HGE - QUIZ 4 7.

A tank contains two liquids having

a sp. gr. of 0.6 and 1.0 respectively.
SITUATION 1: An open cylindrical tank An object having a weight of 0.50 kN
1.0 m diameter and 2.5 m high is 3/5 (sp. gr. = 0.8) is placed in the
full of water. If the tank is rotated container and is submerged such that
about its vertical axis, what speed a portion of the object is above the
should it have, in rpm, so that interface of the two liquids.
Determine the volume of the object
1. The water could just reach the top above the interface of the two liquids.
of the tank without water being A. 0.0125 m3 C. 0.0318 m3
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spilled out. B. 0.0239 m D. 0.0211 m3
A. 59.82 C. 6.26
B. 119.64 D. 12.53 8. A barge weighing 350 kN when empty
is 6 m wide, 15 m long and 3 m high.
2. The depth of water at the center of Floating upright, evaluate the draft
the cylinder base is zero. of the barge in meters when
A. 133.76 C. 14.00 transporting 5500 bags of cement along
B. 94.58 D. 28.00 a river, each bag having a mass of 40
kg. Assume the specific gravity of the
3. There is no water at the bottom water in the river to be 1.02.
within a distance of 20 cm from the A. 2.57 m C. 2.27 m
vertical axis. B. 2.79 m D. 2.95 m
A. 15.28 C. 133.76
B. 30.56 D. 145.94 9. A ship having a displacement of
24000 tons and a draft of 10.5 m in
SITUATION 2: A concrete dam of the ocean enters a harbor of fresh
trapezoidal cross-section is shown water. If horizontal cross-section of
with T = 1 m, B = 4.30 m, H = 9m, and the ship at the water line is 3000
h = 6 m. The weight of concrete is 24 square meters, what depth of fresh
kN/m3. For the given conditions, water is required to float the ship?
evaluate: Assume a marine tone is 1000 kg and
that seawater and freshwater weighs
10.5 kN/m3 and 9.81 kN/m3,
respectively.
A. 10.73 m C. 12.11 m
B. 11.03 m D. 9.53 m

SITUATION 3: The flow rate for the

pipe system shown is 0.050 m3/s with a
total head loss of 12 m. Use C = 120
for all pipes.

4. The total hydrostatic force on the

dam in kN per meter length.
A. 177 kN C. 265 kN
B. 353 kN D. 89 kN

5. The resisting moment of the dam to Pipe Length Diameter

overturning, in kN-m, per meter length 1 400 m 200 mm
of the dam. 2 500 m 180 mm
A. 1830 kN-m C. 1476 kN-m 3 300 m
B. 1605 kN-m D. 353 kN-m 4 620 m 250 mm

6. Factor of safety against sliding if 10. Which of the following most nearly
the coefficient of friction between gives the head loss in pipe 2?
the supporting ground and concrete is A. 5.56 m C. 2.81 m
0.50 and the water level on the B. 3.71 m D. 1.62 m
downstream side is 2 m.
A. 1.52 C. 1.64 11. Which of the following most nearly
B. 2.03 D. 1.85 gives the flow in pipe 3?
A. 0.0278 m3/s C. 0.0451 m3/s B. 32.9 m D. 45.2 m
B. 0.0124 m3/s D. 0.0208 m3/s
16. Compute the pressure head at 2.
12. Which of the following most nearly A. -4.25 m C. -6.31 m
gives the diameter of pipe 3? B. 4.25 m D. 6.31 m
A. 129.73 mm C. 176.54 mm
B. 158.12 mm D. 212.15 mm SITUATION 5: A 1,200 mm diameter
concrete pipe 1,800 m long carries
13. If the head loss from section 1 to 1.35 m3/s from reservoir A, whose
section 2 in the pipe system shown is water surface is at elevation 50 m,
2.1 m and the head loss from section and discharges into two concrete pipes,
2 to 3 is 4.9 m. If the velocity of each 1,350 m long and 750 mm in
flow at 1 is 1.8 m/s and the pressure diameter. One of the 750 mm diameter
is 180 kPa, find the pressure at point pipe discharges into reservoir B in
3. which the water surface is at
elevation 44 m. Assume f = 0.02 for
all pipes.

17. Calculate the head loss in 1200 mm

diameter pipe.
A. 2.18 m C. 1.28 m
B. 6.12 m D. 8.12 m

18. Determine the discharge in the 750

mm diameter pipe in liters/sec.
A. 465.3 C. 333.8
B. 637.5 D. 542.7

19. Determine the elevation of the

A. 141.09 kPa C. 217.28 kPa water surface of reservoir C into
B. 194.61 kPa D. 144.03 kPa which the other 750 mm diameter pipe
is flowing.
SITUATION 4: The 600 mm diameter pipe A. 47.6 m C. 31.90 m
shown conducts water from reservoir A B. 56.5 m D. 43.05 m
to a pressure turbine which discharges
through another 600 mm diameter pipe 20. Which of the following is the
into the tail-race at B. The loss of correct relation between centroid
head from A to 1 is 5 times the (cg) and the center of pressure (cp)
velocity head in the pipe and the loss of a plane submerged in a liquid?
of head from 2 to B is 0.2 times the A. cg is always below cp
velocity head in the pipe. If the B. cp is always below cg
discharge is 700 liters/s. C. cg is either at cp or below it
D. cp is either at cg or below it

21. After his class, Roland felt

hungry and decided to try some street
food as his snack. He bought 3 fish
balls on a stick and when he dipped
the food into the sauce, one fish ball
fell. If 2/3 of the volume of the fish
ball is submerged in the sauce, what
is its specific gravity given that
specific gravity of the sauce is 1.15?
A. 0.67 C. 0.87
14. Compute the hp given up by the B. 0.77 D. 0.97
water to the turbine.
A. 453.7 hp C. 537.4 hp 22. An open can of water is subjected
B. 691.5 hp D. 332.6 hp to an upward acceleration of 4.50 m/s2.
What is the pressure at a depth of
15. Compute the pressure head at 1. 1.50 m?
A. 16.3 m C. 54.1 m A. 24.61 kPa C. 21.46 kPa
B. 7.965 kPa D. 25.03 kPa

SITUATION 6: A closed cylindrical tank

is 2.4 m in diameter and 7.5 m long is
completely filled with gasoline (sg =
0.90). The tank, with its long axis
horizontal, is pulled by a truck along
a horizontal surface.

23. Determine the pressure difference

between the ends (along the long axis
of the tank) when the truck undergoes
an acceleration of 1.5 m/s2.
A. 20.71 kPa C. 10.12 kPa
B. 10.59 kPa D. 21.19 kPa

24. Determine the force on the front

wall.
A. 47.9 kN C. 141.6 kN
B. 93.7 kN D. 118.7 kN

25. Determine the force on the rear

wall.
A. 47.9 kN C. 141.6 kN
B. 93.7 kN D. 118.7 kN

ANSWER KEY:
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. B
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. C
13. D
14. C
15. C
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. D
20. D
21. B
22. C
23. C
24. A
25. B