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1.Oil of specific gravity of 0.72 flows through a 7.

5 cm diameter orifice with Cv


= 0.95, Cc = 0.65. What must be the pressure of the air on the surface so that
the jets available power is 6 KW? See Fig. D.
2. A cylindrical tank 1m in diameter and 3m high contains 1m of water, 1.20m of
oil (s=0.80) and air under a pressure of 16KPa. Find the theoretical velocity of
the jet through a 5cm diameter orifice 30cm above the bottom of the tank.
3.What will be the discharge through a 2.5cm orifice (C=0.61) in the bottom of a
tank moving upward with an acceleration of 3/2 if the water stands 2.50m
over the orifice?
4.In Fig. A, P1 = 70KPa, P2 = 5KPa, Cc= 1.00, Cv= 0.95, Do= 6cm, h=1.80m
(liquid with s=2.5). Find the actual flow through the orifice, to double the
discharge, what must be P1 assuming P2 is unchanged?
5. The horizontal orifice of Fig. B has a diameter of 10cm with Cc=0.60, Cv=
0.97. When h=2.50m. What pressure, applied on the surface, will cause the jet
to rise 20cm higher than the free surface?
6.In Fig. C, Do= 5cm and Cc= 0.62, Cv= 0.98. the liquid is oil(s=0.80) and
stands 4m in the piezometer above the pipes centerline. Compute the flow and
the velocity of the jet.
7.A sharp-edged orifice in a 30 plane has its vena contracta at EL 10.7m. If the
W.S. in the tank is at EL 15.25m and the top of the jet is at EL 14m, find the
velocity and the coefficient of velocity.
8.In Fig. E is a submerged orifice. Find the theoretical velocity of the jet.
9.Fig. F shows a cylinder weighing 780N and is empty at the time the orifice is
opened. Neglecting the thickness of the cylinder walls, determine the weight of
the anchor if the cylinder sinks 1m in 2minutes. The specific weight of the
anchor is 23.54 KN/m3.
10.A cylindrical vessel 1.20m in diameter and 2m high has a rounded circular
orifice 5cm in diameter in the bottom with C= 0.95. If the vessel is full of water,
how long will it take to lower the surface 1.50m?
11.A vertical cylindrical tank has orifice for its outlet. When the water surface in
the tank is 5m above the orifice, the surface can be lowered 4m in 20minutes,
the pressure on the surface being atmospheric. What uniform air pressure must
be applied to the surface if the same volume of water is to be discharged in
10minutes?
12.A swimming pool with plan and section shown in Fig. G is filled with water .
It has two short tubes both with diameter 20cm and C= 0.80 located at the
lowest point. Find the time needed to empty the pool through these tubes.
13.In Fig. H is shown a tank 1.5 by 1.5m horizontal section and 3m high with
two orifices (C=0.60) both 10cm in diameter and 60cm apart. (a) How much
water must be supplied to the tank to keep it always full? (b) If this supply is cut
off, how long
14.A rectangular suppressed weir 1.20m high extends across a rectangular
channel 3m wide. If the measured head is 40cm, determine the discharge using
the Francis formula.
15.A rectangular channel 6m wide has a depth of 1m flowing with a mean
velocity of 0.75/. Determine the height of a rectangular suppressed weir that
will increase the depth of water in the channel 60 1.60m.
16.A rectangular suppressed weir 1m high extend across a rectangular channel
6m wide in which the flow is 2.803/. Determine the depth of water upstream
from the weir.
17.A rectangular contracted weir 2m long discharges water under a head of
0.50m. Compute the discharge using the Francis correction.
18.In a river 20m wide, having an average depth of 1m and a mean velocity of
0.35/, a contracted rectangular weir 10m long is to be constructed.
Determine the head over the weir.
19.A rectangular contracted weir 3m long is built in the center of a rectangular
channel 6m wide. How high is the weir if the depth of water upstream is 1m
when the discharge is 1.153/?
20.A trapezoidal canal, 6m at the bottom and having side slopes 2:1 carries
water to a depth of 40cm and mean velocity of 0.60/. what length of a
rectangular contracted weir 85cm high should be placed in the middle of the
canal if the depth of water upstream is to be 1.20m?
21.Determine the discharge of water over 60 triangular weir if the measured
head is 19cm.
22.The discharge of water over a 45 triangular weir is 20 liters/s. What is the
head?
23.Compute the discharge of water over a Cipolletti weir 1.60m long under a
head of 26cm.
24.A stream 24m wide carries 1.843/ of water. Determine the resulting head
over a Cipolletti weir 1m high and 4m long.
25.What length of Cipolletti weir should be constructed if the measured head
will not exceed 50cm when the discharge is 3.403/?
26.A rectangular suppressed weir under a constant head of 10cm feeds a tank
containing a 7.5cm diameter orifice. The weir is 60cm long. The head lost in the
orifice is 0.60J/N and Cc = 0.65. Determine the head to which the water will rise
above the orifice. Also find the value of Cv.
27.A rectangular suppressed weir 80cm high is built across a rectangular flume
10m wide. The measured head is 40cm of water. Some distance upstream is
another rectangular weir having a height of 1.10m. The measured head on the
second weir is 50cm. Find the length of the second weir.
28.During a test on a 245cm long rectangular suppressed weir which was
100cm high, the head was maintained constant at 30cm. In 38sec, 28.803 of
water were collected. Find the correction factor C .
29.The flow in a rectangular channel 3m wide is constant. A depth of 2m is
maintained by a rectangular weir 1m long by 1.60m high. This weir is to be
replaced by a rectangular suppressed weir which will maintain the same depth.
What height of weir is required assuming C = 0.62 for both weirs?
30.A concrete spillway with permanent cress elevation at 100m controls a
reservoir 4.65 hectares in area. Determine the length of the spillway if, by
removing flashboards, water can be lowered from EL 102m to EL 101m in
30minutes. Use C = 1.94.
31. A 90 V-notch weir is located at one end of a tank having a square section
10m by 10m. If the initial head on the weir is 1.20m, how long will it take to
discharge 1003 of water over the weir?
32.A reservoir having a constant horizontal sectional area of 1860 m 2
discharges water over a Cipolletti weir, the initial head being 40cm. How long is
the crest if 1800sec are required to lower the water level in the reservoir by
35cm?
33. Determine the probable capacity of a concrete pipe culvert 1.20m in
diameter and 12m long discharging under a head of 1.60m. The entrance is
square=cornered.
34. What diameter of a concrete pipe culvert 16m long with beveled-lip
entrance should be installed to carry 143/ of water if the difference in water
surface elevations at the two ends of the culvert is 2.5m?
35. An overflow masonry dam is to be constructed across a stream. The stream
is estimated to have a maximum flood discharge of 8503/ when the elevation
of the water surface is 345m at the dam site. Six sluice gates each 2.5m high
and 2m wide are to be constructed in the dam with their sills at elevation 342m.
The main overflow weir for which C = 1.45 will be 60m long with a crest
elevation at 360m. An auxillary weir 180m long with a crest elevation at 361m
will operate during floods. For this weir C = 1.88. With all the sluice gates open,
what will be the surface elevation upstream of the dam when the discharge is
8503/s ?

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