Volume Calculations
Volume Calculations
Volume Calculations
Volume Calculations
INTRODUCTION
Persons engaged in surveying (geomatics) are often called on
to determine volumes of various types of material.
The most common unit of volume is a cube having edges of
unit length.
Cubic feet, cubic yards, and cubic meters are used in surveying
calculations.
1 yd3 = 27 ft3
1 m3 = 35.3144 ft3
Instead,
Indirect measurements are obtained by measuring lines and
areas that have a relationship to the volume desired.
Three principal systems are used:
AVERAGE-END-AREA FORMULA
The following Figure illustrates the concept of computing
volumes by the average-end area method.
AVERAGE-END-AREA FORMULA
In first eq.
Ve : is the average-end-area volume in cubic yards.
A1 and A2 are in square feet.
and L is in feet.
In second eq.
Ve : is the average-end-area volume in cubic meter.
A1 and A2 are in square meter.
and L is in meter.
If L is 100 ft., as for full stations in the English system of units, first Equation
becomes