EERC

MANILA – BAGUIO - LEGAZPI

First Pre-board Examination
Saturday, September 14, 2024 1 pm. — 5:00 p.m.

HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one
answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK.

NOTE: A times B is represented by A × B or A*B. A raised to the power n is expressed as

A^n. All problems are 1 point each.

SITUATION 1: Determine the rate of flow, in m3/sec, into or out of each reservoir in the
pipe system shown in the figure. Elevation shows are in meters. For the pipes, the
roughness coefficient is n = 0.013.

Pipeline Length(m) Diameter(mm)

1 1120 300
2 900 200
3 1500 150

1. Determine the rate of flow into or out of the reservoir of lowest elevation.
a. 0.0144 c. 0.0118
b. 0.0209 d. 0.0163

2. Determine the rate of flow into or out of the reservoir of intermediate elevation.
a. 0.0253 c. 0.0296
b. 0.0194 d. 0.0228

3. Determine the rate of flow into or out of the reservoir of the highest elevation.
a. 0.0351 c. 0.0462
b. 0.0372 d. 0.0403

4. A rectangular scow 9 m wide, 15 m long, and 3.60 m high has a draft in seawater of
2.40 m. Its center of gravity is 2.70 m above the bottom of the scow. Which of the
following most nearly gives the initial metacentric height?
a. 1.41 m c. 1.25 m
b. 1.31 m d. 1.32 m

5. An oil of sp.gr. of 0.95 flows at 200 liters/sec. through a 500 m. of 200 mm diameter
pipe (f = 0.0225). Evaluate the pressure drop in kPa if the pipe slopes at 10 ̊ in
the direction of flow.
a. 86.82 c. 29.38
b. 274 d. 116.2

SITUATION 2. A cylindrical tank 2 m in diameter and 4 m long, with its axis horizontal,
is half filled with water and half filled with oil of density 880 kg-m3. Determine the
magnitude and position of the net hydrostatic force on one end of the tank.

6. Determine the magnitude of the hydrostatic force.

a. 27.9 kN c. 24.5 kN
b. 20.1 kN d. 16.1 kN

7. Determine the location of the force from the top.

a. 1.34 m c. 1.14 m
b. 1.26 m d. 1.42 m

8. If the tank is positioned vertically, determine the force acting on the

bottom.
a. 125.40 kN c. 115.88 kN
b. 155.32 kN d. 109.52 kN

9. A cohesive soil deposit is considered soft if the unconfined compression strength in

kPa is between:
a. 0 to 24 c. 48 to 96
b. 24 to 48 d. 96 to 192

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10. A rectangular tank of internal width 7 m, partitioned as shown, contains oil and
water. Assume unit weight is 9.79 kN/m3. If a 900 N block of wood is floated in oil,
what is the rise in the free surface of the water in contact with air?

a. 6.25 mm c. 10.21 mm
b. 8.54 mm d. 2.34 mm

SITUATION 3. A soil profile consists of dry sand and clay being the latter as the bottom
layer. The groundwater table is initially located at the interface of the two soils. The
sand has e = 0.65. Gs= 2.66 and H= 3 m while the clay has e = 0.90. Gs = 2.75, H = 11m,
LI = 42.4% and PL 20%.

11. Determine the compression index

a. 0.43 c. 0.51
b. 0.36 d. 0.22

12. Determine the effective stress increase with the water table lowered by 5 m.
a. 25.8 kPa c. 93.3 kPa
b. 63.9 kPa d. 30.7 kPa

13. Determine the settlement.

a. 248.8 mm c. 409.6 mm
b. 457.8 mm d. 213.4 mm

14. A cylindrical bucket 200mm in diameter and 300 mm high is 2/3 full of water. It is
swung in a vertical plane so that the bottom of the bucket describes a radius of 1 m.
How fast should the bucket be rotated in rpm so that no water is spilled? Neglect the
weight of the bucket.
a. 19.81 c. 31.52
b. 189.17 d. 3.30

15. In order to provide water from a nearby spring, a triangular flume of efficient
cross-section was provided on a slope of 0.21%. Assuming the roughness coefficient of
the channel to be n = 0.018. Calculate the depth of flow in meters of the water in
the flume if it is discharging at the rate of 2 m3/s.
a. 1.05 m c. 1.33 m
b. 1.18 m d. 1.27 m

16. A spherical balloon 6 m in diameter is filled with gas weighing 5 N/m3 in air, what
is the maximum load in N excluding its own weight that the balloon can lift?
a. 1357 c. 792
b. 565 d. 1923

SITUATION 4: Following are the result of two direct shear test on a normally consolidated
clay:
Diameter of specimen = 50 mm

Test No. Normal Force P(N) Shear Force at Failure, V

(N)
1 265 130
2 410 185

Evaluate the following:

17. The angle of internal friction in degrees.

a. 28.5 ` c. 20.8
b. 30.6 d. 22.4

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18. The cohesion of the soil in kPa.

a. 18.54 ` c. 16.32
b. 10.24 d. 15.02

19. What normal force, in N, will cause failure when the shear force is 124 N?
a. 249.2 ` c. 217.5
b. 126.9 d. 187.4

20. The perimeter in a falling head permeability test setup involves a cylindrical soil
sample 5 cm in diameter and a height of 0.2 m. The hydraulic head in the 10 mm diameter
standpipe through which test water passed dropped from 900 to 600 mm in one minute of
observation. Evaluate the coefficient of permeability of the soil sample in cm/ sec.
a. 0.0541 c. 0.00541
b. 0.000541 d. 0.0000541

21. Evaluate the kinetic energy of a unit weight of water, in meters, flowing at 10
m/sec.
a. 0.721 c. 0.815
b. 0.439 d. 0.534

SITUATION 5: The flow of water through the pipe system shown is 0.050 m3/s under a total
head loss of 9 m.

22. Assuming C = 120 for all pipes, determine the diameter of pipe C in mm rounded to
the nearest hundredth.
a. 183.26 mm c. 166.41 mm
b. 171.25 mm d. 151.90 mm

23. Calculate the diameter of an equivalent pipe having a total length of 800 m and f
= 0.021.
a. 162.21 mm c. 188.90 mm
b. 175.83 mm d. 207.59 mm

24. A cubic of water is subjected to a pressure increase of 20 MPa. If the bulk modulus
of elasticity of the water is 2200 MPa, evaluate the change in volume in m3.
a. 0.0136 c. 0.0178
b. 0.0146 d. 0.00909

25. A soil sample is placed on a mixing dish and 15-20 ml of distilled water is added,
then stirred, kneaded, and chopped with a spatula. An additional (1-3ml) water is
added and the same procedure is undertaken. This procedure is used to determine the
______.
a. Plastic Limit c. Liquidity Index
b. Shrinkage Limit d. Liquid Limit

SITUATION 6. A rectangular footing, 3 m x 4 m in plan, is founded 1.2 m below the

ground surface for which the bulk unit weight of the soil is 20 kN/m3, the cohesion
strength is 10 kPa, and the angle of internal friction is 20°. Under the condition of
general shear failure, evaluate the contribution of the following to the ultimate
bearing capacity, in kPa:

The ground water table is at a level that does not affect the unit weight of the soil.
Use Terzaghi's bearing capacity factors.

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26. Cohesion strength (kPa)

a. 259 c. 287
b. 230 d. 235

27. Soil overburden (kPa)

a. 185 c. 259
b. 247 d. 179

28. Footing dimension (kPa).

a. 55 c. 92.8
b. 87.4 d. 68

29. Two reservoirs A and B have elevations of 250 m and 100 m respectively. It is
connected by a pipe having a diameter of 25 mm ø and a length of 100 m. A turbine is
installed at a point in between reservoirs A and B. If C = 120, compute the power, in
kW, generated by the turbine if the discharge flowing in the pipe is 150 liters/sec.
a. 169 c. 215
b. 192 d. 244

SITUATION 7. After 24 hours of pumping at 50 liters/sec, the water level in an observation

well at a distance of 100 m from the test well is lowered by 0.5 m. At another observation
well located from the test well, the water level dropped by 1.0 m.

30. Estimate the rate of flow in cubic meters per day.

a. 4320 c. 4890
b. 4560 d. 5130

31. Evaluate the coefficient of permeability of the aquifer in meters per day.
a. 44.5 c. 36.3
b. 20.1 d. 58.3

32. Compute the transmissibility of the aquifer in square meters per day.
a. 1140 c. 953
b. 1080 d. 1260

SITUATION 8. The crest gate shown consists of a cylindrical surface of which AB is the
base, supported by a structural frame hinged at C. The length of the gate perpendicular
to the paper is 10 m.

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33. Compute the vertical force component of hydrostatic force.

a. 447.7 kN c. 444.7 kN
b. 587.4 kN d. 358.7 kN

34. Compute the horizontal force component of hydrostatic force.

a. 1287.9 kN c. 1456.2 kN
b. 1324.4 kN d. 1054.8 kN

35. Obtain the location (from point C) of the vertical component of the hydrostatic
force.
a. 5.16 m c. 5.36 m
b. 5.48 m d. 5.64 m

SITUATION 9. A right circular cylinder having a diameter of 1.0 m and weighing 900N is
held in position by an anchor block such that 0.3 m of the cylinder is below the surface
of the water with its axis vertical. The anchor block has a volume of 0.50 cubic meters
and weighs 24 kN per cubic meter in air. Assume seawater to have a specific gravity of
1.03. Neglecting the weight and volume of the cable.

36. Evaluate the buoyant force on the cylinder for the position described, in kN.
a. 2.38 c. 4.25
b. 2.95 d. 2.15

37. Evaluate the tensile force in the wire for the given draft of the cylinder, in kN.
a. 3.25 ` c. 1.95
b. 3.95 d. 1.48

38. Evaluate the rise in tide that will lift the anchor from the bottom of the sea, in
meter(s).
a. 0.425 c. 0.275
b. 0.387 d. 0.198

SITUATION 10. At a certain elevation above sea level, a mercury barometer read 700 mm,

39. What would be the corresponding reading of a water barometer in mm?

a. 8240 c. 6700
b. 7650 d. 9520

40. Evaluate the atmospheric pressure in kPa at that level.

a. 88.8 c. 90.5
b. 87.6 d. 93.4

41. What is the approximate elevation in meters above sea level, assuming normal
atmospheric conditions? (Neglect vapor pressure. Air weighs 12N/m3)
a. 6850 c. 6870
b. 8210 d. 7780

Situation 11. – A cut slope was excavated in saturated clay as shown in the figure. The
soil has a unit weight of 17 kN/cu.-m and an undrained shear strength cu = 20 kPa. The
slope makes an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal. Assume stability number m = 0.185.
Slope failure occurs along the plane AC with BC = 8 m.

42. Which of the following most nearly gives the stability factor?
a. 5.92 c. 6.50
b. 5.41 d. 6.31

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43. How of the following most nearly gives the maximum depth up to which the cut could
be made?
a. 5.99 m c. 7.21 m
b. 6.82 m d. 6.36 m

44. Which of the following most nearly gives the angle (degrees) that the failure
plane makes with the horizontal?
a. 28.58 c. 29.74
b. 30.65 d. 27.60

45. A vertical water thru a nozzle supports a load of 150 N at a height of 8 m above
the nozzle tip. The diameter of the jet at the nozzle is 3 cm. Determine the velocity
at the tip of the nozzle.
a. 13.1 m/s c. 19.8 m/s
b. 15.3 m/s d. 17.5 m/s

46. Select the size of the orifice that permits a tank of horizontal cross-section 2.0
m2 to have the liquid surface drawn down at the rate of 140mm/s for 3.50 m head on
the orifice (Cd = O. 65).
a. 228 c. 304
b. 257 d. 325

47. The pressure exerted onto a liquid is transmitted equally and undiminished to all
portions of the liquid. This principle in fluid mechanics is known as ________.
a. Bernoulli c. Pascal
b. Archimedes d. Boyles

SITUATION 12. A retaining wall 12 m high has a horizontal backfill on its vertical face
to its base. Under normal conditions, the backfill has a water content of 10 % and a void
ratio of 0.50. The specific gravity of the soil grains is 2.50 and the angle of internal
friction is 20 deg. Using Rankine's theory of lateral earth pressure.

48. Evaluate the total horizontal lateral force per meter with of wall, in kN, due to
the water.
a. 600 c. 810
b. 520 d. 706

49. Evaluate the total horizontal lateral force per meter width of the wall, in kN, due
to the soil.
a. 289 c. 220
b. 250 d. 235

50. How many times would the horizontal lateral force be increased if the backfill is
fully saturated with rain water?
a. 1.54 c. 1.65
b. 1.36 d. 1.06

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