HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

SPLE-PICE RIYADH CHAPTER

CLASS BULKAN 2019
DIAGNOSTIC EXAM (30%) – 5 ITEMS
January 25, 2019
Aquarium Hotel, Riyadh KSA

Instructions: Select the correct answers for each of the following questions. Mark only one
answer for each item by shading the box corresponding the letter of your choice on the answer
sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only.

Situation 01 (May 2011)

Given the following properties of a soil
Specific Gravity of Solid = 2.70
Void Ration = 73%
Degree of Saturation = 92%
1.0 Determine the nearest value of the moisture content of the soil
a. 27.04%
b. 26.45%
c. 28.45%
d. 24.87%
2.0 Determine the nearest value to the dry unit weight of the soil.
a. 16.43 KN/m3
b. 14.65 KN /m3
c. 17.11 KN /m3
d. 15.31 KN / m3
3.0 Determine the nearest value to the moisture content when the soil is saturated.
a. 24.87%
b. 26.45%
c. 27.04%
d. 28.45%
4.0 November 2000-A trapezoidal canal with side slope of 2H to 1V has a base width 4m. What is the hydraulic
radius when the depth of the flow is 1.50m?
a. 0.98m
b. 0.76m
c. 0.45m
d. 0.83m
5.0 November 2012-Water flows in a 400mm diameter pipe at the rate of 500 liters per second. The Pipe has length
of 45m. Compute the head loss using Darcy Weisbach Formula with f=0.028?
a. 2.59m
b. 3.12m
c. 2.67m
d. 2.54m

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 HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
SPLE-PICE RIYADH CHAPTER
CLASS BULKAN 2019
DIAGNOSTIC EXAM (30%) – 5 ITEMS
January 25, 2019
Aquarium Hotel, Riyadh KSA

SOLUTION:
Situation (May 2011)
Given:
Gs=2.70
e= 0.73
S=0.92
1.0 Relationship between Gs, w, S, and e, Gs w=S e

2.70 w = 0.92(0.73)
w= 0.2487 or 24.87%
2.0 Dry unit weight, γd = G γw

1+e
γd = 2.70 (9.81)
1+0.73
γd = 15.31 KN/m3
3.0 When S=1

Relationship between Gs, w, and e, Gs w= e

2.70 w = (0.73)
w= 0.2704 or 27.04%
4.0 November 2000
Formula:
R = Hydraulic Radius
A = Area
P = Perimeter

5.0 November 2012

Formula:
HL = Head Loss
L = Length
d = Diameter
Q = Discharge
f = Friction Factor

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