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of the sand above the lowered water
HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING table decreased to 20 percent..
10. What is the effective vertical 15. Which of the following gives the
INSTRUCTION: Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one stress at the mid height of the clay gage pressure in the tank to cause the
answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the layer before lowering the water table? flow of 13.89 liters/sec in the pipe?
answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED. Use pencil No.1 only
a. 4350 psf a. 796.45 kPa
b. 4560 psf b. 645.54 kPa
SITUATION I: d. 2.641
c. 3500 psf c. 1691.42 kPa
For the pipe system shown in Figure 6. Compute the factor of safety
d. 6400 psf d. 906.62 kPa
H02-1. Assume n = 0.013 for all pipes. against overturning.
Neglect minor losses. a. 3.90
11. What is the effective vertical SITUATION VI
1. Compute the head loss in the pipe b. 4.26
stress at the mid height of the clay From the soil profile shown in Figure
AB in terms of discharge Q. c. 3.12
2 layer after lowering the water table? S02-6 ; e = 0.50, Gs = 2.70
a. 0.056Q d. 2.56
a. 4343 psf 16. Which of the following gives the
b. 0.029Q2
b. 4557 psf submerged unit weight of sand?
c. 0.016Q2 SITUATION III: 3
c. 5530 psf a. 16.12 kN/m
d. 0.096Q2 A steady push on the piston in a
d. 6452 psf b. 11.12 kN/m3
syringe shown in Figure H02-3 causes
c. 10.18 kN/m3
2. Assuming Q = 12 cfs, compute the a flow rate of 0.4mL/s. The fluid has 3
12. What is the effective vertical d. 13.12 kN/m
mass density ρ = 900 kg/m and
3
head loss in the pipe CD.
stress at the mid height of the clay
a. 15.78 ft absolute viscosity of 0.002 Pa –sec. layer after lowering the water table to 17. Which of the following gives
b. 13.02 ft Assume that there is no headloss in a depth of 50 ft ? the effective stress at mid-height of
c. 18.56 ft the larger cylinder. a. 5580 psf sand layer?
d. 24.56 ft 7. What is the Reynolds Number for a b. 6710 psf a. 43.38 kN/m2
flow of 0.4mL/s through the needle? c. 3680 psf b. 45.89 kN/m
2
3. Assuming Q = 12 cfs, compute the a. 645 d. 5860 psf c. 33.36 kN/m2
total head loss from A to D. b. 917 2
d. 24.78 kN/m
a. 47.786 ft c. 897 SITUATION V:
b. 56.673 ft d. 795 The pipe flow in the figureH02-5 is 18. Compute the critical hydraulic
c. 89.451 ft
driven by a pressurized air in the tank. gradient.
d. 32.562 ft 8. Compute the headloss in the Assuming a flow rate of 13.89 a. 1.13
needle. liters/sec. and f = 0.014 b. 1.01
SITUATION II: a. 18.90 m c. 1.03
A trapezoidal dam shown in Figure b. 15.21 m 13. Which of the following gives the d. 1.18
H02-2 has water 6 m high at its c. 14.43 m velocity of water in the pipe?
vertical face. Unit weight of concrete d. 16.23 m
3 a. 5.34 m/s SITUATION VII:
dam is 23.5 kN/m . Coefficient of
b. 8.14 m/s The fill behind the retaining wall
friction between the dam and the 9. What force is required to maintain c. 4.46 m/s shown in figure S02-7 has a unit
foundation is 0.45. the flow? d. 7.07 m/s weight of 110 pcf with an equivalent
4. Compute the magnitude of the a. 64.23 N fluid pressure of 30 psf per foot. The
overturning moment. b. 45.25 N 14. Which of the following gives the live load surcharge maybe assumed
a. 356.42 kN.m c. 34.76 N headloss in pipe neglecting minor equal to additional two feet of the fill.
b. 159.45 kN.m d. 25.36 N losses? Density of concrete is 150 pcf.
c. 253.26 kN.m
a. 99.87 m 19. Which of the following gives the
d. 353.16 kN-m SITUATION IV: b. 103.6 m total active earth pressure acting on
5. Compute the factor of safety In the deposit shown in the c. 67.41 m the wall?
against sliding. accompanying figure S02-4 the d. 75.67 m a. 7200 lbs
a. 2.365 groundwater level was originally at the b. 8500 lbs
b. 1.892 ground surface. The water table was c. 6254 lbs
c. 1.437 lowered by drainage to a depth of 25 d. 7325 lbs
ft,whereupon the degree of saturation
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PROBLEM #25:
20. Which of the following gives the Compute the critical depth of a 20 m
18-in
overturning moment about the toe? trapezoidal channel for a flow of 2300 Q
a. 78 452 lb -ft ft3/s. The bottom width of channel is 1500 ft 4000 ft 1000 ft d
b. 45 256 lb-ft 12 ft with side slope of 2 horizontal to 5 cm ∅
A 24-in φ B 12-in φ C 18-in φ D
c.167 400 lb -ft 1 vertical.
d. 52 000 lb - ft a. 6.345 ft 5000 ft
b. 7.155 ft c P 80 m

21. Which of the following gives the c. 8.456 ft Figure H02-1

factor of safety against overturning? d. 9.234 ft 10 m
a. 1.89 2m
b. 2.56 PROBLEM #26:
c. 4.52 A steel pipe having a diameter of 40 m
d. 3.22 80 cm and a thickness of 8 mm carries Figure H02-5
water under a static head of 60 cm. 8m
PROBLEM #22: Compute the stress in the steel. 6m
o
A 2m x 2m gate is inclined 45 from a. 20 000 kg/m2
the horizontal. The upper portion of b. 30 000 kg/m2 1.5 m
2 H2O
the gate is 1.5 m below the water c. 35 000 kg/m
surface. Compute the hydrostatic d. 25 000 kg/m2 4m
force on the gate. Figure H02-2 sand
6m
a. 56.61 kN
b. 86.61 kN PROBLEM #27:
c. 78.23 kN A rectangular weir having length of
d. 45.23 kN one meter is constructed at one side 0.25 mm φ 15 mm φ
Figure S02-6
of a large tank with cross section of 20
PROBLEM #23: m x 20 m and a height of 10 m. If the F
An open channel having a slope of initial head is 1 m, determine the time 2 ft of fill
0.0065 is used to carry 1 m3/s of it takes to discharge 72 m3 of water.
water. Find the depth for a most Use Francis Formula. L1=20 mm L2 = 40 mm
efficient triangular section. n = a. 65.35 s Figure H02-3
0.013. b. 45.35 s
a. 0.654 m 18 ft
c. 60.50 s
b. 0.546 m d. 70.35 s γ = 110 lb/ft3
c. 0.845 m
d. 0.723 m ground water table
2ft

PROBLEM #24: γdry = 116 lb/ft3

Sand ∂sat = 135 lb/ft3 4 ft 2 ft 6 ft
For the open tank with piezometers 50 ft
attached on one side as shown in Figure S02-7
figure H02-8. Find the difference in
γsat = 120 lb/ft3
elevations of the liquid surfaces in the 25 ft A
clay
piezometers A and B.
2.5 m B
a. 0.625 m s = 0.75
Figure S02-4 0.25
b. 0.845 m
2m
c. 0.146 m
2.5 m s =1.0
d. 0.378 m

2m s =1.5

Figure S02-8
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ANSWER KEY:

1. B 11. C 21. D
2. B 12. B 22. B
3. A 13. D 23. A
4. D 14. A 24. A
5. C 15. C 25. B
6. A 16. B 26. B
7. B 17. C 27. B
8. A 18. A 28.
9 C 19. A 29.
10. A 20. D 30.