Republic of the Philippines

CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE

F. Pimentel Avenue, Brgy. 2, Daet, Camarines Norte – 4600, Philippines

College of Engineering
CE 108Summ
– Hydraulics
Second Semester, AY 2022-2023

INSTRUCTIONS:

Solve the following problems on an a4 size paper. Provide a 1-cm border on all sides. Write down the whole problem
and show your complete, detailed, and organized solution. Draw the figures that would supplement your solution, if
applicable. Round off your answers to the nearest 2 decimal places and do not forget to indicate the correct unit.
Emphasize your final answer by highlighting it. For the upper section of the first page (of each activity), use the format
below:
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Activity Number 3: Hydrostatic Force on Surfaces; Buoyancy; and Rectilinear Translation and Rotation

1. A 3.7-m high by 1.5-m wide rectangular gate AB is vertical and is hinged at a point 150 mm below its center of
gravity. The total depth of water is 6.1 m. What horizontal force F must be applied at the bottom of the gate for
equilibrium?
2. For an 8-ft length of gate, find the compression in strut CD due to water pressure {B, C, and D are pins).
3. The 4-ft-diameter cylinder, 4 ft long, is acted upon by water on the left and oil of sp gr 0.800 on the right.
Determine (a) the normal force at B if the cylinder weighs 4000 lb and (b) the horizontal force due to oil and water
if the oil level drops 1 ft.
4. A stone weighs 600 N, and when it was lowered into a square tank 0.610 m on a side, the weight of the stone in
water was 323 N. How much did the water rise in the tank?
5. What length of 76.2 mm by 304.8 mm timber, sp gr 0.50, will support a 445-N boy in salt water if he stands on the
timber?
6. A barge 10 ft deep has a trapezoidal cross section of 30 ft top width and 20 ft bottom width. The barge is 50 ft
long, and its ends are vertical. Determine (a) its weight if it draws 6 ft of water and (b) the draft if 84.5 tons of stone
is placed in the barge.
7. An open tank is 6 ft square, weighs 770 lb, and contains 3 ft of water. It is acted upon by an unbalanced force of
2330 lb parallel to a pair of sides. What must be the height of the sides of the tank so that no water will be spilled?
What is the force acting on the side where the greatest depth occurs?
8. A closed vessel 1 m in diameter is completely filled with water. If the vessel is rotated at 1200 rpm, what increase
in pressure will occur at the top of the tank at the circumference?
9. An open vessel 18 in in diameter and filled with water is rotated about its vertical axis at such a velocity that the
water surface 4 in from the axis makes an angle of 40° with the horizontal. Compute the speed of rotation. Ans.
10. An open vessel of water accelerates up a 30° plane at 3.66 m/s 2. What is the angle the water Sft surface makes
with the horizontal?

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 Republic of the Philippines
CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE
F. Pimentel Avenue, Brgy. 2, Daet, Camarines Norte – 4600, Philippines

College of Engineering
CE 108Summ
– Hydraulics
Second Semester, AY 2022-2023

Activity Number 4: Fundamentals of Fluid Flow

1. Oil of sp. gr 0.750 is flowing through a 150-mm pipe under a pressure of 103 kPa. If the total energy relative to a
datum plane 2.40 m below the center of the pipe is 17.9 m-kN/kN, determine the flow of oil.
2. For the 50-mm-diameter siphon drawing oil (sp. gr = 0.82) from the oil reservoir, the head loss from point 1 to
point 2 is 1.50 m and from point 2 to point 3 is 2.40 m. Find the discharge of oil from the siphon and the oil
pressure at point 2.
3. A 150-mm pipe carries 0.0813 m3/s of water. The pipe branches into two pipes, one 50 mm in diameter and the
other 100 mm in diameter. If the velocity in the 50-mm pipe is 12.2 m/s, what is the velocity in the 100-mm pipe?
4. Water flows through a 200-mm-diameter pipe at a velocity of 2.00 m/s. Determine the volume flow rate, weight
flow rate, and mass flow rate.
5. Water flows upward in a vertical 300-mm pipe at the rate of 0.222 m3/s. At point A in the pipe the pressure is 210
kPa. At B, 4.57 m above A, the diameter is 600 mm, and the lost head A to B equals 1.83 m. Determine the
pressure at B.
6. A stream of water 75 mm in diameter discharges into the atmosphere at a velocity 24.4 m/s. Find the power in the
jet using the datum plane through the center of the jet.
7. A pump draws water from a sump through a vertical 6″ pipe. The pump has a horizontal discharge pipe 4″ in
diameter that is 10.6 ft above the water level in the sump. While pumping 1.25 cfs, gages near the pump at
entrance and discharge read -4.6 psi and +25.6 psi, respectively. The discharge gage is 3.0 ft above the suction
gage. Compute the horsepower output of the pump and the head lost in the 6″ suction pipe.
8. A 12″ pipe line carries oil of specific gravity 0.811 at a velocity of 80.0 ft/sec. At points A and B, measurements of
pressure and elevation were 52.6 psi and 100.0 ft and 42.0 psi and 110.0 ft, respectively. For steady flow, find the
lost head between A and B.
9. A 300-mm pipe carries oil of sp. gr 0.812 at a rate of 0.111 m3/s, and the pressure at a point A is 18.4 kPa gage. If
point A is 1.89 m above the datum plane, calculate the energy at A.
10. A reservoir supplies water to a horizontal 6″ pipe 800 ft long. The pipe flows full and discharges into the
atmosphere at the rate of 2.23 cfs. What is the pressure in psi midway in the pipe, assuming the only lost head is
6.20 ft in each 100 ft of length?

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Activity Number 5: Flow in Closed Conduits

1. Determine the type of flow occurring in a 12″ pipe when (a) water at 60°F flows at a velocity of 3.50 ft/sec and (b)
heavy fuel oil at 60°F flows at the same velocity.
2. For laminar flow conditions, what size pipe will deliver 0.0057 m 3/s of medium fuel oil at 4°C? (v = 6.09 × 10-3m /s)
3. Determine (a) the shear stress at the walls of a 12″ diameter pipe when water flowing causes a measured lost
head of 15 ft in 300 ft of pipe length, (b) the shear stress 2″ from the centerline of the pipe, (c) the shear velocity,
(d) the average velocity for an f value of 0.050.
 Republic of the Philippines
CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE
F. Pimentel Avenue, Brgy. 2, Daet, Camarines Norte – 4600, Philippines

College of Engineering
CE 108Summ
– Hydraulics
Second Semester, AY 2022-2023

4. Gasoline is being discharged from a pipe at point 2 at elevation 66.66 m. Point 1, located 965.5 m along the pipe
from point 2, is at elevation 82.65 m, and the pressure there is 2.50 kPa. If the pipe roughness is 0.500 mm, what
pipe diameter is needed to discharge gasoline (γ = 7.05 kN/m 3, μ = 2.92 × 10-4N·s/m2, ρ = 719 kg/m3) at a rate of
0.10 m3/s?
5. Points C and D, at the same elevation, are 150 m apart in a 200-mm pipe and are connected to a differential gage
by means of small tubing. When the flow of water is 0.18 m 3/s, the deflection of the mercury in the gage is 1.96 m.
Determine the friction factor f.
6. A 1-m-diameter new cast iron pipe (C = 130) is 845 m long and has a head loss of 1.11 m. Find the discharge
capacity of the pipe according to the Hazen-Williams formula.
7. A 1-m-diameter new cast iron pipe (C = 130) is 845 m long and has a head loss of 1.11 m. Find the discharge
capacity of the pipe according to the Manning formula.
8. For a lost head of 5.0 ft/1000 ft, and using C = 100 for all pipes, how many 8″ pipes are equivalent to a 16″ pipe?
to a 24″ pipe?
9. Water flows at a rate of 0.05 m3/s from reservoir A to reservoir B through three concrete pipes connected in
series, as shown. Find the difference between water surface elevations in the reservoirs. Neglect all minor losses.

10. For the parallel-pipe system, the pressure head at A is 120.0 ft of water and the pressure head at E is 72.0 ft of
water. Assuming the pipes are in a horizontal plane, what are the flows in each branch of the loop?

11. When QED = QDC = 6.50 mgd, determine the gage reading at E in psi and the elevation of reservoir B.

12. If valve F is partly closed, creating a lost head of 3.60 ft when the flow through the valve is 0.646 mgd. What is the
length of 10″ pipe to reservoir A?
 Republic of the Philippines
CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE
F. Pimentel Avenue, Brgy. 2, Daet, Camarines Norte – 4600, Philippines

College of Engineering
CE 108Summ
– Hydraulics
Second Semester, AY 2022-2023

13. The pipe network shown represents a spray rinse system. Find the flow rate of water in each pipe. Assume C=120
for all pipes.

14. Compare the velocities of the pressure waves traveling along a rigid pipe containing (a) water at 60°F, (b) glycerin
at 68°F, and (c) oil of sp. gr 0.800. Use values of bulk modulus for glycerin and oil of 630,000 and 200,000 psi,
respectively.
15. If the liquids in the previous problem were flowing in a 12″ pipe at 4.0 ft/sec and the flow was stopped suddenly,
what increase in pressure could be expected, assuming the pipe to be rigid?