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Civil Engineering Calculations

This document contains solutions to two problems from a tutorial sheet. The first problem calculates the number of truck loads needed to haul 1 million cubic cubic yards (CCY) of material. It is determined that 1,470,588.2 loose cubic yards (LCY) would be needed, which could be hauled in 245,098 truck loads with a capacity of 6 LCY per truck. The second problem calculates the volume of excavation required for a basement. It is found that the first part requires 4,519.2 bank cubic feet (BCF) of excavation and the second part requires 8,716.5 BCF, for a total excavation volume of 13,235.7 BCF.

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Civil Engineering Calculations

This document contains solutions to two problems from a tutorial sheet. The first problem calculates the number of truck loads needed to haul 1 million cubic cubic yards (CCY) of material. It is determined that 1,470,588.2 loose cubic yards (LCY) would be needed, which could be hauled in 245,098 truck loads with a capacity of 6 LCY per truck. The second problem calculates the volume of excavation required for a basement. It is found that the first part requires 4,519.2 bank cubic feet (BCF) of excavation and the second part requires 8,716.5 BCF, for a total excavation volume of 13,235.7 BCF.

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Chapter # 2 Part # 2

1 ) How many truck loads of truck hauling an average volume of 6 LCY would be required to
haul 1 million CCY of problem #4 in tutorial sheet #1?

Solution:

Load factor = 80.6% ≈ 0.8

Shrinkage factor = 84.9% ≈ .85


𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 1,000,000 𝐶𝐶𝑌
Bank volume =
𝑆𝑕𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟
= 0.85
= 1,176,470.6 BCY

𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 1,176,470.6 𝐵𝐶𝑌


Loose volume =
𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟
= 0.8
= 1,470,588.2 LCY

𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 1,470,588.2 𝐿𝐶𝑌


Number of trucks =
𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦
= 6 𝐿𝐶𝑌/𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑘
= 245,098 Truck

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2) Calculate the volume of excavation in bank measure required for the basement shown.

6.6 ft
8.2 ft

28 ft

6.9 ft 6 ft
45 ft

7.4 ft 6.8 ft

26 ft 24 ft

Eng. Ibrahim Al Mohanna, Civil Engineering, 2 A 92 CE417 Tutorial # 2


Solution:

First Part

Second Part

6.6 + 6 + 6.9 + 8.2 +


2
6.6
Average depth of first part = = 6.725 ft
4

Area of the first part = 24 ×28 = 672 ft2

Volume of excavation of the first part = area × depth = 672 × 6.725 = 4519.2 BCf

7.4+ 6.8 + 8.2 + 8.2 +


2
6.6
Average depth of second part = = 7.45 ft
4

Area of the second part = 45 ×26 = 1170 ft2

Volume of excavation of the second part = area × depth = 1170 × 7.45 = 8716.5 BCf

Total volume of excavation = 4519.2 + 8716.5 = 13235.7 BCf

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Eng. Ibrahim Al Mohanna, Civil Engineering, 2 A 92 CE417 Tutorial # 2

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