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Refresher MODULE – Geotechnical Engineering and Hydraulics

SITUATION 1. A triangular plate of height h = 1.20 m and base b = 2.0 m is 13. A cubic meter of water is subjected to a pressure increase of 20 MPa. If
submerged vertically in water with its base at the liquid surface and parallel the bulk modulus of elasticity of the water is 2200 MPa, evaluate the
to it. change in volume in m^3.
1. Evaluate the total force acting on one side of the plate, in kN. A. 0.0136 C. 0.0146
A. 4.08 C. 4.21 B. 0.0178 D. 0.00909
B. 4.71 D. 4.32 14. The permeameter in a permeability test setup involves a soil sample 200
2. Obtain the location of the force from the center of gravity of the plate, in mm dia. and a length of 300 mm. The height of water is kept constant at
mm. 400 mm. in a duration of 4 min., water was collected in the graduated
A. 210 C. 180 flask having a volume of 420 cu.cm. Determine the coefficient of
B. 190 D. 200 permeability cm/sec.
3. Obtain the location of the force from the liquid surface, in mm. A. 0.00418 C. 0.00584
A. 590 C. 600 B. 0.00481 D. 0.00845
B. 580 D. 610
SITUATION 4. The thickness and the coefficient of permeability of a 3-layer
SITUATION 2. A circular gate 1.5 m in diameter is inclined at an angle of 45֯. soil, from top to bottom, are:
Fresh water stands on one side of the gate to a height of 10 m above the Layer k, cm/sec Thickness, m
center of the gate. 1 3 x 10-4 4
2 2 x 10-5 5
4. Evaluate the total force acting on the gate, in kN. 3 3 x 10-3 3
A. 137.44 kN C. 154.23 kN
B. 173.36 kN D. 148.52 kN 15. Obtain the equivalent horizontal coefficient of permeability of the deposit,
5. Locate the point of action of the total force from the bottom of the gate in cm/sec.
along its plane, in meters. A. 0.000458 C. 0.000764
A. 0.74 m C. 0.78 m B. 0.000858 D. 0.000685
B. 0.70 m D. 0.68 m 16. Obtain the equivalent vertical coefficient of permeability of the deposit, in
6. If the gate is hinged at the top, evaluate the force normal to the gate at cm/sec.
the bottom that will require to open it, in kN. A. 0.0000345 C. 0.0000398
A. 85.45 kN C. 87.84 kN B. 0.0000454 D. 0.0000534
B. 82.54 kN D. 84.87 kN 17. Estimate the rate of flow in the horizontal direction per meter width of the
layers, in liters/hr, if the hydraulic gradient is 0.70.
SITUATION 3. A crest gate shown consists of a cylindrical surface of which A. 294.6 C. 259.5
AB is the base, supported by a structural frame hinged at C. The length of B. 375.5 D. 185.5
the gate perpendicular to the paper is 10 m.
SITUATION 5. A 300 mm diameter test well penetrates 27 m below the static
B water table. After 24 hours of pumping at 69 liters/sec, the water table in an
observation well at a distance of 95 m from the test well is lowered by 0.5 m
and other observation well at a distance of 35 m from the test well, the water
A 60º C level dropped by 1.1m.
18. What is the rate of flow in m3/day?
7. Compute the vertical force component of hydrostatic force. A. 6951.6 C. 6195.6
A. 447.7 kN C. 587.4 kN B. 5961.6 D. 5691.6
B. 444.7 kN D. 358.7 kN 19. Compute the coefficient of permeability of the aquifer in m/day.
8. Compute the horizontal force component of hydrostatic force. A. 70.28 C. 57.54
A. 1287.9 kN C. 1324.4 kN B. 62.63 D. 60.27
B. 1456.2 kN D. 1054.8 kN 20. Compute the transmissibility of the aquifer in m³/day.
9. Obtain the location (from point C) of the vertical component of the A. 1841.3 C. 1579.1
hydrostatic force. B. 1640.9 D. 1507.5
A. 5.16 m C. 5.48 m
B. 5.36 m D. 5.64 m SITUATION 6. A confined aquifer is recharged by a continuous supply of
water from the certain source. The average thickness of the aquifer was
10. A vertical square plate 1.20 m in each side is submerged half in oil and determined to be 25 m and the average width is 4 km. The hydraulic
half in water. If the top of the plate is flushed with the oil surface, what is conductivity of the aquifer was obtained at 40 m per day and its porosity is
the ratio of the force of water to oil. Specific gravity of oil is 0.80 0.25. The piezometer heads in two wells 1.345 km apart are 65 m and 60 m
A. 3.50 C. 3.00 from a common reference datum.
B. 3.75 D. 3.25
21. Determine the nearest value of the rate of flow of water through the
11. A rectangular tank has a partition shown. It contains oil and water. If the
aquifer, in m^3 per day.
oil has a specific gravity of 0.84, what is the depth h?
A. 13,968 C. 15,124
B. 14,845 D. 14,870
22. Determine the nearest value of the seepage velocity in m/day.
A. 0.595 C. 0.578
B. 0.653 D. 0.632
23. Determine the nearest value of the time travel from the head of aquifer
to a point 4 km downstream, in days.
A. 1.09 m C. 1.25 m A. 6280 C. 6630
B. 1.30 m D. 1.19 m B. 6725 D. 6470
12. A hydraulic jack is used to raise a 10 kN car. A force of 0.4 kN is applied
on a 25 cm diameter plunger. What diameter of jack is required to raise
the car?
A. 95 cm C. 125 cm
B. 85 cm D. 135 cm