MATHEMATICS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY, and TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

1.) Solve the initial value problem:

𝑑𝑦
= 3𝑦 𝑦(0) = 5.7
ANSWER: 𝒚 = 𝟓. 𝟕𝒆𝟑𝒙
𝑑𝑥

2.) A sound wall is to be constructed at the edge of shoulder along the inside of a horizontal curve of an
urban freeway. The inside lane is 3.8m wide with a shoulder of 1.20m. The radius of curvature measured
up to the outer edge of the shoulder is 45m. Determine the accurate sight distance of this section of the
curve with the sound wall in meters.

ANSWER: 𝑺𝑫 = 𝟑𝟒. 𝟕𝟑𝒎

2 5 1 1 0 0
3.) A = 3 1 0 B=0 1 0 ANSWER:
6 7 4 0 0 1
a.) 12 c.)
𝟐 𝟓 𝟏
a.) What is the minor of 5?
𝟑 𝟏 𝟎
b.) What is the co-factor of 2? 𝟔 𝟕 𝟒
c.) What is A x B? b.) 4

4.) A square piece of land 75m x 75m is to be leveled down 5m above elevation zero. To determine the
volume of earth to be removed by the borrow pt. method, the land is divided in 9 squares above corners
are arranged as follows with the composting elevation in meters. Find the volume of cut in m^3 by unit.

a.) 29.8 e.) 26.5 i.) 24.2 m.) 21.2

b.) 27.3 f.) 24.3 j.) 21.3 n.)18.5

c.) 25.2 g.) 26.9 k.) 22.9 o.) 17.8

d.) 28.3 h.) 23.3 l.) 20.5 p.)16.5

ANSWER : 𝑽 = 𝟏𝟎𝟑, 𝟕𝟓𝟎 𝒎𝟑

HYDRAULICS and GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

1.) A pressure gauge at elevation 12m at the side of a tank which contains liquid reads 100KPa. Another
gauge at elevation 7m reads 140KPa on the same side of the tank. Determine the specific gravity of the
fluid.

ANSWER : SG=0.815

2.) A glass cylinder 5cm internal diameter and with a screen at the bottom was used as a falling-head
permeameter. The thickness of the sample was 10cm with the water level in the tube at the start of the
test as 50cm above the tail water, it dropped by 10cm in 1m. The tail water level remaining unchanged.
Calculate the value of hydraulic conductivity in mm/s for the sample of the soil.

ANSWER : 𝑲 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟕𝟐 𝒎𝒎/𝒔

3.) Activity of Clay (A) describes the volumetric change tendencies of clay. A given soil sample has a
liquid limit LL=36.2% and a plastic limit PL=14.9%. From the sieve analysis, it shows that the percent
passing 2µm is 15%. Determine the value of A and classify the soil using the given table.

Activity A Classification

A ≤ 0.70 Inactive Clay ANSWER : 𝑨 = 𝟏. 𝟒𝟐 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒚

0.70 < A ≤ 1.20 Normal Clay

A > 1.20 Active Clay

4.)A hemispherical shell with base horizontal and uppermost is filled with water. If the radius is 2.5m,
determine the time required to empty the container through a sharp-edged 15cm diameter orifice
(c=0.60) located at the lowest point. Express the answer in seconds.

ANSWER : 𝒕 = 𝟔𝟏𝟔. 𝟗𝟓 𝒔𝒆𝒄

DESIGN and CONSTRUCTION

1.) A Class B mixture of concrete requires (6) 50kg bag cement per cubic meter of concrete. If 40kg bag
cement will be used instead, determine the number of bags that will be needed to pour a circular slab
on fill with diameter of 8.5 meters and 0.125 meters thick using Class ‘B’. Round up your answer to the
next whole number.

ANSWER : 𝑽 = 𝟓𝟒 𝒃𝒂𝒈𝒔

2.) A pipe with inside diameter of 124mm and outside diameter of 168mm and unsupported length of
2.165m is a top chord of a truss. Determine its slenderness ratio if effective length factor k=1.0

𝑳
ANSWER : 𝒌 𝒓 = 𝟒𝟏. 𝟒𝟖

3.) A steel pipe 1.50m in diameter and 9.53mm thick contains a fluid pressure of 1241.1 kPa. Given that
steel has poisson’s ratio of 0.25 and E=200000MPa. Determine the increase in the diameter in mm of
this pipe due to the hoop and longitudinal stresses.

ANSWER : 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒅 = 𝟎. 𝟔𝟒𝒎𝒎

4.) Determine the shape factor along the stronger axis of a built-up section in the shape of an I-Beam.
The section properties are as follows:

d=500m
ANSWER : 𝑺𝑭 = 𝟏. 𝟏𝟑
tf =22mm

bf =300mm

tw = 16mm