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HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

MAPUA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY A
DEPARTMENT OF CEGE

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the following problems and answer the questions, choosing the
best answer among the choices provided. Shade the letter of your choices on the answer
sheet provided. Shade letter E if your answer is not among the choices provided. Strictly
no erasures.
SIT. A: A dry soil is mixed with 17% by mass with water and compacted. Volume of
wet soil is 0.001 and has a mass of 1.6 kg. if the specific gravity of soil is 2.70.
1. Compute the dry unit weight of soil, in kN/m3.
A. 13.42 B. C. D.
2. Compute the void ratio.
A. 0.97 B. C. D.
3. Compute the degree of saturation.
A. 47.3% B. C. D.
SIT. B: A direct shear test, when conducted on a remolded sample of sand, gave the
following observations at the time of failure: Normal load = 288 N shear load = 173 N.
The cross sectional area of the sample = 36 cm.sq.
4. Determine the angle of internal friction.
A. 31o B. C. D.
5. The magnitude of the major principal stress in the zone of failure.
A. 163.5 kPa B. C. D.
6. Determine the magnitude of the deviator stress if a sample of the same sand with the
same void ratio as given above was tested in a tri-axial apparatus with a confining
pressure of 60 kPa.
A. 128 kPa B. C. D.
SIT. C: A sand sample of 35 cm2 cross sectional area and 20 cm long was tested in a
constant head permeameter. Under a head of 60 cm, the discharge was 120 ml in 6 min.
The dry weight of san used for the test was 1120 g, and Gs = 2.68.
7. Determine the hydraulic conductivity in cm/sec.
A. 3.174 x 10-3 B. C. D.
8. Determine the discharge velocity in cm/sec.
A. 9.522 x 10-3 B. C. D.
9. Determine the seepage velocity in cm/sec.
A. 2.36 x 10-2 B. C. D.
SIT. D: The surface of a saturated clay deposit is located permanently below a body of
water. Laboratory tests have indicated that the average natural water content of the clay is
41% and that the specific gravity of the solid matter is 2.74.
10. Find the submerged unit weight of soil in lb/ft3.
A. 47.41 B. C. D.
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11. What is the vertical effective pressure at a depth of 37 ft below the top of the clay in
lb/ft2.
A. 1,754 B. C. D.
12. If the water remains unchanged and an excavation is made by dredging, what depth
of clay must be removed to reduce the effective pressure at point A at a depth of 37 ft
by 1000 lb/ft2?
A. 21.11 ft B. C. D.
SIT. E: Soil investigation at a site gave the following information. Fine sand exists to a
depth of 10.6 m and below this lies a soft clay layer 7.60 m thick. The water table is at 4.60
m below the ground surface. The submerged unit weight of sand b is 10.4 kN/m3, and
the wet unit weight above the water table is 17.6 kN/m3. The water content of the
normally consolidated clay wn = 40%, its liquid limit wt = 45%, and the specific gravity of
the solid particles is 2.78. The proposed construction will transmit a net stress of 120
kN/m2 at the center of the clay layer.
13. The submerged unit weight of clay in kN/m3 is
A. 8.28 B. C. D.
14. The effective vertical stress in kPa at the mid height of the clay layer is
A. 174.82 B. C. D.
SIT. F: A soil has an unconfined compressive strength of 120 kN/m2. In a triaxial
compression test a specimen of the same soil when subjected to a chamber pressure of 40
kN/m2 failed at an additional stress of 160 kN/m2. Determine:
15. The cohesion of the soil in kN/m2;
A. 42.42 B. C. D.
16. The angle of internal friction;
A. 19.47o B. C. D.
17. The angle made by the failure plane with the axial stress in the tri-axial test.
A. 54.74o B. C. D.
SIT. G: The maximum and minimum void ratios for a sand are 0.805 and 0.501
respectively. The field density test performed on the same soil has given the following
results:  = 1.81 Mg/m^3, ω = 12.7%. Assume Gs = 2.65.
18. Calculate the dry density in kg/m^3.
A. 1,606 B. C. D.
19. Calculate the void ratio.
A. 0.606 B. C. D.
20. Compute the density index.
A. 0.51 B. C. D.

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GEO 5: From the given data, shows a sieve analysis of soil samples A, B and C.
Soil Sample
Sieve no. Diam (mm) A B C
#4 4.760 90 100 100
#8 2.380 64 90 100
#10 2.000 54 77 98
#20 0.840 34 59 92
#40 0.420 22 51 84
#60 0.250 17 42 79
#100 0.149 9 35 70
#200 0.074 5 33 63
Characteristics of – 40 fraction
LL 46 47
PL 29 24
21. Classify soil A using AASHTO method.
A. A-1-b B. C. D.
22. Classify soil B using AASHTO Method.
A. A-2-7(5) B. C. D.
23. Classify soil C using AASHTO Method.
A. A-7-6(13) B. C. D.
SIT. H: A soil specimen is subjected to a tri axial test. The soil specimen is
cohesionless. If the shear stress that causes failure is 300 kPa and the normal stress at
failure is only 475 kPa.
24. Determine the angle of shearing resistance.
A. 32.3 B. C. D.
25. Determine the angle that the failure plane measured from the major principal plane.
A. 61.14 B. C. D.
26. Determine the total axial stress at which failure is expected to occur, kPa.
A. 1019.57 B. C. D.

SIT. I: A concrete gravity retaining wall is 6.6 m high and 3.2 m wide. The thickness
of the soil at the front of the wall is 2 m. The soil has the following properties: c’ = 0, ’ =
35,  = 1,800 kg/m^3 and conc = 2,400 kg/m^3.
27. Calculate the active thrust on the wall in kN.
A. 104.3 B. C. D.
28. Calculate the passive thrust on the wall in kN.
A. 130.2 B. C. D.

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29. Calculate the factor against sliding assuming there is no base friction or adhesion.
A. 1.25 B. C. D.
SIT. J: The soil profile at a site for a proposed office building consists of a layer of fine
sand 10.4 m thick above a layer of soft normally consolidated clay 2 m thick. Below the
soft clay is a deposit of coarse sand. The groundwater table was observed at 3 m below
ground level. The void ratio of the sand is 0.76 and the water content of the clay is 43%.
The building will impose a vertical stress increase of 140 kPa at the middle of the clay
layer. Assume the soil above the water table to be saturated, Cc = 0.3 and Gs = 2.7.
30. Calculate the vertical effective stress at the mid-depth of the clay layer.
A. 135.9 kPa B. C. D.
31. Calculate the primary consolidation settlement.
A. 85 mm B. C. D.
32. If the settlement is limited to 100 mm, calculate the maximum vertical stress increase
at the middle of the clay layer.
A. 175.4 kPa B. C. D.
SIT. K: A circular concrete pile 350 mm in diameter is to support a load of 270 kN. It
is driven in a stiff clay (α = 0.50). The unconfined compressive strength of clay is 170 kPa.
Assume a factor of safety of 2.50 and Nc = 9.
33. Determine the end bearing capacity of the pile.
A. 73.60 kN B. C. D.
34. Determine the developed skin friction along the surface of the pole.
A. 601.40 kN B. C. D.
35. Determine the minimum length of the pile that can carry the given load.
A. 12.87 m B. C. D.
SIT. L: In a falling head permeameter, the sample used is 20 cm long having a cross-
sectional area of 24 cm^2. The sample of soil is made of three layers. The thickness of the
first layer from the top is 8 cm and has a value of k1 = 2 x 10^-4 cm/sec, the second layer
of thickness 8 cm has k2 = 5 x 10^-4 cm/sec and the bottom layer of thickness 4 cm has k3
= 7 x 10^-4 cm/sec. Assume that the flow is taking place perpendicular to the layers. The
cross-sectional area of the stand pipe is 2 cm^2.
36. Calculate the equivalent coefficient of permeability in cm/sec of the soils in the
direction of the flow.
A. 3.24x10^-4 B. C. D.
37. Calculate the flow rate in cm^3/hr when the head drops from 25cm to 12cm.
A. 18.2 B. C. D.
38. Calculate the time required for a drop of head from 25 cm to 12 cm.
A. 63 mins B. C. D.

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SIT. M: A square footing fails by general shear in a cohesionless soil under an ultimate
load of 1,687.5 kips. The footing is placed at a depth of 6.5 ft below the ground level.
Given  = 35, Nq = 41.4, and Nγ = 42.4, and γ = 110 lb/ft^3,
39. Determine the size of the footing if the water is at a great depth.
A. 6.4 ft B. C. D.
SIT. N: Following are the results of a shrinkage limit test:
Initial volume of soil in saturated state = 24.6 cc
Final volume of soil in dry state = 15.9 cc
Initial mass in saturated state = 44 g
Final mass in dry state = 30.1 g
40. What is the shrinkage limit?
A. 17.28 % B. C. D.
41. What is the shrinkage ratio?
A. 1.893 B. C. D.
42. What is the specific gravity of solids?
A. 2.81 B. C. D.
SIT. O: A thick clay layer has void ratio 0.68, specific gravity 2.5, capillary constant 0.3
cm2 and effective diameter 12 μm. The ground water table is 10 m below the ground
surface.
43. What is the height of capillary rise?
A. 3.68 m B. C. D.
44. What is the total pressure 8 m below the ground assuming that the ground above
capillary action to be dry?
A. 123 kPa B. C. D.
45. What is the vertical effective pressure 15 m below the ground that the ground above
capillary action to be dry?
A. 204 kPa B. C. D.

SIT P: A soil sample was determined in the laboratory to have a liquid limit of 52% and a
plastic limit of 34%. The soil has a natural water content of 44%.
46. Determine the plasticity index of the soil.
A.) 18% B.) C.) D.)
47. Determine the liquidity index of the soil.
A.) 0.56 B.) C.) D.)
48. What is the nature of the soil based on the liquidity index?
A.) Plastic B.) C.) D.)
SITQ: A soil sample has a mass of 1.6 kg. taken from the field having a volume of 1x
. It has a sp.gr. of 2.62 and a water content of 14.5 %.
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49. Compute the dry unit weight in kN/m3.

A. 13.71 B. C. D.

50. Compute the void ratio.

A. 0.87 B. C. D.

SIT. P: A block of steel (S=7.85) will “float” at a mercury-water interface.

51. What will be the ratio of the depths a and b for this condition?
A. 0.839 B. C. D.

SIT. Q: Oil is discharging out of an orifice under a constant pressure of 24 kPa. The vessel
is an upright cylinder 4 m in diameter.

52. Calculate the initial head producing the flow.

A. 5.71 m B. C. D.
53. Calculate the instantaneous discharge in L/s.
A. 51.2 B. C. D.
54. Calculate the time to discharge oil from 3 m to 1 m assuming that the pressure of air
in the tank remains constant during discharge.
A. 541 s B. C. D.
SIT. R: A closed cylindrical tank 1.2 m in diamter, 3 mm thick and 4 m high is full of
water. The top is under a constant pressure of 196.2 kPa.
55. If the tank is rotated about its vertical axis at 200 rpm, calculate the maximum
pressure on the side wall in kPa.
A. 314.4 B. C. D.
56. Compute the total force on the top in kN.
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A. 266.5 B. C. D.
57. Compute the maximum hoop tensile stress in MPa.
A. 62.9 B. C. D.
SIT. S: A 75-mm-diameter orifice under a head of 4.88 m discharges 8,900 N of water in
32.6 s. The trajectory was determined by measuring xo = 4.76 m for a drop of
1.22 m.
58. Calculate the coefficient of velocity of the given orifice
A. 0.975 B. C. D.
59. Calculate the coefficient of discharge.
A. 0.643 B. C. D.
60. Calculate the coefficient of contraction.
A. 0.659 B. C. D.

SIT. T: A steel cube 0.3 m on each side is set to float in mercury. The specific gravities of
steel and mercury are 7.8 and 13.6, respectively.
61. What fraction of its volume floats above the mercury surface?
A. 0.426 B. C. D.
62. What is the weight of the block?
A. 2.066 kN B. C. D.
63. What force is required to make if fully submerged in mercury?
A. 1.536 kN B. C. D.
SIT. U: The pipe flow in the following figure is driven by pressurized air in the tank. The
flow rate in the pipe is 50 cu.m./hr. of water. Assume friction factor of the pipe
f = 0.014 and pipe diameter is 50 mm.
20 m

PA = ?
80 m

10 m

40 m

64. Calculate the velocity of flow in the pipe, in m/s.

A. 7.074 B. C. D.
65. Calculate the total head loss in the pipe, in m.
A. 100 B. C. D.

66. Calculate the needed pressure in the tank to provide the given flow rate, in kPa.

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A. 1 693 B. C. D.
SIT. V: A concrete dam retaining water is shown in the figure. The specific weight of the
concrete is 23.5 kN/m3. Assume there is no hydrostatic uplift and that the
coefficient of friction between dam and foundation soil is 0.48.

67. Find the factor of safety against sliding.

A. 1.34 B. C. D.
68. Find the factor of safety against overturning.
A. 3.42 B. C. D.
69. Find the maximum soil pressure intensity on the base of dam in kPa.
A. 173.4 B. C. D.
SIT. W: The error in the measured head in a channel is equal to 0.03 m. If the
discharge flowing in the channel is 0.60 m^3/s, compute the following:
70. Percent error in discharge if a suppressed rectangular weir is used with length of
weir is 4.2 m.
A. 25.72% B. C. D.
71. Percent error in discharge if a Cipolletti weir having a length of weir 4.6 m.
A. 25.9% B. C. D.
72. Percent error if a right triangular weir is used. Assume Cd = 0.6.
A. 10.9% B. C. D.
SIT. X: Water flows through a pipe at 5 L/s as shown in the figure. The gage pressure of
150.5 kPa, 118.03 kPa, and 115.87 kPa are measured for p1, p2 and p3, respectively.

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73. What is the head loss between 1 and 2?

A. 3.31 m B. C. D.
74. What is the head loss between 2 and 3?

A. 8.0 m B. C. D.
75. What is the distance between 1 and 2 if friction factor is 0.02?

A. 25 m B. C. D.
SIT. Y: If the flow rate of water through the pipe system shown in the following figure is
0.050 m3/s under total head loss of 9.0 m, assuming a C coefficient of 120 for all
pipes determine the following:

76. The head loss in pipe B.

A. 1.975 m B. C. D.
77. The flow in pipe B, in m3/s.
A. 0.019 B. C. D.
78. The diameter of pipe C.
A. 180 mm B. C. D.
SIT. Z: A 90% efficient pump lifts water from a lower reservoir as shown in the figure.
The head loss in the 150 mm pipe is 3 times the velocity head in that pipe and the
head loss in the 100 mm pipe is 20 times the velocity head in that pipe.

79. If the desired flow rate is 20 L/s what should be the power input of the pump in kW?
A. 32.0 B. C. D.
80. Compute the pressure head, in m of water, at the suction line before the pump.
A. 9.74 B. C. D.
81. Compute the pressure head, in m of water, at the discharge line right after the pump.
A. 156.26 B. C. D.

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SIT. AA: Oil with a specific gravity of 0.86 discharges from a 250-mm-diameter pipe
through a 100-mm-diameter sharp-edged orifice as shown in the figure.
Coefficients of velocity and contraction are 0.98 and 0.63, respectively.

82. Determine the discharge of oil in the pipe in L/s.

A. 42.6 B. C. D.
83. Determine the diameter of the jet at the vena contracta in mm.
A. 79 B. C. D.
84. Determine the velocity of the jet in m/s.
A. 8.49 B. C. D.
SIT. BB: A container holds two layers of different liquids, one liquid having an sg of 1.2 is
200mm deep and the other having an sg of 1.5 is 250 mm deep. A solid spherical
having a sg of 7.4 is submerged in such a manner that half of the sphere is on the
top layer and the other half in the bottom layer of the liquids and there is a wire
holding the sphere to maintain its position having a tension of 354 N.
85. Determine the diameter of the metal sphere.
A. 225 mm B. C. D.
86. Compute the buoyant force acting on the object.
A. 79 N B. C. D.
87. Determine the weight of the metal sphere.
A. 433 N B. C. D.
SIT. CC: A cubical box 1.0 m on each edge is full of oil having a sg of 0.75.
88. What vertical force will accelerate the tank at 4.2 m/s^2
A. 3.15 kN B. C. D.
89. What is the pressure at the bottom of the tank if it is accelerated vertically upward at
5m/s^2
A. 11.1 kN B. C. D.
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90. What additional height of the wall is needed so that the content remains the same
after it is accelerated horizontally at 4.2 m/s^2?
A. 0.21 m B. C. D.
SIT. DD: A metal flume is to be designed to carry 1.25m^3/s of water at a slope of 0.0054.
Assuming n=0.013
91. What depth is needed for a triangular section?
A. 0.74 m B. 0.77 m C. 0.52 m D. 0.71 m
92. What depth is required for a rectangular section?
A. 0.52 m B. 0.74 m C. 0.77 m D. 0.71 m
93. How many square meters of metal is needed per meter length of the flume in the
rectangular section?
A. 2.84 B. 3.08 C. 2.96 D. 2.08
SIT. EE: The 450 mm x 180 mm venture meter shown is known to have a coefficient of
0.968. The liquid flowing is glycerin, sg=1.26, and the manometer is mercury the
distance from A to B is 0.36 m.

94. What is the pressure difference between the inlet and the throat of the meter?
A. 106.14 kPa B. C. D.
95. What is the velocity of the flow at the throat?
A. 12.87 m/s B. C. D.
96. What is the amount of flow in m^3/s?
A. 0.328 B. C. D.
SIT. FF: The three reservoir system of the following figure contains water. The pipes
connecting the reservoirs have the following properties:
L1= 200 ft, L2= 230 ft, L3=250 ft
D1= 0.5ft, D2=0.5 ft, D3=0.8 ft
C=100 for all pipes
The flow of water from reservoir A is 4.39 ft^3/s

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97. Calculate the head loss in line 1.

A. 85 ft B. C. D.
98. Calculate the flow in line 3 in cu.ft/s
A. 3.48 B. C. D.
99. Calculate the elevation of water surface in reservoir B for the flow condition in ft.
A. 29.8 B. C. D.

100. Pascal’s Law states that:

I. Pressure at a point is the same in all direction
II. Pressure varies with height or depth
III. Pressure acts normal to all boundary surfaces
IV. Pressure exists at every point in a static fluid
A. I B. C. D.

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