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NOVEMBER 2022 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER RENDON 6 (Hydraulics)

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for 6. A concrete cube 0.5 m on each side is to
each of the following questions. Mark only be held in equilibrium under water by
one answer for each item by shading the box attaching a light foam buoy to it. What
corresponding to the letter of your choice is the minimum volume (m3) of the foam
on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO buoy? The unit weights of the concrete
ERASURES ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK. and the foam are 23.58 kN/m3 and 0.79
kN/m3, respectively.
NOTE: A times B is represented by A×B or A. 0.129 C. 0.012
A*B. A raised to the power n is B. 0.191 D. 0.091
expressed as A^n. All problems are 1
point each.
Situation 1. The kinematic viscosity of a
liquid, sg = 0.88, flowing through a 200
1. A large storage tank contains a salt – mm pipe is 0.131 St. f = 0.019. The
solution of variable density given by ρ pressure drops 32 kPa after a length of
= 1050 + kh in kg/m3, where k = 50 kg/m4, 40 m.
at a depth “h” meters below the free
surface. Calculate the pressure 7. Calculate the velocity of flow, in m/s.
intensity (kPa) at the bottom of the A. 3.88 C. 4.38
tank holding 5 meters of the solution. B. 4.10 D. 4.78
A. 63.7 C. 48.2
B. 57.6 D. 70.1 8. Calculate the Reynold’s number.
A. 6687 C. 47300
2. In the spillway flow of the given B. 25240 D. 66870
figure, the flow is assumed uniform and
hydrostatic at sections 1 and 2. If 9. Calculate the dynamic viscosity in
losses are neglected, Compute v2. poises.
A. 8.18 C. 7.08 A. 0.115 C. 1.150
B. 9.28 D. 10.38 B. 0.131 D. 1.310

Situation 2. A tank of oil has a right-

triangular panel near the bottom.

3. A barge with 810 m2 horizontal sectional

area at the waterline has a draft of
4.14 m in seawater at full capacity. In
the entrance of a canal with fresh
water, it was observed that the ship
draws 4.22 m. What is the barge’s
displacement in sea water in cubic
meters?
A. 1965 C. 2855
B. 2160 D. 3350

4. A 150-mm-diameter jet of water is 10. Calculate the hydrostatic force on the

discharged from a nozzle into the air. panel.
The velocity of the jet is 36.0 m/s. A. 1412 C. 1554
Find the power in the jet, in kW. B. 2018 D. 2543
A. 346 C. 458
B. 412 D. 391 11. Find the location of center of pressure
from B measured along AB.
5. A rectangular channel has b = 3 m and d A. 4.00 C. 0.44
= 1 m. If n and So are the same, what is B. 3.56 D. 2.44
the diameter of a semicircular channel
which will have the same discharge? 12. Find the location of center of pressure
A. 1.33 C. 1.87 from B measured along BC.
B. 2.67 D. 2.43 A. 3.00 C. 2.34
B. 1.89 D. 2.11

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NOVEMBER 2022 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER RENDON 6

Situation 3. A liquid is discharged from a ~o0o~

container through a circular orifice Nothing Follows
having a diameter of 10 mm that is
located 5 m from the liquid surface to
the center of the orifice.

13. Evaluate the theoretical discharge

through the orifice in liter/sec.
A. 0.591 C. 0.952
B. 0.778 D. 0.852

14. Repeat previous question if the

container is moving upward at an
acceleration half that of gravity.
A. 0.952 C. 0.591
B. 0.695 D. 0.778

15. Calculate the actual discharge in the

previous question if the coefficient of
velocity is 0.95 and coefficient of
contraction is 0.65 for the orifice.
A. 0.588 C. 0.952
B. 0.778 D. 0.372

16. The pressure exerted onto a liquid is

transmitted undiminished to all
portions of the liquid. This principle
in fluid mechanics is attributed to:
A. Archimedes
B. Boyle
C. Torricelli
D. Pascal

17. In any stream flowing steadily without

friction, the total energy contained is
the same at every point in its path of
flow. This principle is attributed to:
A. Torricelli
B. Bernoulli
C. Pascal
D. Boyle

18. The volume of a gas at constant

temperature varies inversely as the
pressure applied to the gas. This
principle is attributed to:
A. Boyle
B. Pascal
C. Archimedes
D. Bernoulli

19. Any body completely or partially

submerged in a fluid (gas or liquid) at
rest is acted upon by an upward, or
buoyant, force the magnitude of which is
equal to the weight of the fluid
displaced by the body. This principle is
attributed to:
A. Archimedes
B. Pascal
C. Torricelli
D. Bernoulli

20. A theorem in fluid dynamics relating the

speed of fluid flowing out of an orifice
to the height of fluid above the
opening.
A. Archimedes
B. Pascal
C. Torricelli
D. Bernoulli

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