Arched/Circular Rake-Walls — Chord Length and
Segment Rise Known
You're building a circular or arched rake wall. Given a chord length
of 15 feet and a rise of 5 feet, find all arc values and lengths of the
arched walls. The on-center spacing is 16 inches.
KEYSTROKE
1. Enter chord length and segment rise:
o o
1 5 f R
5 f r
2. Calculate radius:
Ç a
3. Find arc angle:
a
4. Find arc length:
a
5. Display entered chord length:
a
6. Find segment area:
a
7. Find pie slice area:
a
8. Display entered segment rise:
a
9. Display stored on-center spacing for the wall:
a
RUN 15
FEET
RISE 5
FEET
RAD 8
FEET
ARC 134.76º
ARC 19
1-5/16
FEET
CORD 15
FEET
SEG 54.19722
PIE 77.63472
RISE 5
FEET
OC 16
U
'
G
SER
S
DISPLAY
0.
0
INCH
0
INCH
1-1/2
INCH
INCH
0
INCH
SQ FEET
SQ FEET
0
INCH
*
INCH
(Cont'd)
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UIDE