil engineering projects.

Traversing is then explained, followed by a detailed discussion of plotting of maps by plane tabling. The use of tangent clinometer in plane tabling has been suitably highlighted

The book then explains the calculation of areas and volumes from the survey measurements. The last chapter features various types of curves and includes a variety of field problems in setting out the curves.

Suitable diagrams, illustrative examples and practice problems are included throughout the book.

The book would serve as an excellent text for degree and diploma students of civil engineering. AMIE candidates, and practicing engineers would also find this book extremely useful.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR A M Chandra

Dr. A.M. Chandra is presently working as Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee (formerly University of Roorkee). He graduated in Civil Engineering in 1969, completed postgraduation in Advanced Surveying and Photogrammetry in 1971 and obtained Doctoral degree in 1984 from University of Roorkee. Dr. Chandra joined the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Roorkee in 1975 after serving for brief periods at S.V.R.C.E.T., Surat, as Associate Lecturer and as Assistant Engineer in R.E.S., Uttar Pradesh. He also served at University of Salahadin, Arbil, Iraq and Arba Minch University, Ethiopia. At the University of Roorkee, Dr. Chandra has been engaged in teaching, research and consultancy activities in the field of Land Surveying, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Physical Geodesy. Dr. Chandra has published several research papers in national and international journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Chandra has been to Austria for a brief period and attended an international course on Mathematical and Numerical Methods in Physical Geodesy.