Chapter Six Orifices Weirs and Tubes Practice Problems

PARONDO, JERLE MAE E.
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CHAPTER SIX (Orifices, Weirs, and Tubes): PRACTICE PROBLEMS
1. Oil of specific gravity of 0.72 flows through a 7.5 cm diameter orifice with Cv = 0.95,
Cc = 0.65. What must be the pressure of the air on the surface so that the jet’s
available power is 6 KW? See Fig. D.
Given:
2. A cylindrical tank 1m in diameter and 3m high contains 1 m of water, 1.20 m of oil

(s = 0.80) and air under a pressure of 16 KPa. Find the theoretical velocity of the jet
through a 5cm diameter orifice 30cm above the bottom of the tank.
Given:
3. What will be the discharge through a 2.5 cm orifice (C = 0.61) in the bottom of a tank
moving upward with an acceleration of 3 m/s 2 if the water stands 2.50 m over the
orifice?
Given:
4. In Fig. A, P1 = 70KPa, P2 = 5KPa, Cc = 1.00, Cv = 0.95, Do = 6 cm, h = 1.80 m
(liquid with s = 2.5). Find the actual flow through the orifice, to double the discharge,
what must be P1 assuming P2 is unchanged?
Given:
5. The horizontal orifice of Fig. B has a diameter of 10 cm with Cc = 0.60, Cv = 0.97.

When h = 2.50 m. What pressure, applied on the surface, will cause the jet to rise 20
cm higher than the free surface?
Given:
6. In Fig. C, Do = 5 cm and Cc = 0.62, Cv = 0.98. The liquid is oil (s = 0.80) and stands
4 m in the piezometer above the pipe’s centerline. Compute the flow and the velocity
of the jet.
Given:
7. A sharp-edged orifice in a 30° plane has its vena contracta at EL 10.7 m. If the W.S.
in the tank is at EL 15.25 m and the top of the jet is at EL 14 , find the velocity and
the coefficient of velocity.
Given:
8. In Fig. E is a submerged orifice. Find the theoretical velocity of the jet.
Given:
9. Fig. F shows a cylinder weighing 780 N and is empty at the time the orifice is
opened. Neglecting the thickness of the cylinder walls, determine the weight of the
anchor if the cylinder sinks 1 m in 2 minutes. The specific weight of the anchor is
23.54 KN/m3.
Given:
10. A cylindrical vessel 1.20 m in diameter and 2 m high has a rounded circular orifice 5
cm in diameter in the bottom with C = 0.95. If the vessel is full of water, how long will
it take to lower the surface 1.50 m?
Given:
11. A vertical cylindrical tank has orifice for its outlet. When the water surface in the tank
is 5m above the orifice, the surface can be lowered 4 m in 20 minutes, the pressure
on the surface being atmospheric. What uniform air pressure must be applied to the
surface if the same volume of water is to be discharged in 10 minutes?
Given:
12. A swimming pool with plan and section shown in Fig. G is filled with water. It has two
short tubes both with diameter 20 cm and C = 0.80 located at the lowest point. Find
the time needed to empty the pool through these tubes.
Given:
13. In Fig. H is shown a tank 1.5 by 1.5 m horizontal section and 3 m high with two
orifices (C = 0.60) both 10 cm in diameter and 60 cm apart. (a) How much water
must be supplied to the tank to keep it always full? (b) If this supply is cut off, how
long will it take the water surface to lower 1.20 m?
Given:
14. A rectangular suppressed weir 1.20 m high extends across a rectangular channel
3 m wide. If the measured head is 40 cm, determine the discharge using the Francis
formula.
Given:
15. A rectangular channel 6 m wide has a depth of 1 m flowing with a mean velocity of
0.75 m/s. Determine the height of a rectangular suppressed weir that will increase
the depth of water in the channel to 1.60 m.
Given:
16. A rectangular suppressed weir 1 m high extends across a rectangular channel 6 m

wide in which the flow is 2.80 m 3/s. Determine the depth of water upstream from the
weir.
Given:
17. A rectangular contracted weir 2 m long discharges water under a head of 0.50 m.
Compute the discharge using the Francis correction.
Given:
18. In a river 20 m wide, having an average depth of 1m and a mean velocity of 0.35 m/s,
a contracted rectangular weir 10 m long is to be constructed. Determine the head
over the weir.
Given:
19. A rectangular contracted weir 3m long is built in the center of a rectangular channel
6 m wide. How high is the weir if the depth of water upstream is 1 m when the
discharge is 1.15 m3/s?
Given:
20. A trapezoidal canal, 6 m at the bottom and having side slopes 2:1 carries water to a
depth of 40 cm and mean velocity of 0.60 m/s. What length of a rectangular
contracted weir 85 cm high should be placed in the middle of the canal if the depth of
water upstream is to be 1.20 m?
Given:
21. Determine the discharge of water over 60° triangular weir if the measured head is
19 cm.
Given:
22. The discharge of water over a 45° triangular weir is 20 liters/s. What is the head?
Given:
23. Compute the discharge of water over a Cipolletti weir 1.60 m long under a head of
26 cm.
Given:
24. A stream 24 m wide carries 1.84 m3/s of water. Determine the resulting head over a
Cipolletti weir 1 m high and 4 m long.
Given:
25. What length of Cipolletti weir should be constructed if the measured head will not
exceed 50 cm when the discharge is 3.40 m3/s?
Given:
26. A rectangular suppressed weir under a constant head of 10 cm feeds a tank
containing a 7.5 cm diameter orifice. The weir is 60 cm long. The head lost in the
orifice is 0.60 J/N and Cc = 0.65. Determine the head to which the water will rise
above the orifice. Also find the value of Cv.
Given:
27. A rectangular suppressed weir 80 cm high is built across a rectangular flume 10 m

wide. The measured head is 40 cm of water. Some distance upstream is another
rectangular weir having a height of 1.10 m. The measured head on the second weir
is 50 cm. Find the length of the second weir.
Given:
28. During a test on a 245 cm long rectangular suppressed weir which was 100 cm high,
the head was maintained constant at 30 cm. In 38 sec, 28.80 m 3 of water were
collected. Find the correction factor C’.
Given:
29. The flow in a rectangular channel 3 m wide is constant. A depth of 2 m is maintained
by a rectangular weir 1 m long by 1.60 m high. This weir is to be replaced by a
rectangular suppressed weir which will maintain the same depth. What height of weir
is required assuming C' = 0.62 for both weirs?
Given:
30. A concrete spillway with permanent crest elevation at 100 m controls a reservoir 4.65
hectares in area. Determine the length of the spillway if, by removing flashboards,
water can be lowered from EL 102 m to EL 101 m in 30 minutes. Use C = 1.94.
Given:
31. A 90° V-notch weir is located at one end of a tank having a square section 10 m by
10 m. If the initial head on the weir is 1.20 m, how long will it take to discharge
100 m3 of water over the weir?
Given:
32. A reservoir having a constant horizontal sectional area of 1860 m 2 discharges water
over a Cipolletti weir, the initial head being 40 cm. How long is the crest if 1800 sec
are required to lower the water level in the reservoir by 35 cm?
Given:
33. Determine the probable capacity of a concrete pipe culvert 1.20 m in diameter and 12
m long discharging under a head of 1.60 m. The entrance is square-cornered.
Given:
34. What diameter of a concrete pipe culvert 16 m long with beveled-lip entrance should
be installed to carry 14 m3/s of water if the difference in water surface elevations at
the two ends of the culvert is 2.5 m?
Given:
35. An overflow masonry dam is to be constructed across a stream. The stream is

estimated to have a maximum flood discharge of 850 m 3/s when the elevation of the
water surface is 345 m at the dam site. Six sluice gates each 2.5 m high and 2 m
wide are to be constructed in the dam with their sills at elevation 342 m. The main
overflow weir for which C = 1.45 will be 60 m long with a crest elevation at 360 m. An
auxillary weir 180 m long with a crest elevation at 361 m will operate during floods.
For this weir C = 1.88. With all the sluice gates open, what will be the surface
elevation upstream of the dam when the discharge is 850 m3/s?
Given:

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PARONDO, JERLE MAE E.

CHAPTER SIX (Orifices, Weirs, and Tubes): PRACTICE PROBLEMS

2. A cylindrical tank 1m in diameter and 3m high contains 1 m of water, 1.20 m of oil

5. The horizontal orifice of Fig. B has a diameter of 10 cm with Cc = 0.60, Cv = 0.97.

16. A rectangular suppressed weir 1 m high extends across a rectangular channel 6 m

27. A rectangular suppressed weir 80 cm high is built across a rectangular flume 10 m

35. An overflow masonry dam is to be constructed across a stream. The stream is

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