CAMARINES NORTE STATE COLLEGE 6.

If the base of the plate is coincident

CIVIL ENGINEERING REVIEW with the water surface, compute the depth of
FLUID MECHANICS the center of pressure.
EXAMINATION 13
NAME: ________________________________ A) 0.721r
DATE: ________________________________ B) 0.457r
TIME DURATION: 1 HOUR & 10 minutes C) 0.362r
INSTRUCTION: Solve the following D) 0.589r
problems on a separate sheet of clean E) NOTA
paper. Box the final answer of your
7. Compute the location of center of pressure
solution. if the top of the plate is 2 meters from the
surface and the radius is 2 m.
Problem 1-3. A volume of 1 cubic meter of
water is subjected to a pressure increase of
A) 2.10m
14 MPa.
B) 2.95m
C) 3.54m
1. Compute the change in its volume if it has
D) 3.71m
a bulk modulus of elasticity of 2200 MPa.
E) NOTA
A) -0.0046 m^3
8. Compute the Total hydrostatic force on one
B) -0.0054 m^3
side of the plate.
C) -0.0064 m^3
D) -0.0074 m^3
A) 175.31 kN
E) NOTA
B) 157.31 kN
C) 135.71 kN
2. Compute the percentage of volume
D) 131.75 Kn
decreased.
E) NOTA
A) 0.74%
Problem 9-11. If the atmospheric pressure is
B) 0.54%
101.3kPa and the absolute pressure at the
C) 0.46%
bottom of the tank as shown in the figure is
D) 0.64%
231.3 kPa.
E) NOTA

3. Compute the coefficient of

compressibility.

A) 4.54 x 10^-4
B) 5.44 x 10^-4
C) 4.45 x 10^-4
D) 5.45 x 10^-4
E) NOTA

Problem 4-5. A hollow glass tube having an

internal radius of 1mm is partly submerged in
water. The surface tension of water at 200C
is equal to 0.0728 N/m.
9. What is the specific gravity of the olive
4. Compute the capillary rise in the tube in
oil?
mm.
A) 1.52
A) 14.8mm
B) 1.78
B) 17.6mm
C) 1.37
C) 13.6mm
D) 1.20
D) 16.2mm
E) NOTA
E) NOTA
10. What is the absolute pressure at the
5. Compute the total force due to surface
interface of the olive oil and the mercury?
tension.
A) 187.954 kPa
A) 7.54x10^-4 N
B) 177.896 kPa
B) 5.47x10^-4 N
C) 195.741 kPa
C) 4.57x10^-4 N
D) 147.954 kPa
D) 6.27x10^-4 N
E) NOTA
E) NOTA
11. What is the gage pressure at the
Problem 6-8. A semi-circular plate having a
interface of the olive oil and the mercury?
radius “r” is submerged into water with its
base parallel to the water surface.
A) 79.656 kPa
B) 80.504 kPa
C) 82.153 kPa

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 D) 76.596 kPa 17. Determine the total weight of lead and
E) NOTA the wood.

Problem 12-14. Curve wall ABC is a quarter A) 14.12 lb

circle 9ft into the paper. B) 14.72 lb
C) 15.88 lb
D) 16.75 lb
E) NOTA

Problem 18-20. A tank shown on the figure

contains oil with specific gravity of 0.88.
If the tank is 10m long, the initial depth of
oil is 2m and the tank accelerates to the
right at 2.45 m/sec^2. Assume the tank walls
are sufficiently high so that there is no
spillage.

12. Compute the horizontal hydrostatic force

on the wall.

A) 10440 lb
B) 10044 lb
C) 14400 lb
D) 14040 lb
E) NOTA 18. Determine the slope of the water surface.

13. Compute the vertical hydrostatic force on A) 13.750

the wall. B) 13.240
C) 14.510
A) 4007 lb D) 14.020
B) 4070 lb E) NOTA
C) 4700 lb
D) 7040 lb 19. Determine the maximum pressure at the
E) NOTA bottom of the tank.

14. Compute the line of action of the A) 23 kN/m^2

resultant force. B) 17 kn/m^2
C) 20 kN/m^2
A) 14.70 D) 25 kn/m^2
B) 15.90 E) NOTA
C) 13.50
D) 12.90 20. Determine the minimum pressure at the
E) NOTA bottom of the tank.

Problem 15-17. A piece of wood of specific A) 4.67 kN/m^2

gravity 0.651 is 3 inches square and 5 feet B) 7.64 kN/m^2
long. C) 6.47 kN/m^2
D) 4.76 kN/m^2
15. What is the volume of lead having a unit E) NOTA
weight of 700 pcf that should be fastened at
one end of the stick so that it will float Problem 21-23. A vertical cylindrical tank 6m
upright in 1 ft. out of water? high and 4m in diameter. Two thirds full of
water is rotated uniformly about its axis
A) 0.00465 ft^3 until on the point of overflowing.
B) 0.00456 ft^3
C) 0.00654 ft^3 21. Compute the linear velocity at the
D) 0.00564 ft^3 circumference of the tank.
E) NOTA
A) 6.88 m/s
16. Determine the weight of the lead. B) 8.86 m/s
C) 7.45 m/s
A) 3.92 lb D) 5.47 m/s
B) 3.19 lb E) NOTA
C) 2.47 lb
D) 2.10 lb 22. How fast will it have to be rotated in
E) NOTA order that 6 cu.m. of water will be spilled
out.

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 A) 47.05 rpm B) 0.1618 m^3/s
B) 45.70 rpm C) 0.1545 m^3/s
C) 46.05 rpm D) 0.1455 m^3/s
D) 48.70 rpm E) NOTA
E) NOTA
28. Determine the velocity at the throat.
23. If it is rotated at the speed of 48 rpm,
what is the pressure at the center bottom of A) 6.61 m/s
the tank? B) 9.16 m/s
C) 8.74 m/s
A) 2.84 kPa D) 6.62 m/s
B) 8.24 kPa E) NOTA
C) 4.82 kPa
D) 6.32 kPa 29. Find the deflection of the mercury in the
E) NOTA differential gage attached to the meter.

Problem 24-26. A 300 mm diameter line 3000m A) h=156mm

long runs on a constant grade between two B) h=166mm
reservoirs of surface elevations 150m and C) h=147mm
120m respectively. The flow rate through the D) h=162mm
line is inadequate and a pump is installed to E) NOTA
increase the capacity to 0.17 m^3/s.

24. Assuming a Darcy “f” of 0.02, compute the

head loss of the pipe.

A) 52.19m
B) 51.92m
C) 60.98m
D) 59.21m
E) NOTA

25. Compute the total energy that the pump

must supply.

A) 22.19m
B) 21.92m
C) 30.98m
D) 29.21m
E) NOTA

26. Calculate the horsepower that must be

delivered to the water to pump the 0.17 m^3/s
down from the higher to the lowest reservoir.

A) 63.50 hp
B) 56.30 hp
C) 65.30 hp
D) 53.60 hp
E) NOTA

Problem 27-29. When the flow of water through

a horizontal 300mmx150mm Venturi meter
(C=0.95) is 0.111 m^3/s.

27. Compute the theoretical discharge.

A) 0.1168 m^3/s