BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY
City Of Balanga, Bataan
College Of Engineering and Architecture
Civil Engineering Department
CE Correlation Course
Module: Fluid Mechanics 2
ANALYSIS OF HYDRAULIC DAMS
SIT O. A concrete dam retaining water is shown in the figure. There is a hydrostatic uplift that varies uniformly from
full hydrostatic head at the heel of the dam to zero at the toe. If the specific weight of concrete is 23.5 kN/m 3,
determine the following:
A. Resultant vertical force acting on the dam
B. Hydrostatic force acting on the retaining side of the dam
C. Factor of safety against sliding, μ = 0.45
D. Factor of safety against overturning
E. Minimum and Maximum soil pressure intensity
LIQUIDS IN RIGID BODY MOTION
The fluid will move as a rigid mass with each particle having the same acceleration.
Vertical Acceleration – liquid gets heavier (up) or lighter (down)
SIT P. An open cubical tank of dimension 1 m. has oil with specific gravity of 0.80 is accelerated upward at 5 m/s2.
A. Determine the pressure at 0.20 m. from the liquid surface.
B. Determine the force at the bottom of the tank.
C. If the container is accelerated downward, determine the required acceleration to reduce the pressure at the
bottom to zero.
SIT Q. An unbalanced vertical force of 450 N downward accelerates a volume of 0.060 m3 of oil (SG = 0.88). If the oil
is 1.50 m. deep in a tank having a square base,
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BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY
City Of Balanga, Bataan
College Of Engineering and Architecture
Civil Engineering Department
A. What is the acceleration of the tank?
B. What is the pressure at the bottom of the tank?
C. What is the force acting at the bottom of the tank?
Horizontal Acceleration – liquid surface becomes inclined.
SIT R. An open tank has a square base with side 1 m contains 1.5 m of water is accelerated horizontally to the right
at 4m/s2.
A. Determine the height of the tank so that no water will be spilled.
B. If the acceleration is increased to 7m/s2, determine the volume of water spilled.
C. If the tank was closed initially and accelerated at 7m/s2, determine the hydrostatic force on the left wall.
Rotational Acceleration – liquid surface becomes parabolic.
SIT S. An open cylindrical tank having a radius of 0.30 m. and a height of 1.20 m. is filled with water at a depth of
0.90 m.
A. How fast will it be rotated about its vertical axis so that no water will spill out?
B. How fast will it be rotated about its vertical axis if half of its volume is spilled out?
C. How fast will it be rotated about its vertical axis to produce a zero pressure within 0.20 m. from the center
of the tank?
SIT T. A vertical cylindrical tank has a diameter of 0.50 m. and is 1.5 m. high and closed at the top. It contains water
to a depth of 1.2 m. The air above the water surface has a pressure of 49.05 kPa. When the tank is rotated about its
vertical axis at the rate of 200 rpm,
A. Determine the height of fluid above the top along its periphery.
B. Determine the pressure at the bottom of the tank at the center.
C. Determine the pressure at the bottom of the tank at the side (periphery).
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