SITUATION.

A rectangular plate with base 2m and height

of 5m is submerged vertically in water with its top base
flushed with the water surface.
1. Determine the magnitude of the hydrostatic force acting
on the plate
a. 245.25 kN c. 354.25 kN
b. 254.5 kN d. 425.25 kN
2. Determine the location of the force from the water
surface.
a. 1.667m c. 2.5m
b. 1.533m d. 3.333m
SITUATION. An object having a specific gravity of 0.60
floats in a liquid having a specific gravity of 0.80.
3. What percentage of the volume below the liquid surface
to the total volume of the body? 9. Determine the force acting on the gate.
a. 50% c. 60% a. 3291.63 kN c. 4704.27 kN
b. 75 % d. 80% b. 1560.69 kN d. 2156.65 kN
4. If the volume above the liquid surface is 0.024 m 3, what 10. Determine the vertical distance between the center of
is the weight of the object? pressure and the center of gravity.
a. 0.656 kN c. 0.665
a. 0.29m c. 0.20m
b. 0.566 d. 0.565
5. What is the load that will cause the object to be fully b. 0.23m d. 0.26m
submerged? 11. Determine the normal force at stop at B.
a. 0.245 c. 0.188 a. 1161.10 kN c. 2548.34 kN
b. 0.818 d. 0.234 b. 840.24 kN d. 1783.10 kN
SITUATION. A soil sample has a natural water content of 12. A 3m diameter pipeline of length 2500 m. conveys
22.5% and it is known to have a specific gravity of 2.6. In water between reservoirs at the rate of 10 m³/s. What must
order to determine the moist density of the soil, a portion of
be the difference in water surface elevation between the
soil weighing 224 g is put in a 500 c m 3 container. It is
two reservoirs, in meters, neglect minor loss. Coefficient of
filled with 382 c m 3 of water to fill the container. friction is 0.018.
6. Determine the moist unit weight of the soil. a. 1.53m c. 0.53m
a. 18.62 kN/m 3 c. 18.87 kN/m 3 b. 2.53m d. 3.53
b. 11.16 kN/m 3 d. 20.43 kN/m 3 13. A rectangular plate 1m wide by 2.4 m long is vertically
7. Determine the dry unit weight. submerged in water, the shorter edge 2m below and
a. 16.87 kN/m 3 c. 18.87 kN/m 3 parallel to the water surface. Evaluate how far in meters,
b. 11.16 kN/m 3 d. 15.2 kN/m 3 below the centroid of the plate is the resultant horizontal
8. Determine the void ratio force acting on each side of it.
a. 0.345 c. 0.678 a. 0.15m c. 0.30m
b. 0.567 d. 0.745 b. 0.45m d. 0.60m
SITUATION. Gate AB in the figure is a regular hexagon
with perimeter of 18m. It is hinged at A and restrained by a
stop at B. The depth of water, h is 12m. Assume that the 14. What height in meters of a column of special gage
gate has negligible weight. liquid having a sp.gr of 2.90 would exert the same pressure
as a column of oil 6m high having a sp.gr. of 0.80?
a. 1.66 c. 16.24
b. 0.17 d. 20.50
15. A hydraulic jack is used to raise a 10 kN car. A force of
40 kN is applied on a 25cm diameter plunger. What
diameter of jack in mm is required to raise the car?
a. 125 c. 12.5
b. 15.2 d. 150
16. A mercury barometer at the Gulf of Albay reads 760
mm. At the same time, another barometer at the top of Mt.
Mayon reads 538 mm. Assuming the unit weight of air to
be constant at 12 N/m³, evaluate the approximate height of
Mt. Mayon in meters from these barometric readings.
a. 3000m c. 2500
b. 2000 d. 1500