Hge Exam 1
Hge Exam 1
Hge Exam 1
PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION IN a. does not coincide with the center of mass of the
HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL displace fluid
ENGINEERING b. G coincide with the center of mass of the displaced
fluid
PART I. HYDRAULICS c. lies above G
1. At two points 1 and 2 in a pipeline the velocities d. lies below G
are V and 2V, respectively. Both the points are at 6. Find the width in m of the channel at the back of a
the same elevation. The fluid density is ρ. The suppressed weir using the following data: H =
flow can be assumed to be in compressible, 28.5cm; d = 2.485m; Q = 0.84 cu.m/sec. Consider
inviscid, steady and irrotational. The difference in the velocity of approach and use the Francis
pressures P1 and P2 at points 1 and 2 is. formula
a. 0.5ρV^2 a. 2.01 m
b. 1.5ρV^2 b. 3.0 m
c. 2ρV^2 c. 1.75 m
d. 3ρV^2 d. 4.2 m
7. A composite non prismatic 6 – m high cylindrical
Situation 1. The river at flood stage shown has an tank has a frustum of a cone at the bottom with the
average slope of 0.001. For the main channel n=0.030 upper base diameter 3 m, 1.5 – m -diameter at the
and for the flood plain n=0.040. Area of abcm is 300 bottom, and 5 m high. The bottom contains 150-
m2, area of mcde is 90 m2, wetted perimeter of abc is mm-diameter sharp edged orifice with coefficient
60 m and cde is 100 m. of discharge of 0.65. If fully filled to the top,
determine the time to empty the tank.
a. 589.5 s
b. 621.3 s
c. 408.8 s
d. 638.1 s
8. An open rectangular tank mounted on a truck is 4
2. Compute the discharge when the flow on the flood m long, 2 m wide and 1 point 3 m high is filled
plain is 0.86 m. with water to a depth of 2.5 m. If it is accelerated
a. 382.55 at 8 m/s^2, determine the volume of water spilled
b. 256.78 a. 8.96 cu. m
c. 125.99 b. 6.98 cu. m
d. 435.80 c. 8.69 cu. m
3. Compute the false discharge obtained by applying d. 9.86 cu. m
the same formula directly to the entire cross 9. Compute the speed in rpm of a 1 m diameter and 3
section using the equivalent value of n. m high cylinder full 1 point of water which is
a. 610.49 rotated about its vertical axis until 75% of its
b. 558.34 volume is spilled out.
c. 467.90 a. 207.22 rpm
d. 390.4 b. 210.34 rpm
4. Compute the percentage of error using the false c. 231.14 rpm
discharge computation. d. 209.56 rpm
a. 37.34% 10. Is a proportionality constant used to determine the
b. 24.67 flow velocity of water through soils.
c. 33.34 a. Seepage Velocity
d. 45 b. Hydraulic Conductivity
c. Hydraulic Gradient
5. For a body completely submerged in a fluid, the d. Seepage Flow
center of gravity(G) and center of Buoyancy (O)
are known. The body is considered to be in stable
equilibrium if
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a. 6.47 m/s
b. 6.35 m/s
c. 5.42 m/s
d. 4.24 m/s
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d. 2.67
Situation 4. A wooden storage vat full of oil (sg= 0.80) Situation 6. The tank is shown in Figure C.
is in the shape of a frustum of a cone 2 m diameter at
the top, 4 m diameter at the bottom, and 3 m high. The
vat is provided with two steel hoops, one at the top and
one at the bottom.
15. Which of the following most nearly gives the
hydrostatic force on the side of the vat?
a. 108.24 kN
b. 70.63 kN
c. 117.72 kN
d. 94.18 kN
16. Which of the following most nearly gives the
21. Which of the following most nearly gives the
distance of the hydrostatic force from the bottom
hydrostatic force acting in liquid 1?
of the vat?
a. 274.68 kN
a. 0.90 m
b. 247.86 kN
b. 1.00 m
c. b.472.68 kN
c. 0.80 m
d. 427.86 kN
d. 0.75 m 22. Which of the following most nearly gives the
17. Which of the following most nearly gives the force hydrostatic force acting in liquid 2?
in the bottom hoop? a. 705.456 kN
a. 41.20 kN
b. 750.465 kN
b. 35.16 kN
c. 349.78 kN
c. 17.66 kN
d. 427.86 kN
d. 20 kN
23. Which of the following most nearly gives the
hydrostatic force acting in liquid 3?
Situation 5. A rectangular barge has dimension of 30
a. 1758.24 kN
m long, 10 m wide and 3 m depth. It weighs 4500kN
b. 247.86 kN
when loaded, with its center of gravity along the
c. 472.68 kN
vertical axis is 4 m from the bottom of the barge. The
d. 1785.42 kN
barge is floating in seawater having a specific gravity
24. Which of the following most nearly gives the
of 1.01.
location of the total hydrostatic force from the
18. Determine the draft of the barge in seawater.
bottom of the tank?
a. 1.513 m
a. 4.56 m
b. 2.27
b. 3.36 m
c. 1.265
c. 5.46 m
d. 1.48
d. 6.63 m
19. Determine the metacentric height of the barge due
25. The type of flow where flow rate does not change
to rolling.
over time.
a. 1.513
b. 2.27 a. Continuous flow
c. 46.4 b. Laminar flow
d. 2.67 c. Steady flow
20. Determine the metacentric height of the barge due d. Uniform flow
to pitching.
a. 1.513 PART II. GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
b. 2.27
c. 46.4 Situation 1. An earth dam requires 1 million cubic
meters of soil compacted to a void ratio of 0.80. In the
vicinity of the proposed dam, four borrow pits were
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