PROBLEM SET

HYDRAULICS

1. A cylindrical tank with its axis vertical is 3.60m high 11. The open railcar is used to
and 0.90m diameter. It is held together by two steel transport water up the 20°
hoops, one at the top and the other at the bottom. Three incline. When the car is at rest,
liquids A, B and C having specific gravities 1.0, 2.0 and the water level is as shown.
3.0 respectively fill the tank, each having a depth of Determine the maximum
1.20m, the upper liquid being exposed to atmospheric acceleration the car can have
pressure. Find the total hydrostatic force and the tensile when it is pulled up the incline
stress in the hoops whose cross sections are both so that no water will spill out.
1,250mm2. A. 7.56 ft/s2 B. 8 ft/s2 C. 7.02 ft/s2 D. 7.63 ft/s2
A. 89KN C. 80KN
B. 71.35KN D. 86.14KN 12. The cylindrical container has
a height of 3 ft and a diameter of
2. Tensile stress in the upper hoop: 2 ft. If it is filled with water
A. 8.57MPa C. 15.31MPa through the hole in its center,
B. 10.17MPa D. 9.73MPa determine the maximum
pressure the water exerts on the
3. Tensile stress in the lower loop: container when it undergoes the
A. 25.43MPa C. 30.72MPa motion shown.
B 22.86MPa D. 18.36MPa A. 3.52 psi C. 3.01 psi
B. 4.11 psi D. 3.33 psi
4. A trapezoidal flume of most efficient proportion has a
base width of 1.5m. Its full discharge is 3cu.m/sec. If the
same material were used for the most efficient
rectangular section, by how much would the discharge Three pipes A, B and C are connected in parallel. If the
decrease in cu.m/sec. combined discharged of the 3 pipes is equal to 0.61
A. 0.57 B. 0.64 C. 0.70 D. 0.68 m3/s, and assuming they have equal values of friction
factor “f”, compute the following using the tabulated data
5. Find the width in m of the channel at the back of a shown.
suppressed weir using the following data: H = 28.5cm; d PIPELINE LENGTH DIAM.
= 2.485m; Q = 0.84 cu.m/sec. Consider the velocity of A 600 m. 150 m.
approach and use the Francis formula. B 480 m. 200 m.
A. 4m B. 3.5m C. 3.0m D. 2.5m C 750 m. 100 m.

The tide gate opens 13. Compute the rate of flow of pipeline A in li/sec.
automatically when the A. 170.36 B. 168.5 C. 187.36 D. 176.78
tide water at B subsides,
allowing the marsh at A 14. Compute the rate of flow of pipeline B in li/sec.
to drain. For the water A. 300.1 B. 354.08 C. 360.87 D. 386.73
level h = 4 m, determine
the horizontal reaction 15. Compute the rate of flow of pipeline C in li/sec.
at the smooth stop C. A. 60.82 B. 54.77 C. 57.02 D. 62.83
The gate has a width of
2 m. A hollow cylinder 1.1m. in diameter and 2.4m. long
weights 3825 N.
6. FC = ? 16. How many kN of lead weighing 110 kN/m 3 must be
A. 25.3KN B. 24.38KN C. 20.14KN D. 23.9KN fastened to the outside bottom to make the cylinder float
vertically with 1.9m. submerged in fresh water?
7. At what height h will the gate be on the verge of A. 16.23 B. 15.244 C. 15.85 D. 16.08
opening?
A. 4 m B. 3.8 m C. 3.5 m D. 3.8 m 17. How many kN of lead weighing 110 kN/m 3 must be
placed inside the cylinder to make the cylinder float
8. An infusion pump vertically with 1.90m. submerged in fresh water?
produces pressure A. 14.85 B. 13.22 C. 14.03 D. 13.89
within the syringe
that gives the 18. What additional load must be placed inside the
plunger A a velocity cylinder to make the top of the cylinder flush with the
of 20 mm/s. If the water surface?
saline fluid has a density of ρ = 1050 kg/m 3, determine A. 4.66 B. 5.00 C. 4.88 D. 5.11
the pressure developed in the syringe at B.
A. 647 KPa B. 631 KPa C. 538 KPa D. 582KPa A vertical tank having a horizontal cross-sectional area of
0.4 square meter has 0.0003m2 orifice at its bottom. The
9. Water is drawn into initial head on the orifice is h1 = 1.2m. It takes 312
the pump, such that the second for the water level to drop from 1.2m to 0.6m.
pressure at A is -6 lb/in2 19. What is the coefficient of discharge?
and the pressure at B is A. 0.65 B. 0.62 C. 0.68 D. 0.72
20 lb/in2, If the
volumetric flow at B is 4 20. If C = 0.6, how long will it take for the water level to
ft3/s, determine the drop from 1.2m to 0.8m?
power output of the pump. The pipe has a diameter of 4 A. 202 s B. 256 s C. 185 s D. 231 s
in. Take h = 5 ft and ρ = 1.94 slug/ft3.
A. 25.9 HP C. 59.2 HP 21. If C = 0.6, what is the head on the orifice after 240?
B. 52.9 HP D. 29.5 HP A. 0.52 m B. 0.43 m C. 0.85 m D. 0.73 m
10. The jet of a horizontal nozzle strikes a vertical plate
with a force equal to 7000N. If the discharge flowing at
the nozzle is 0.12 m3/s. Compute the diameter of the jet.
A. 51mm B. 55mm C. 48mm D. 57mm