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HGE REVIEW MODULE – EVALUATION NO. 4

SUBJECT: HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 11. What is the required diameter of pipe AB (m)?
PASSING: 70% TIME LIMIT: 4 HOURS a. 0.450 c. 0.330
b. 0.390 d. 0.650
SET A
12. What is the required diameter of pipe BC (m)?
Situation 1 (1-3). A turbine is installed between reservoirs A and B whose a. 0.216 c. 0.192
difference in water surface elevation is 140 m. The pipe connecting the b. 0.254 d. 0.234
reservoir has a diameter of 250 mm and is 180 m long. The flow of water
is 180 L/s. Use Hazen Williams Formula with C1=100. Determine 13. What is the required diameter of pipe BD (m)?
a. 0.225 c. 0.185
1. the headloss in the pipe due to friction (m) b. 0.205 d. 0.264
a. 17.01 c. 10.37
b. 21.47 d. 13.73 14. A pile of sand keeps from spreading out like a liquid because the
weight of the sand keeps the grains stick together in their current
2. the head extracted by the turbine (m) arrangement, mostly out of static friction. This weight and pressure is
a. 126.3 c. 117.3 called
b. 137.6 d. 145.1 a. adhesion c. cohesion
b. internal friction d. effective stress
3. the power (kW) generated by the turbine assuming 90% efficiency?
a. 222.97 c. 200.67 15. Water is issued vertically at the rate of 30 L/s through a 50 mm dia
b. 234.78 d. 265.43 nozzle. Neglecting losses, how high above the nozzle tip can the water jet
support a load of 250 N?
Situation 2 (4-6). A trapezoidal canal has bottom width of 5 m and side a. 8.36 m c. 7.52 m
slopes of 2H to 1V. The flow is 30 m^3/s when the depth of flow is 1.20 b. 9.32 m d. 6.25 m
m. Use n=0.013. Calculate
Situation 5 (16-18). The flow rate of water through the pipe shown in the
4. the specific energy of flow (m) figure is 50 L/s under total head loss of 9 m. Assume C=120 for all pipes.
a. 2.22 c. 1.46 Calculate
b. 1.78 d. 2.58
16. the flow through line B (L/s)
5. the slope of channel bed? a. 21 c. 15
a. 0.00325 c. 0.00105 b. 28 d. 19
b. 0.00403 d. 0.00237
17. the head loss in line B (m)
6.boundary shearing stress (Pa) a. 2.4 c. 2
a. 8.86 c. 19.92 b. 3.6 d. 1.5
b. 12.56 d. 34.55
18. the diameter of line C (mm).
7. Which component of rock or soil is independent of interparticle a. 180 c. 200
friction? b. 170 d. 220
a. adhesion c. plasticity
b. cohesion d. skin friction Situation 6 (19-21). Water flows in a 400 mm dia pipe at the rate of 600
L/s. The pipe has a length of 60 m. Compute
Situation 3 (8-10). A 6 m thick homogenous soil layer has dry unit weight
of 16.1 kN/m^3 and saturated unit weight of 17.8 kN/m^3. The water 19. the head loss (m) using Darcy Weisbach formula with f=0.028
table is located 4 m below the ground surface. a. 4.88 c. 4.98
b. 5.02 d. 4.65
8. What is the effective stress at the bottom of the layer (kPa)?
a. 74.34 c. 77.58 20. the head loss (m) using Hazen William’s formula with C1=92
b. 66.27 d. 80.38 a. 4.88 c. 4.98
b. 5.02 d. 4.65
9. What is the effective stress at the bottom of the layer (kPa) if the water
table goes up by 3 m? 21. the head loss (m) using Manning’s formula with n=0.013
a. 85.74 c. 66.14 a. 4.88 c. 4.98
b. 56.05 d. 43.78 b. 5.02 d. 4.65

10. Which of the following statements is correct when the water table 22. 16. A line joining the points of highest elevation of water in a series of
rises to the ground surface? vertical open pipes rising from a pipeline in which water flows under
a. the effective pressure at the bottom of the layer will increase pressure is referred to as:
b. the effective pressure at the bottom of the layer will remain the same a. hydraulic loss c. hydraulic jump
c. the effective pressure at the bottom of the layer will decrease b. hydraulic gradient d. hydraulic head
d. none of these
Situation 7 (23-25). An open cylindrical vessel 1 m in dia contains water at
Situation 4 (11-13). Reservoir A, the source of water for towns C and D is a depth of 3.56 m. If it is rotated at a speed of 80 rpm about its vertical
at elevation 150 m. The distribution reservoir at junction B is at elevation axis, determine the
91.46 m and is 15200 m from reservoir A. Town C with population of
25000 is at elevation 30.49 m is 91.50 m from junction B. Town D with 23. least depth of the vessel so that no water will be spilled out.
population of 30000 is at elevation 15.49 m and is 6100 m from junction a. 3 m c. 2 m
B. The water demand is 150 li per capita per day. Assume f=0.02 for all b. 4 m d. 2.5 m
pipes.

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HGE REVIEW MODULE – EVALUATION NO. 4

24. if the vessel is rotated at 120 rpm, how much water will be spilled out? 38. the weir is a suppressed rectangular with L=4.5 m
a. 346 c. 752 a. 14.32% c. 17.02%
b. 444 d. 366 b. 15.58% d. 18.12%

25. If the vessel is rotated at 120 rpm, what would be the pressure (kPa) 39. the weir is a Cippoletti with L=4.3 m
at the center bottom of the tank? a. 9.45% c. 10.94%
a. 16.87 c. 22.36 b. 15.21% d. 17.63%
b. 19.21 d. 19.52
Situation 12 (40-42Dry soil is mixed with 16% by weight with water and
Situation 8 (26-28). Water is discharging from a cylindrical tank through a then compacted. The moist soil has a volume of 0.001 m^3 and a mass of
40-mm dia orifice located 5 m below the water surface. 1.6 kg. The soil solids have specific gravity of 2.72. Solve

26. What is the discharge in m^3/s? 40. The dry unit weight of the soil (kN/m^3)
a. 0.0424 c. 0.0144 a. 9.63 c. 17.36
b. 0.044 d. 0.0124 b. 13.53 d. 1278

27. What is the discharge given that Cc=0.65 and Cv=0.95? 41. Void ratio of the soil in percent
a. 0.0077 c. 0.0120 a. 97.27 c. 96.25
b. 0.0081 d. 0.0092 b. 96.12 d. 90.44

28. What is the theoretical discharge (m^3/s) if the tank is moving upward 42. Degree of saturation of the soil in percent
with an acceleration of one-half the acceleration due to gravity? a. 56.74 c. 44.74
a. 0.0152 c. 0.0196 b. 30.11 d. 41.33
b. 0.0217 d. 0.0132
Situation 13 (43-45). Water flows on a straight 350 m pipe, 600 mm in dia.
29. The ratio of the volume of voids to the total volume of soil The velocity of flow is 2.3 m/s. Pipe thickness is 18 mm. Bulk modulus of
a. porosity c. degree of saturation elasticity of water is 2.2 x 10^9 Pa. Modulus of elasticity of pipe material
b. void ratio d. water content is 1.4 x 10^11 Pa. Solve

30. What is the largest grain size (mm) that may pass through a No. 200 43. the celerity of pressure wave (m/s)?
sieve? a. 1342 c. 1421
a. 0.074 c. 0.054 b. 1202 d. 1121
b. 0.02 d. 0.06
44. the water hammer pressure assuming instantaneous closure.
Situation 9. The water table in soil deposit is 1 m below the ground a. 2284 c. 2764
surface. The soil above the water table has dry unit weight of 15.6 b. 3178 d. 2843
kN/m^3. The saturated unit weight of the soil is 18.6 kN/m^3. Determine
45. the minimum time of closure (s) to avoid the development of
31. the total vertical stress (kPa) at a point 4 m below the ground maximum hammer pressure.
a. 71.4 c. 65.2 a. 0.58 c. 0.32
b. 89.2 d. 78.5 b. 0.67 d. 0.31

32. the total pore water pressure at a point 4 m below the ground Situation 14 (46-48). A trapezoidal canal has a base width of 6 m. The
a. 22.87 c. 32.31 velocity of flow is 0.85 m^3/s. Solve
b. 24.38 d. 29.43
46. the discharge using the most efficient canal section (m^3/s)
33. the effective vertical stress at a point 4 m below the ground a. 37.48 c. 41.25
a. 49.67 c. 32.87 b. 35.22 d. 39.75
b. 41.97 d. 56.32
47. the discharge (m^3/s) for minimum seepage if the sides of the canal
Situation 10. Reservoir B in the figure receives 0.06 m^3/s of flow. makes an angle of 45 with the horizontal.
Determine the following: a. 32.75 c. 25.48
b. 36.65 d. 29.62
34. flow in line AD
a. 0.219 c. 0.159 48. the discharge (m^3/s) if the canal depth is 2/3 of its base width and
b. 0.203 d. 0.173 side slope of 1 : 1.
a. 34 c. 36
35. flow in line DC b. 32 d. 38
a. 0.219 c. 0.159
b. 0.203 d. 0.173 49. Calculate the void ratio of a soil sample with porosity of 0.25.
a. 40.67% c. 20%
36. elevation of reservoir B (m) b. 30% d. 33.33%
a. 92.76 c. 91.06
b. 90.07 d. 89.09 50. A soil has a unit weight of 21.1 kN/m^3 and a moisture content of
9.8%. When the soil is saturated, the unit weight is 22.52 kN/m^3.
Situation 11. A weir installed at the end of a rectangular channel controls Determine the void ratio of the soil.
the flow of water. The rate of flow is 0.62 m^3/s. If the error of measuring a. 0.63 c. 0.89
the head is 0.018 m, determine the error in the measured flow if: b. 0.98 d. 0.51

37. the weir is a 90-degree V-notch

a. 10.25% c. 8.12%
b. 6.92% d. 6.35%
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