Republic of the Philippines

University of San Jose - Recoletos

Cebu

BOARD OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

HYDRAULICS & GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SET A

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. Use pencil no. 2 only. NOTE: WHENEVER YOU CAN ENCOUNTER A
CARET (^) SIGN, IT MEANS EXPONENTIATION

1. Estimate the height to which water will rise in a capillary tube of 13. A ship having a displacement of 40,000metric tons enters a harbor of
diameter 3mm. Use σ = 0.0728 N/m and γ = 9810 N/m3 for water. fresh water. The ship captain recorded a draft of 9.7 m while the ship
A. 3.0mm B. 4.5mm C. 9.9mm D. 8.1mm was still in seawater (specific gravity = 1.03). Obtain the draft, in
meters, of the ship in fresh water if the horizontal section of the ship
2. An iceberg having specific gravity of 0.92 is floating on salt water of below the waterline is 4500m2 in both instances.
sp. gr. 1.03. If the volume of ice above the water surface is 1000 cu. A. 8.82m B. 9.57m C. 9.96m D. 8.77m
m., what is the total volume of the ice?
A. 9364m3 B. 5831m3 C. 8871m3 D. 7763m3 14. What is the stability factor? If the stability number of the soil is 0.174.
A. 5.747 B. 5.832 C. 5.776 D. 5.876
3. A block of wood 0.20 m thick is floating in sea water. The specific
gravity of wood is 0.65 while that of seawater is 1.03. Find the 15. Type of footing: Square
minimum area of a block which will support a man weighing 80 kg. Footing dimension and properties:
A. 1.42m3 B. 1.05m3 C. 1.42m2 D. 1.05m2 B = 4m
Df = 2.5 m
4. A stone weighs 460 N in air. When submerged in water, it weighs 300 γ = 18.5 kN/m3
N. Find the volume of the stone. φ = 5ᵒ
A. 0.011m3 B. 0.016m3 C. 0.002m3 D. 0.001m3 c = 4 kPa
What is the ultimate bearing capacity of soil?
5. Pile group: A. 116.1 B. 142.3 C. 187.3 D. 141.1
Pile size: 300 mm ⨯ 300 mm
Pile length = 20 m 16. For a normally consolidated clay layer in the field, the following
Total load, Q = 12 MN values are given:
Efficiency = 82% Thickness, H = 4.5 m
Unconfined compression strength, qu = 120kPa
Natural void ratio = 0.98
Adhesion factor = 1
What is the required number of pile? Compression index, Cc = 0.28
A. 10 B. 11 C. 9 D. 8 Average effective pressure in the layers is 150 kPa
Estimate the primary consolidation settlement of the layer caused by
6. At what temperature (ᵒC) at which liquid water has the highest an increase in pressure of 50 kPa.
density? A. 68mm B. 73mm C. 80mm D. 85mm
A. 0 B. 32 C. 100 D. 4
17. A 15 – mm thick soil sample has a void ratio of 1.75. If its void ratio is
7. Obtain the Rankines active pressure coefficient of a soil mass whose decreased to one – half, what would be its new thickness?
angle of friction φ is 10ᵒ. A. 10.23 mm B. 4.77 mm C. 4.36 mm D. 8.52 mm
A. 0.704 B. 0.76 C. 0.85 D. 0.42
18. If the specific volume of a certain gas is 0.7848 m3/kg, what is its
8. An unconfined compression test was conducted on a sample of clay specific weight?
having a diameter of 30mm.The failure load was recorded at 250 N. A. 12.5kN/m3 B. 10.5kN/m3 C. 18.3kN/m3 D. 9.3kN/m3
The cohesion strength of the clay, in kPa is nearest to:
A. 177 B. 102 C. 60 D. 120 19. The specific gravity of certain oil is 1.21. Calculate the specific weight
in kN/m3.
9. Saturated silty clay encountered in a deep excavation is found to have A. 9.81 B. 11.87 C. 10.05 D. 9.79
a water content of 30%. Determine the unit weight of the lay in
kN/m3. Assume Gs = 2.65. 20. What is the pressure 87.9 m below the ocean? Use sp. gr. = 1.025 for
A. 13.79 B. 15.44 C. 19.31 D. 18.83 salt water.
A. 726.5 kPa B. 883.86 kPa C. 876.53 kPa D. 915.36 kPa
10. Given a velocity head of 5m. What will be the velocity head if the
velocity is increased to four times its original velocity? 21. A 3.42 m wide rectangular canal carries 10.4 m3/s of flow at 1.74 m/s.
A. 125m B. 64m C. 100m D. 75m What is the depth of flow?
A. 1.12m B. 1.75m C. 1.46m D. 2.36m
11. A fireman has to put out a fire but is blocked by a firewall. To reach
over the wall, he directed the water jet from the nozzle at an angle of 22. A circular gate is 1.46 m in diameter and weighs 2.9kN. The centroid
21ᵒ to the horizontal. Evaluate the velocity of the water, in m/s, of the gate is 4.75 m below the water surface. If the gate is inclined
leaving the nozzle of his hose to reach over the wall if he stands 45 67ᵒ with the horizontal, what is the total pressure acting on one side?
meters away from the wall and the wall is standing 5 m higher than A. 78.0kN B. 76.2kN C. 83.6kN D. 96.3kN
the nozzle of the hose. Neglect friction in the jet.
A. 20.27 B. 25.74 C. 30.47 D. 24.00 23. A cylindrical bucket 150 mm in diameter and 200 mm high contains
175 mm of water. A boy swings the bucket on a vertical plane so that
12. A falling head permeability test is conducted on a certain soil. the bottom of the bucket describes a circle of radius 1 m. How fast
Diameter of the standpipe = 10 mm should it be rotated so that no water will be spilled?
Diameter of the sample = 250 mm A. 28.41 rpm B. 25.17 rpm C. 27.53 rpm D. 31.13 rpm
Length = 750 mm
Initial head = 2.85 m
24. The time required for a 50% consolidation of 25 mm thick layer
Drop of head in 73 seconds = 980 mm
What is the coefficient of permeability of the soil in cm/day? (drained at both top and bottom) in the laboratory is 2 min and 20
A. 59.8 B. 67.3 C. 74.2 D. 81.9 sec. How long in days will it take for 3m thick clay layer o the same
clay in the field under the same pressure increment to reach 50%
 consolidation? In the field there is a rock layer at the bottom of the 36. What is the pressure at the bottom of the plate in kPa?
clay. A. 176.4 B. 176.4 C. 192.8 D. 187.9
A. 101.33 B. 93.33 C. 45.33 D. 74.33
Situation 3 – A 600mm pipe supplies 400 liters/sec of water from a
25. A vertical retaining wall, 6m, is supporting a cohesion-less horizontal reservoir located at elevation 96m to the treatment plant located
backfill having a bulk unit weight of 16kN/m3 and an angle of friction 8000m away at elevation 75m. A survey shows that the town’s water
of 32ᵒ. It carries a uniform surcharge of 15 kN/m2. Determine the requirement will double within few years, so that present facilities
Rankine’s active force per unit length of wall in kN/m. must be expanded. A new reservoir is proposed at elevation 93m
A. 145.33 B. 116.14 C. 174.37 D. 196.11 with a new pipe line 1200 m long which will join the existing 600mm
line 3200m below the existing reservoir. The elevation of the pipe is
26. A silty clay has a plastic limit of 25 and a plasticity index of 30. If the at this junction is 84m. A new pipeline is proposed from the junction
clay has a liquidity index of 0.20. Compute the water content of the to the treatment plant. All flow is due to gravity f = 0.02 for all pipes.
clay. 37. Determine the size of pipe for the section between the proposed
A. 42 B. 25 C. 31 D. 18 reservoir and the junction.
A. 470mm B. 550mm C. 530mm D. 610mm
27. A square footing, 5m x 5m, and is embedded 1.5m below the ground 38. Determine the elevation of the pressure head at the junction.
surface for which the bulk unit weight is 19 kN/m3. The cohesion of A. 96m B. 85.12m C. 74m D. 93m
the soil is 4 kPa and the angle of friction is 20ᵒ. Consider the condition 39. Determine the size of the pipe from the junction to the treatment
of local shear failure, in kPa, using the Terzaghi’s equation for square plant.
footing. Determine the contribution of the soil bearing capacity due A. 1088mm B. 875mm C. 974mm D. 746mm
to footing dimension in kPa.
A. 62.32 B. 190 C. 150.4 D. 44.3

Table: Bearing capacity factors of Terzaghi

(General shear)
 Nc Nq N
0 5.7 1.0 0.0
5 7.3 1.6 0.14
10 9.6 2.7 1.2
15 12.9 4.4 1.8
20 17.7 7.4 5.0
25 25.1 12.7 9.7
30 37.2 22.5 19.7
35 57.8 41.4 42.4
40 95.7 81.3 100.4
45 172.3 173.3 360.0
50 347.5 415.1 1072.8 Situation 4 – According to the elastic theory, the vertical stress induced
by a point load of magnitude Q (kN) on the surface of a semi – infinite
soil mass can be estimated by the expression
Linear interpolation allowed 0.477QN
p 
28. If the angle of failure of a sample in a triaxial test is found to be 53ᵒ, z2
determine its angle of internal friction. 1
N 2.5
A. 18ᵒ B. 16ᵒ C. 15ᵒ D. 14ᵒ 1  (r / z)2 
Where:
29. Calculate the buoyant unit weight (in kN/m3) of a soil having a void r = horizontal distance of the point from the load
ratio of 0.70 and a value of Gs of 2.72 z = depth of the point at which stress is induced
A. 9.93 B. 10.25 C. 9.26 D. 11.36
A point load Q = 1453 kN is applied at the ground surface.
30. Following are the details for the backfill material used in a vibration
project: 40. Evaluate the stress in the soil caused by the point load at a depth of
D10 = 0.36 mm 2.5 m directly below the load, in kPa.
D20 = 0.52 mm A. 114.48 B. 136.54 C. 127.94 D. 110.89
D50 = 1.42 mm 41. Evaluate the stress in the soil caused by the point load at a depth of 5
Determine the suitability number. m directly below the load, in kPa.
A. 4.79 B. 5.94 C. 7.14 D. 6.11 A. 54.88 B. 15.63 C. 27.72 D. 36.71
42. Evaluate the stress at a depth of 2.5 m and a horizontal distance of 3
m from the point load.
Situation 1 – Two pipes 1 and 2 are in series. D1 = 175 mm, L1= 125 m, f1 A. 19.6 B. 12.3 C. 11.92 D. 5.93
= 0.023; D2 = 107 mm, L2 = 149 m, f2 = 0.021. The total head lost is
67.74 m. Determine the following: Situation 5 – A trapezoidal canal cut in smooth earth (n = 0.0312) must
31. The head lost in pipe 1 in meters. transport 9m3/s of water at a depth of at most 1.5 m. The side slopes
A. 6.05 B. 22.01 C. 9.34 D. 4.93 are 2:1 and the channel slope is 0.0004.
32. The head lost in pipe 2 in meters. 43. What must be the width at the bottom?
A. 57.66 B. 60.95 C. 44.99 D. 62.81 A. 6.19m B. 6.00m C. 7.15m D. 1.46m
33. The total flow in liters/sec. 44. What is the Froude number of flow?
A. 45.9 B. 50.1 C. 58.4 D. 42.04 A. 0.201 B. 0.454 C. 0.196 D. 0.176
45. What is the boundary shearing stress in Pa?
Situation 2 – A 3.5-m square plate is immersed in water in a vertical A. 4.17 B. 4.31 C. 3.21 D. 4.19
position such that two edges of the square is horizontal. The
immersion is such that the force acting on one side of the plate is Situation 6 – A continuous dead-man is to be designed and installed near
1950kN. the ground surface as shown in figure. Unit weight of soil is 18.70
34. How far below the water surface should the upper plate be kN/m3. Angle of friction = 32ᵒ, soil cohesion = 0, h1 = 1.25m, h2 =
submerged? 4.25m, h3 = 2.0m, h4 = 0.5m, h5 = 1.5m.
A. 19.87m B. 12.54m C. 10.85m D. 14.48m Hint:
35. Determine the distance from the center of gravity of the plate to the For the capacity of anchor bolt
center of pressure, in mm.
A. 62.9mm B. 78.4mm C. 56.4mm D. 62.1mm
 1 2 57. If Q = 35 m3/s, what is the critical depth?
H (K p  K a ) A. 1.256 m B. 1.765 m C. 1.632 m D. 1.921 m
T 2
FS
H = height of the considered clay from the ground surface to the
bottom of the deadman.

46. Compute the tension on the anchor rod using a factor of safety against 4 d 4
anchor resistance failure of 1.5 in kN/m. 3 3
A. 73.49 B. 84.32 C. 81.23 D. 92.74
47. Compute the diameter (mm) of the rod if the allowable tensile stress b
is 150 MPa. Figure H07-663.2(A)2
A. 24 B. 23 C. 25 D. 22
48. Compute the value of h (m).
A. 1.84 B. 1.51 C. 1.48 D. 1.15 Situation 10 - Water flows in a trapezoidal channel at a rate of 8.5 m 3/s.
The channel has a bottom width of 3 m and side slopes of 1 vertical
to 1 horizontal. A hydraulic jump is forced to occur where the
upstream depth is 0.3 m.
58. What will be the downstream depth?
A. 1.79 m C. 1.96 m
B. 1.25 m D. 2.14 m
59. What is the Froude number before the jump?
A. 4.568 C. 5.228
B. 5.874 D. 3.256
60. What is the head loss in the jump?
A. 22.170 J/kg C. 20.458 J/kg
B. 21.745 J/kg D. 18.540 J/kg

Fig. HGE – 002 – 20177

 Situation #

Situation 7 – For the system shown in Figure H03-65-561A, the fluid

power input by the pump is constant, equal to γQHp = 25kW. Assume
constant friction factors. Given the following pipe properties:

Pipe L(m) D(m) f

1 60 0.15 0.02
2 120 0.10 0.015
3 300 0.10 0.025

Estimate the following properties in m3/s.

49. The flow in pipe 1.
A. 0.059 B. 0.063 C. 0.075 D. 0.052
50. The flow in pipe 2.
A. 0.032 B. 0.040 C. 0.036 D. 0.038
51. The flow in pipe 3.
A. 0.035 B. 0.031 C. 0.014 D. 0.023

Situation 8 – A triaxial test is conducted on a clay specimen and the

following results were obtained: cohesion = 24 kPa, angle of internal
friction = 28, shearing stress at failure plane = 75 kPa.
52. What is the maximum normal stress, in kPa?
A. 226.87 B. 220.74 C. 215.45 D. 200.89
53. What is the confining stress, in kPa?
A. 55.68 B. 50.85 C. 63.25 D. 68.74

54. What is the normal stress at failure plane, in kPa?

A. 95.92 B. 102.36 C. 90.54 D. 89.75

Situation 9 – A trapezoidal canal has the cross-section shown in Figure

H07-663.2(A)2. For this problem, b = 4 m and d = 1.8 m. The channel
is laid on a slope of 4 m per kilometer and has a roughness coefficient
n = 0.016. Use Manning’s Formula for open channel flow.
55. What is the flow on this channel on m3/s?
A. 35.63 B. 38.78 C. 44.52 D. 41.37
56. What is the flow stage?
A. back stage C. critical stage
B. upper stage D. lower stage
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