COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION IN HYDRAULICS

FIRST PART

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Instruction: Encircle the letter corresponding to the correct answer. Show your solutions neatly
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1. A steel pipe 36 inches diameter carries a water under a head of 750 feet of water. The
allowable working stress for steel pipe is 16,000 psi.
1.1. Calculate the static pressure inside the pipe in psf?
a. 4608.60 b. 72.34 c. 46,800 d. 2044.90
1.2. What is thickness of the steel pipe in inches?
a. 1.12 b. 0.98 c. 0.37 d. 0.46
2. What is the actual stress on a 2 meters diameter cylinder, 5 mm thick containing water
under a head of 5 meters? A. 11. 62 MPa b. 12.5 MPa c. 15.62 Mpa d. 9.81 MPa
3. A liquid of Gs=1.75 flows in a 6 cm diameter horizontal pipe. The total energy at a certain
point in the flow is 80 J/N. The elevation of the pipe above a fixed datum is 2.60 m. If the
pressure at the specified point is 75 KPa, solve the power available at that point in watts.
a. 83974 b. 10724 c. 44,740 d. 80,265
4. A fire boat pump draws sea water (gs=1.025) from a 9 inches submerged pipe and
discharges it a 130 fps thru a 3 inches nozzle. The total headloss is 9 feet.
4.1. Calculate the head due to the pump. A. 87.20 ft. b. 147.81 ft c. 368.07 ft.
d. 281.4 ft.
4.2. If the pump is 72% efficient, how much power is required to drive it?
a. 382.50 hp b. 290 hp c. 260 d. 224.80
5. Obtain the gage pressure in a vessel of mercury at a point 475 mm below the liquid surface
expressing the answer in KPa. A. 63.37 b. 66.71 c. 133.42 d. 82.74
6. Determine the Reynolds number of a 0.40 cubic meter per second oil of Gs=0.80 and an
absolute viscosity of 0.025 Pa.s thru a 450 mm diameter pipe.
a. 38,932 b. 29,850 c. 46274 d. 30856
7. A turbine has a velocity of 6 m/s at the entrance to the draft tube and a velocity of 1,2 m/s at
the exit. For the friction losses of 0.1 m and a tailwater of 5 m below the entrance to the draft
tube, find the pressure head at the entrance.
a. -7.25 b. -4.35 c. -6.66 d.-5.76
8. An oil having specific gravity of 0.85 and a kinematic viscosity of 1.8x10-5 m2/s flows in 10
cm diameter pipe at 0.50 liters/sec. What type of flow is it?
a. Critical b. laminar c. turbulent d. sub-critical
9. Neglecting losses, calculate the velocity at larger diameter pipe of the venturi meter in m/s.
a. 1.22 b. 0.68 c. 2.44 d. 0.57