| 单词 | mass-haul curve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmass-haul curve mass-haul curve n. Surveying a graph used to calculate the amount of earth to be moved in the construction of a cutting or embankment. ΚΠ 1931 A. H. Jameson Contour Geom. iv. 152 There is an exact balance of cutting..and filling..the balance being along the axis..of the Mass Haul Curve. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 529/1 Mass-haul curve, a curve used in the design of earthworks involving cuttings and embankments, the abscissae representing chainage along the centre line, and the ordinates the excess of cutting over filling, i.e. the material requiring to be hauled to another position. 1984 A. Bannister & S. Raymond Surv. (ed. 5) viii. 297 Where the free haul is given, it may be plotted on the various parts of the mass-haul curve, and the extra distance for overhaul may be estimated. < as lemmas |
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