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Calculating Average Height of the Road Section

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Mon, 2005-06-06 23:11
Nitin Naik
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Hi,

I would like to know the formula to calculate the average road height between the two sections

thanks
Nitin
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Thu, 2005-06-09 02:37
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Jihad Daniel
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Dear Navid,

It’s correct what you said but you need to generalize it into a scientific formula: if you have x meter of road and difference in height is between a and b (a
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J. Daniel
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Thu, 2005-06-09 01:59
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Naveed Tariq, PE,...
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Its simple,

If there is major variation in height at different points, take height after every meter, add these heights and divide by 50.

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Tue, 2005-06-07 22:53
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Nitin Naik
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Sorry Guys,

I was not very clear in my previous message regarding road height calculations.

I will explain you by giving a small example.

Lets say I have 50 m road which varies in height by -1m to 5 m. How can I calculate the average height of the road section?

Please send me some notes if you have on any formulas you used in such excercise

thanks
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Tue, 2005-06-07 05:49
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Jaco Stadler
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Maybe I am missing Something but

(Height Section 1 + Height Section 2) / 2

= Average Height over two Sections
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Tue, 2005-06-07 11:25
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Philip Jonker
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I seem to remember a thing called Simpson’s Rule, it is the average between any number of sections.
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