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Refresher MODULE – Geotechnical Engineering and Hydraulics

1. In accordance with National Structural Code of the Philippines, what SITUATION. A liquid discharged from a container through a circular
is the minimum number of boreholes (foundation investigation) for a orifice having a diameter of 10 mm that is located 5 m from the liquid
building with 2200 sq. m footprint area. surface to the center of the orifice.
A. 2 C. 4 12. What is the theoretical discharge through the orifice in liters per
B. 3 D. 5 second?
A. 0.87 C. 0.55
2. Section 302.2.2 of the National Structural Code of the Philippines
B. 0.78 D. 0.66
provides that the slope of cut surfaces shall be no steeper than is
13. What is the theoretical discharge through the orifice in liters per
safe for intended use and shall be no steeper than ______.
second IF the container is moving upward at an acceleration half that
A. 1 to 2 C. 1 to 3
of gravity?
B. 1 to 1 D. 1 to 1.5
A. 0.95 C. 0.87
3. Section 302.4.5 of the National Structural Code of the Philippines B. 0.59 D. 0.65
provides that the slope of fill surfaces shall be no steeper than is safe 14. What is the discharge through the orifice in liters per second if the
for intended use and shall be no steeper than ______. coefficient of velocity is 0.95 and the coefficient of contraction is 0.65
A. 1:1 C. 1.5:2 for the orifice?
B. 1:2 D. 1:3 A. 0.68 C. 0.74
B. 0.59 D. 0.48
4. A spherical balloon 6 m in diameter is filled with gas weighing 5 N/m3
in standard air weighing 12 N/m3, what is the maximum load in N,
SITUATION. A concrete dam of trapezoidal cross-section is shown with
excluding its own weight, that the balloon can lift?
T = 1, B = 4 m, H = 8 m, and h = 6 m. The weight of concrete is 24 kN/m3.
A. 1537 N C. 792 N
Assume hydrostatic uplift varies uniformly from full hydrostatic pressure
B. 1357 N D. 565 N
at the heel of the dam to zero at the toe. For the given conditions,
5. A hydraulic jack is used to raise a 10 kN car. A force of 4.0 kN is evaluate:
applied on a 25 mm diameter plunger. The 25 mm plunger is located
T
200 mm below the larger diameter. What diameter of jack in mm is
required to raise the car?
A. 75 C. 62.5
B. 100 D. 39.5
h H
SITUATION. According to Section 304 of the National Structural Code of
the Philippines, the presumptive load bearing capacity of sandy deposits,
in the absence of exhaustive geotechnical site assessment and
investigation, is 100 kPa for a minimum footing width of 300 mm and a
minimum depth of embedment of 300 mm. This value can be increased
B
by 20% for each additional 300 mm of width of footing and/or depth of
foundation to a maximum of three (3) times the designated value. 15. the factor of safety against sliding if the coefficient of friction between
the supporting ground and concrete is 0.50.
6. Evaluate the allowable bearing capacity, in kPa, of the soil for a
A. 1.52 C. 1.30
square footing 1.2 m wide, when founded at a depth of 300 mm below
B. 1.25 D. 1.03
the ground surface.
16. the factor of safety against overturning.
A. 150 C. 140
A. 1.78 C. 2.05
B. 160 D. 180
B. 1.52 D. 1.87
7. Evaluate the allowable bearing capacity, in kPa, of the soil for a
17. the maximum pressure intensity at the toe.
square footing 1.2 m wide when founded at a depth of 900 mm below
A. 132 kPa C. 160 kPa
the ground surface.
B. 151 kPa D. 144 kPa
A. 160 C. 204
B. 180 D. 224
SITUATION. An isosceles triangle plate of height 480 mm and base 200
8. Determine the safe downward load, in kN, that the footing of the
mm is submerged in water with its vertex at the liquid surface and the
preceding question can support.
base is parallel to the liquid surface. (The plate surface is oriented at an
A. 230.40 C. 293.76
angle of 45% from the horizontal)
B. 322.56 D. 259.20
18. Evaluate the total force acting on the upper side of the plate, kN
SITUATION. A footing, 2 m x 3 m in plan and 0.50 m thick, is designed A. 0.107 C. 0.150
to support a 0.60 m square column. Due to architectural requirement, the B. 0.202 D. 0.305
column is so located that its external face is flush with the shorter edge 19. Obtain the location of the force from the center of the gravity of the
of the footing. The column, however, is located along the minor principal plate, mm
axis of the footing. The column load, including the weight of the column A. 45.5 C. 74.2
itself, is 50 kN. Assume the concrete to weigh 24 kN/m^3. B. 40.0 D. 35.4
20. Obtain the location of the force from the liquid surface (vertical
9. Evaluate the total downward load on the supporting ground, kN.
A. 112 C. 102 distance), mm
B. 122 D. 132 A. 266.3 C. 235.4
10. Evaluate the overturning moment on the footing, kN-m. B. 226.3 D. 254.6
A. 40 C. 60
B. 30 D. 50
11. Evaluate the maximum pressure induced on the supporting soil, kPa. “If you are too lazy to plow,
A. 40.33 C. 43.33 don’t expect a harvest.”
B. 50.33 D. 34.44
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