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of 3.0 cu.m/s and a depth of 2m. If the a. 15.4%
HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING side slope of the canal is 2 vertical to 1 b. 10.2%
horizontal. Compute the hydraulic c. 11.2 %
INSTRUCTION: Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer radius. d. 12.7 %
for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet a. 1.24 m
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED. Use pencil No.1 only b. 1.18 m PROBLEM #11:
c. 1.56m A rectangular tank of internal width 6
PROBLEM #1: d. 1.44 m m was partitioned as shown in the
In the soil deposit shown in the PROBLEM #4: FigureH00-2 and contains oil and
accompanying figureS00-1 the A cylindrical tank is filled with water at PROBLEM #8: water. If the oil’s specific gravity is
groundwater level was originally at the a height (H). An orifice on the vertical A cylindrical tank stands vertically on [Link] must h be?
ground surface. The water table was side of area (Aj) issues a jet against a the top of the platform. An orifice is a. 1.22 m
lowered by drainage to a depth of 20 wall , and unit weight of water (ω). Find placed at the vertical side of the tank b. 2.21 m
ft,whereupon the degree of saturation the force exerted on the wall. and located 3.2 m above the ground. If c. 1.41 m
of the sand above the lowered water ωA jH the head of water is 3.2 m above the d. 1.62 m
table decreased to 20 percent. a. center of the orifice, how long will the
Compute the vertical effective 2
pressure at the middle of the clay layer b. 2ωAjH
jet reach the ground? PROBLEM #12:
a. 0.81 second A wooden block (Gs = 1.65) 12 inches
after lowering the water table. 2ωA j b. 1.72 second
a. 4344 psf c. x 12inches and 9 inches deep floats in
gh c. 1.23 second a body of liquid which consist of 7-
b. 5300 psf d. 0.59 second
c. 6000 psf A jωH inches layer of water above a 10-
d. 3000 psf d. inches layer of mercury (Gs = 13.6)
2g PROBLEM #9: Find the depth of block submerged in
PROBLEM #5:
A triangular channel carries 4.0 cu.m/s mercury measured from the water and
PROBLEM #2: mercury interface.
of water. If the sides are sloping 60°
A spillway 38.9 ft long releases flood Water flows through a trapezoidal
from the horizontal, find the depth of a. 0.577 in.
run-off from a reservoir 46,000 m2 in channel at the rate of 8.0 cu.m/s. Find
flow. Roughness coefficient, n = b. 0.845 in.
area. The initial head is at elevation the base width for a most efficient
0.012, S = 0.0008 c. 0.967 in.
65.5 m and the permanent crest is at [Link] coefficient
a. 1.64 m d. 0.231 in.
elevation 64.0 m. If the water releases n = 0.012 and S = 0.0008.
b. 2.12 m
in 0.7 hrs, what is the final elevation of a. 2.10 m
water surface? b. 1.73 m
c. 1.41 m PROBLEM #13:
d. 1.93 m Two pipes connected in parallel
a. 64.5 m c. 2.51 m
b. 65.0 m d. 1.77 m having a total discharge of 0.05
c. 65.5 m PROBLEM #10: cu.m/s. Pipe A has length and
PROBLEM #6:
d. 66.0 m A shrinkage limit test on a clay soil diameter of 200 m and 150 mm
gave the following data: respectively. Pipe B has length of 100
A rectangular channel carries 4 cu.m/s
wt. of shrinkage dish & 38.78 g m and diameter of 200 mm. If they
PROBLEM #3: of water. It is designed to have an
have the same friction factor
optimum discharge. Compute the saturated soil cake
A jet of water released from the tip of wt. of shrinkage dish & 30.46 g f = 0.02, Compute the discharge in
nozzle is discharging at 0.23 m3/[Link] depth of flow. n = 0.012,
oven dry soil cake pipe B.
nozzle is inclined upward 30° from the S = 0.0008
a. 0.008 m3/s
horizontal. If the diameter of nozzle is a. 1.81 m wt. of shrinkage dish 10.65 g b. 0.001 m3/s
75 mm. Find the diameter of jet at b. 2.10 m 16.29 cm3
Vol. of shrinkage dish c. 0.052 m3/s
maximum height. c. 1.12 m
total vol. of oven dry soil 10.0 cm3 d. 0.037 m3/s
a. 70 mm d. 1.44 m
cake
b. 81 mm Compute the shrinkage limit. PROBLEM #14:
c. 84 mm PROBLEM #7: Hint: Assume that the total volume of
d. 86 mm What pressure is required to reduce
A trapezoidal canal having a base the dry soil cake is equal to the total the volume of water by 0.16 percent?
width of 4.0 m carries water at the rate volume at shrinkage limit.

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Bulk modulus of elasticity of water, [Link] the pressure in the pipe is 210 a. silt from gravel
E = 8250 MPa. kPa, compute the resultant thrust on b. silt from sand
a. 13.2 MPa the bend. c. silt from clay
b. 11.5 MPa a. 30 kN d. none of these
c. 14.6 MPa b. 22 kN
d. 12.4 MPa c. 15 kN
PROBLEM #15: d. 18 kN PROBLEM #22:
ANSWER KEY:
A 50 [Link] sample of moist clay was PROBLEM #19: Which of the following is not a soil
obtained by pressing a sharpened A pipeline having a diameter of 200 characteristic that can be calculated
hollow cylinder into the wall of a test mm consists 80 m cast iron pipe with 2 from shrinkage limit? 1. B 11. A 21. C
pit. The extruded sample had an initial gate valves,3-90o radius bend and one a. shrinkage ratio 2. A 12. A 22. B
weight of 85 grams and after oven- swing butterfly valve. If the velocity of b. shrinkage limit 3. B 13. D 23. C
drying a weight of 60 gram. Compute water in the pipe is 4 m/s., compute c. volumetric change 4. B 14. A 24.
the degree of saturation. Assume Gs = the total head loss using the d. volumetric ratio 5. D 15. A 25.
2.70 equivalent length. f = 0.012 6. C 16. B 26.
a. 90% PROBLEM #23: 7. B 17. B 27.
b. 65% Type of fittings (Equiv. length in 8. A 18. B 28.
Which of the following is a type of
c. 75% pipe diameter ) 9 B 19. B 29.
sewer that carries only liquid waste?
d. 85% 10. B 20. C 30.
a. clean out
Long bend 20 b. man hole
PROBLEM #16: Short bend 15 c. waste pipe
A hand-carved sample of soft Gate Valve 18 d. soil pipe
saturated clay has a volume of 100 Butterfly valve 120
[Link] and weighs 175 [Link] the 90o elbow 14
oven –dry weight is found to be 120 Medium radius 25
gram, compute the void ratio. bend
a. 0.81
b. 1.22 a. 2.51 m γsat = 135 lb/ft3 Sand 50 ft
c. 1.52 b. 5.85 m γdry = 116 lb/ft3
d. 0.51 c. 1.47 m
d. 6.91 m
PROBLEM #17: 25 ft
Clay
A rectangular tank is divided by a PROBLEM #20: γsat = 120 lb/ft3
partition. The cross sectional area of A In an undrained triaxial test on a
is 20 m2 while cross sectional of B is sample of saturated clay, the all – Figure S00-1
10 [Link] the water level in around pressure is maintained at 1.0
chamber A is 3 m above the water ton/sq ft. The unconfined compressive
surface in chamber B. Compute the strength is 3.62 tons/sqft. At what
time for the two surfaces to be at the vertical load in addition to the all-
same level after opening the installed around pressure should the sample
orifice (diameter = 100 mm) at the fail? oil
bottom of the partition. C = 0.62 h
a. 2.36 tons/[Link]
a. 23.15 mins b. 3.26 tons/[Link] 4m
b. 17.84 mins c. 3.62 tons/[Link] 3m H2O
c. 15.41 mins d. 4.63 tons/[Link]
d. 12.37 mins
PROBLEM #21:
PROBLEM #18: Shaking test is also called as dilatancy
1m 2m
Water is flowing at 0.23m3/s through a [Link] test is used to distinguish Figure H00-2
300 mm diameter 90o horizontal
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