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HYDRAULICS & GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SET A

Monday, September 10, 2018 Module 0
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to
the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only. NOTE: WHENEVER YOU
CAN ENCOUNTER A CARET (^) SIGN, IT MEANS EXPONENTIATION

1. A stone weighs 650 N in air and 275 N in water. Compute its 9. In an unconfined compression test, a sample of sandy clay 50
specific gravity. mm in diameter fails under a load of 120 N. What is the cohesion
A. 1.73 B. 2.45 C. 3.46 D. 0.865 of the soil if the sample fail at 15% strain?
A. 28 B. 25 C. 26 D. 27
2. A prismatic object 200 mm thick by 200 mm wide by 400 mm
long is weighed in water at a depth of 600 mm and found to 10. A 750-mm diameter open vertical cylindrical tank, 1.91 m tall is
weigh 49 N. What is its weight in air? one-thirds full of water. What maximum angular speed (rpm)
A. 325 N B. 165 N C. 258 N D. 206 N can be imposed about its vertical axis without spilling any
water?
Situation 1 – A ship having a displacement of 24,516 metric tons and A. 190.92 B. 180 C. 175.23 D. 120
a draft of 10.5 m in ocean (sp. gr. = 1.025) enters a harbor of fresh
water (sp. gr. = 1). The horizontal section of the ship at the 11. A rectangular scow 10 m wide, 15 m long, and 3.5 m high has a
waterline is 3,050 m2. draft in sea water of 2.5 m. Its center of gravity is 2.1 m above
3. What is the displacement (in m3) of the ship in salt water? the bottom of the scow. The initial metacentric height is nearest
A. 23918 B. 24516 C. 23657 D. 24500 to:
4. What depth of fresh water is required to float the ship? A. 2.01m B. 1.81m C. 2.48m D. 2.81m
A. 11.7m B. 10.7m C. 10.5m D. 11.5m
Situation 3 – Three pipes steadily deliver water at 20°C to a large exit
5. A 40-m-long, 12-mm-diameter pipe with a friction factor of pipe in Figure F12-M03.332. The velocity V2 = 5.5 m/s, and the
0.020 is used to siphon 30 °C water from a tank as shown in the exit flor rate Q4 = 170 m3/h. It is known that increasing Q3 by
figure. Determine the maximum value of h allowed if there is to 20% would increase Q4 by 10%. Calculate the following. D1 =
be no cavitation within the hose. Neglect minor losses. γw = 9.81 4cm, D2 = 5cm, D3 = 6cm, and D4 = 9cm.
kN/m3, and the pressure at the joint is 96.76 kPa. 12. The velocity of flow v1 in m/s.
A. 40m B. 15.33m C. -14.7m D. 19.46m A. 9.783 B. 4.993 C. 10.195 D. 7.867
13. The velocity of flow v3 in m/s.
A. 8.351 B. 6.386 C. 8.514 D. 4..257
14. The velocity of flow v4 in m/s.
A. 5.676 B. 5.214 C. 5.897 D. 7.423

15. You have been hired as the Project Engineer for a development
company in Naga City to build 610 housing units surrounding
four lakes. Since the original ground is low, you will use the
limestone excavated from the lake to fill the land in order to
build roads and housing pads. Your estimate fill requirements
are 700,000m3, with a dry density equivalent to a voids ratio e =
0.46. The “in-situ” limestone extracted has an e = 0.39, whereas
the limestone dumped into trucks an e = 0.71. How many
truckloads will you need, if each truck carries 10m3?
A. 83,707 B. 83,700 C. 82,701 D. 82,706

16. An undisturbed sample of material taken from a borrow pit has

Situation 2 - Three Reservoirs A, B, and C are connected respectively a void ratio of 0.70. Results of the proctor compaction test
with pipes 1, 2, and 3 joining at a common junction P. Reservoir indicate that the material as compacted on the roadway will
A is at elevation 80 m, reservoir B at elevation 70 m and have a void ratio of 0.48. What shrinkage factor should be used
reservoir C is at elevation 60 m. The properties of each pipe are in computing borrow and embankment quantities?
as follows: A. 12.94% B. 52.36% C. 9.32% D. 45.11%
Pipe 1: L = 5000 m, D = 300 mm
Pipe 2: L = 4000 m, D = 250 mm 17. A sand cone test has been performed in a compacted fill
Pipe 3: L = 3500 m performed on a soil sample. The test results were as follows:
The flow from reservoir A to junction P is 0.045 m3/s and f for Initial mass of sand cone apparatus w/ sand: 5.912 kg
all pipes is 0.018. Final mass of sand cone apparatus w/ sand: 2.378 kg
6. Find the elevation of the energy grade line at P in m. Mass of soil recovered from hole: 2.883 kg
A. 75.512 B. 74.173 C. 72.021 D. 73.805 Density of sand: 1300 kg/m3
7. Determine the flow on pipe 2 in m3/s. Volume of cone below valve: 1.114⨯10-3 m3
A. 0.025 B. 0.013 C. 0.092 D. 0.036 Maximum dry unit weight: 19 kN/m3
8. Compute the diameter appropriate for pipe 3 in mm. Compute the relative compaction.
A. 172 B. 170 C. 175 D. 174 A. 89.23% B. 74.22% C. 91.23% D. 86.68%
Situation 4 – An open cylindrical tank 1.80 m in diameter and 2.40 m
tall is three-fourths full of water. The tank is rotated about its
own vertical axis at the rate of 85 rpm.
18. What is the height of the paraboloid in meters?
A. 2.7 B. 3.3 C. 3.2 D. 3.0
19. Determine the volume of water spilled in cubic meters.
A. 2.56 B. 2.05 C. 3.58 D. 1.53
20. For the same depth of water of 1.8 m, what height of the tank (in
m) is required to avoid spilling any water?
A. 3.87 B. 2.87 C. 3.43 D. 3.56

Situation 5 – A 600mm pipe supplies 400 liters/sec of water from a

reservoir located at elevation 96m to the treatment plant located
8000m away at elevation 75m. A survey shows that the town’s
water requirement will double within few years, so that present
facilities must be expanded. A new reservoir is proposed at
elevation 93m with a new pipe line 1200 m long which will join
the existing 600mm line 3200m below the existing reservoir.
The elevation of the pipe is at this junction is 84m. A new
pipeline is proposed from the junction to the treatment plant. All
flow is due to gravity f = 0.02 for all pipes.
21. Determine the size of pipe for the section between the proposed
reservoir and the junction.
A. 470mm B. 550mm C. 530mm D. 610mm
22. Determine the elevation of the pressure head at the junction.
A. 96m B. 85.12m C. 74m D. 93m
23. Determine the size of the pipe from the junction to the treatment
plant.
A. 1088mm B. 875mm C. 974mm D. 746mm

Situation 6 – A trapezoidal canal has the cross-section shown in

Figure H07-663.2(A)2. For this problem, b = 4 m and d = 1.8 m.
The channel is laid on a slope of 4 m per kilometer and has a
roughness coefficient n = 0.016. Use Manning’s Formula for
open channel flow.
24. What is the flow on this channel on m3/s?
A. 35.63 B. 38.78 C. 44.52 D. 41.37
25. What is the flow stage?
A. back stage C. critical stage
B. upper stage D. lower stage
26. If Q = 35 m3/s, what is the critical depth?
A. 1.256 m B. 1.765 m C. 1.632 m D. 1.921 m

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