FLUID MECHANICS

Review (NOV. 2018)

FLUID MECHANICS
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following
Situation 4: A wooden storage vat full of oil (sg= 0.80) is in the
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
shape of a frustum of a cone 2 m diameter at the top,
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
4 m diameter at the bottom, and 3 m high. The vat is
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.
provided with two steel hoops, one at the top and
one at the bottom.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
13. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydrostatic force on
the side of the vat?
SET 1
a. 108.24 kN c. 70.63 kN
b. 117.72 kN d. 94.18 kN
Situation 1: An amount of carbon tetrachloride having a mass of
500 kg and a volume of 0.315 m 3 is placed in a
14. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of the
container.
hydrostatic force from the bottom of the vat?
a. 0.90 m c. 1.00 m
1. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of carbon
b. 0.80 m d. 0.75 m
tetrachloride?
a. 4.90 kN c. 5.16 kN
15. Which of the following most nearly gives the force in the bottom
b. 5.36 kN d. 3.86 kN
hoop?
a. 41.20 kN c. 35.16 kN
2. Which of the following most nearly gives the mass density of
c. 17.66 kN d. 44.58 kN
carbon tetrachloride?
a. 1785.30 kg/m3 c. 1758.30 kg/m3
Situation 5: A stone weighs 468 N in air. When submerged in
b. 1578.30 kg/m3 d. 1587.30 kg/m3
water it weighs 298 N.
3. Which of the following most nearly gives the unit weight of
16. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of the
carbon tetrachloride?
stone?
a. 12.25 kN/m3 c. 17.02 kN/m3
a. 0.0015 m3 c. 0.0254 m3
b. 16.38 kN/m3 d. 15.57 kN/m3
b. 0.0173 m3 d. 0.0357 m3
4. Assuming specific weight of air to be constant at 12 N/m3, what
17. Which of the following most nearly gives the unit weight of the
is the approximate height of Mt. Banahaw if a mercury barometer
stone?
at the base of the mountain reads 654 mm and at the same time
a. 24.03 kN/m3 c. 25.00 kN/m3
another mercury barometer at the top of the mountain reads 480
b. 26.00 kN/m3 d. 27.05 kN/m3
mm?
a. 1835.62 m c. 1748.03 m
18. Which of the following most nearly gives the specific gravity of
b. 1602.19 m d. 1934.53 m
the stone?
a. 2.90 c. 2.25
5. A tank contains oil with specific gravity of 0.80, gasoline with
b. 2.45 d. 2.76
specific gravity of 0.90, and sea water with specific gravity of
1.05. What is the pressure at a depth of 1.20 m if the depths of
Situation 6: A cylindrical tank 1 m in diameter and 3 m tall weighs
the liquids are 0.50 m, 0.60 m, and 0.80 m, respectively?
3.86 kN.
a. 1812 kg/m2 c. 942 kg/m2
b. 1045 kg/m2 d. 1318 kg/m2
19. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of the lead
(specific wt.= 110 kN/m3) that must be placed inside the tank to
6. A pressure gage at elevation 10 m at the side of a tank
make the tank float vertically with 2.50 m submerged in water?
containing a liquid reads 80 kPa. Another gage at elevation 4 m
a. 16.91 kN c. 19.25 kN
reads 120 kPa. Find the specific gravity of the liquid.
b. 21.14 kN d. 15.40 kN
a. 0.62 b. 0.65
b. 0.73 d. 0.68
20. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of the lead
(specific wt.= 110 kN/m3) that must be fastened to the outside
Situation 2: The tank is shown below.
bottom of the tank to make the tank float vertically with 2.50 m
submerged in water?
a. 21.14 kN c. 15.40 kN
b. 19.25 kN d. 16.91 kN
21. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of the lead
3
(specific wt.= 110 kN/m ) that must be placed inside the tank to
make the top of the tank flushed with the water surface?
a. 19.25 kN c. 16.91 kN
b. 15.40 kN d. 21.14 kN

22. A wooden block is placed horizontally in the sea with oil spill as
7. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydrostatic force shown. What is the depth o f the block submerged?
acting in liquid 1?
a. 274.68 kN c. 247.86 kN
b. 472.68 kN d. 427.86 kN

8. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydrostatic force

acting in liquid 2?
a. 705.456 kN c. 750.465 kN
b. 349.78 kN d. 427.86 kN

9. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydrostatic force

acting in liquid 3?
a. 1758.24 kN c. 247.86 kN
b. 472.68 kN d. 1785.42 kN

10. Which of the following most nearly gives the location of the total a. 2.34 m c. 1.95 m
hydrostatic force from the bottom of the tank? b. 2.89 m d. 2.23 m
a. 4.56 m c. 3.36 m
b. 5.46 m d. 6.63 m Situation 7: A tall cylindrical tank 150 mm in diameter contains
water 200 mm deep and oil (sg=0.80) 30 mm deep. A
Situation 3: The parabolic plate is submerged in water as shown. cylindrical buoy 100 mm in diameter and 120 mm
high is placed vertically inside the tank. The buoy
weighs 5 N.

23. Which of the following most nearly gives the specific gravity of
the buoy?
a. 0.45 c. 0.54
b. 0.25 d. 0.35

11. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydrostatic force 24. Which of the following most nearly gives the depth of buoy
acting in the plate? submerged?
a. 2604.72 kN c. 2460.27 kN a. 79.65 mm c. 81.12 mm
b. 2640.27 kN d. 2406.72 kN b. 75.69 mm d. 45.07 mm

12. Which of the following most nearly gives the location of the 25. Which of the following most nearly gives the increase in height of
hydrostatic force from the top surface of the liquid? the contents?
a. 8.69 m c. 7.68 m a. 63.34 mm c. 41.12 mm
b. 9.68 m d. 6.81 m b. 23.45 mm d. 33.64 mm

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2. Which of the following most nearly gives the kinematic viscosity

Situation 8: A pump draws water at 20 liters per second from of the liquid?
reservoir A and lifts it to reservoir B as shown. The a. 1.97x10-5 m2/s c. 3.19x10-5 m2/s
head loss from A to 1 is three times the velocity head b. 2.17x10-5 m2/s d. 2.49x10-5 m2/s
in the 150-mm diameter pipe and the head loss from
2 to B is fifteen times the velocity head in the 100- 3. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow?
mm diameter pipe. a. 99.56 L/min c. 86.80 L/min
b. 78.71 L/min d. 127.89 L/min
26. Which of the following most nearly gives the power delivered by
the pump? Situation 2: Crude oil having a density of 856 kg/m3 and dynamic
a. 59.24 kW c. 52.49 kW viscosity of 0.0072 Pa-s flow through a 60 mm
b. 48.10 kW d. 41.80 kW diameter pipe at a rate of 0.24 m/s.

27. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure head at 4. Which of the following most nearly gives the Reynolds number?
point 1? a. 1,217 c. 1,127
a. 19.74 m c. 17.49 m b. 1,271 d. 1,712
b. 24.97 m d. 14.97 m
5. Which of the following most nearly gives the friction factor?
28. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure head at a. 0.0568 c. 0.0504
point 2? b. 0.0374 d. 0.0526
a. 259.86 m c. 269.86 m
b. 262.38 m d. 264.63 m 6. Which of the following most nearly gives the head lost if the pipe
is 1,500 m long?
Situation 9: Reservoirs A and B have elevations 250 m and 100 a. 4.17 m c. 3.86 m
m respectively, and are connected by a pipe having a b. 2.74 m d. 3.70 m
diameter of 250 mm and a length of 250 m. A turbine
is installed at a point in between reservoirs A and B. Situation 3: Three pipes 1, 2, and 3 from three reservoirs A, B,
The discharge in the pipeline is 140 L/s. Use C=120. and C, respectively, meet at a junction whose
elevation is 366 m. Water levels at reservoirs A and
29. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss in the B are at elevations 825 m and 716 m, respectively.
pipe due to friction? Useful properties of the pipes are given in the
a. 9.17 m c. 6.15 m following table.
b. 7.35 m d. 8.55 m
7. If the pressure at the junction of the pipes is 2730 kPa, find the
30. Which of the following most nearly gives the head extracted by elevation of water at reservoir C.
the turbine? a. 480.33 m c. 462.07 m
a. 149.55 m c. 136.10 m b. 544.96 m d. 503.29 m
b. 141.45 m d. 160.75 m
8. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in
31. Which of the following most nearly gives the power generated by pipeline 2?
the turbine? a. 296.50 L/s c. 212.25 L/s
a. 215.65 kW c. 235.18 kW b. 316.17 L/s d. 192.34 L/s
b. 194.27 kW d. 180.50 kW
9. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in
Situation 10: A discharge of 750 L/s flows through a pipe having a pipeline 3?
diameter of 400 mm and a length of 65 m. a. 325.98 L/s c. 113.90 L/s
b. 235.98 L/s d. 261.18 L/s
32. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss using
Manning’s equation with n= 0.013? Situation 4: A 600-mm diameter non-rigid pipe conveys water
a. 8.43 m c. 7.50 m from a reservoir with a velocity of 2.50 m/s. The flow
b. 8.96 m d. 7.18 m is suddenly stopped by the closure of a valve
situated 400 m from the reservoir. Assume that the
33. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss using pressure increases at a uniform rate and that there is
Darcy-Weisbach formula with f= 0.012? no damping of the pressure wave. The pipe has a
a. 3.54 m c. 3.17 m thickness of 20 mm and a modulus of elasticity
b. 2.15 m d. 2.75 m 1.40x1011 Pa. The bulk modulus of elasticity of water
is 2.20x109 Pa.
34. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss using
Hazen-Williams formula with C= 100? 10. Which of the following most nearly gives the celerity of the
a. 7.45 m c. 7.86 m pressure wave?
b. 6.12 m d. 7.05 m a. 1366.79 m/s c. 1483.24 m/s
b. 1222.76 m/s d. 1616.04 m/s
Situation 11: Water is pumped into a distribution reservoir at a rate
of 600 m3 every 4 hours. The estimated water 11. Which of the following most nearly gives the time for the
demands every 4 hours are shown below. pressure wave to travel round trip along the pipe?
a. 0.65 s c. 0.59 s
Time Demand (m3) b. 0.54 s d. 0.50 s
0400H 200
0800h 800 12. Which of the following most nearly gives the water hammer
1200H 1,100 pressure developed in the pipe due to instantaneous valve
1600H 700 closure?
2000H 500 a. 4040.11 kPa c. 3415.29 kPa
2400H 300 b. 3708.12 kpa d. 3056.90 kPa

Situation 5: The elasticity and dimension of the pile are such that
At 0800, the reservoir contains 700 m3 of water.
the celerity of the pressure wave is 970 m/s.
Suppose the pipe has a length of 1,600 m, and a
35. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum reservoir
diameter of 1.20 m and initial flow of 0.85 m3/s.
capacity?
a. 800 m3 c. 900 m3
13. Find the water hammer pressure for instantaneous valve closure.
b. 700 m3 d. 600 m3
a. 650 kPa c. 810 kPa
b. 550.80 kPa d. 727.50 kPa
36. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum
requirement from the reservoir?
14. How much time should be allowed for closing a valve to avoid
a. 400 m3 c. 600 m3
water hammer pressure.
b. 200 m3 d. 500 m3
a. 1.20 sec c. 3.30 sec
b. 5.10 sec d. 2.10 sec
37. Which of the following most nearly gives the water in the
reservoir at 2000H?
15. Find the appropriate water hammer pressure of the valve if it is
a. 100 m3 c. 500 m3
closed in 4 seconds?
b. 400 m3 d. 200 m3
a. 710 kPa c. 510 kPa
b. 600 kPa d. 555 kPa
SET 2
Situation 6: A trapezoidal canal with a base of 2 m has its sides
Situation 1: A liquid having a Reynolds number of 1700 flows
sloping at 45° with the horizontal. Water flows at a
through a 50-mm diameter pipe that is 1200 m long.
depth of 1m.
The head loss in the pipe due to friction is 25 m.
16. Which of the following most nearly gives the cross sectional area
1. Which of the following most nearly gives the friction factor?
of the water?
a. 0.0376 c. 0.0458
a. 3.00 m2 c. 5.66 m2
b. 0.0173 d. 0.0286
b. 2.83 m2 d. 6.00 m2

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a. 0.1671 m3/s c. 0.3793 m3/s
17. Which of the following most nearly gives the wetted perimeter of b. 0.2844 m3/s d. 0.3136 m3/s
the canal?
a. 4.83 m c. 3.41 m 33. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in
b. 2.83 m d. 5.66 m pipeline 3?
a. 0.1671 m3/s c. 0.3793 m3/s
18. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydraulic radius? b. 0.2844 m3/s d. 0.3136 m3/s
a. 0.50 m c. 0.62 m
b. 1.00 m d. 0.68 m Situation 12: The flow rate for the pipe system shown is 0.050
m3/s with a total head loss of 12 m. Use C= 120 for
Situation 7: Water flows in a rectangular channel 10 m wide and all pipes.
1.20 m deep at a rate of 18.40 m3/s. The roughness
coefficient of the channel is 0.012.

19. Which of the following most nearly gives the slope of the
channel?
a. 0.000444 c. 0.000534
b. 0.000453 d. 0.000354

20. Which of the following most nearly gives the specific energy? Pipe Length Diameter
a. 1.22 m c. 1.86 m 1 400 m 200 mm
b. 1.32 m d. 1.59 m 2 500 m 180 mm
3 300 m
21. Which of the following most nearly gives the boundary shear 4 620 m 250 mm
stress?
a. 5.07 Pa c. 4.21 Pa
34. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss in pipe 2?
b. 4.30 Pa d. 3.36 Pa
a. 5.56 m c. 2.81 m
b. 3.71 m d. 1.62 m
Situation 8: Water flows through an almost level channel 3 m
wide at a rate of 12 m3/s. The depth gradually
35. Which of the following most nearly gives the flow in pipe 3?
increases from 1 m to 1.10 m over a length of flow of
a. 0.0278 m3/s c. 0.0451 m3/s
5 m.
b. 0.0124 m3/s d. 0.0208 m3/s
22. Which of the following most nearly gives the head lost?
36. Which of the following most nearly gives the diameter of pipe 3?
a. 0.0249 m c. 0.0415 m
a. 129.73 mm c. 176.54 mm
b. 0.0829 m d. 0.0671 m
b. 158.12 mm d. 212.15 mm
23. Which of the following most nearly gives the slope of the energy
Situation 13: Water flows through a horizontal bend and a T
grade line?
section as shown below. AT section 1, the flow
a. 0.0083 c. 0.0050
enters with a velocity of 6 m/s, and the pressure is
c. 0.0134 d. 0.0166
4.80 kPa. At both sections 1 and 2, the flow exits the
device with a velocity of 3 m/s, and the pressures at
24. Which of the following most nearly gives the roughness
these sections are atmospheric. The cross sectional
coefficient?
areas at 1,2, and 3 are all the same at 0.20 m2.
a. 0.0134 c. 0.0173
b. 0.0245 d. 0.0220

Situation 9: A 90° triangular channel having a roughness

coefficient of 0.012 carries water at a rate of 6 m3/s.

25. Which of the following most nearly gives the critical depth?
a. 1.16 m c. 1.94 m
b. 1.49 m d. 1.61 m

26. Which of the following most nearly gives the critical velocity?
a. 2.07 m/s c. 2.46 m/s
b. 2.70 m/s d. 2.64 m/s

27. Which of the following most nearly gives the critical slope?
37. Which of the following most nearly gives the x component of the
a. 0.0025 c. 0.0037
force necessary to restrain the section?
b. 0.0073 d. 0.0052
a. 9.96 kN c. 4.44 kN
b. 6.36 kN d. 8.04 kN
Situation 10: A rectangular channel 5.50 m wide and 1.30 m deep
is laid on a uniform slope of 0.002. The roughness 38. Which of the following most nearly gives the y component of the
coefficient of the channel is 0.013.
force necessary to restrain the section?
a. 0.84 kN c. 0.96 kN
28. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in the
b. 2.76 kN d. 1.80 kN
channel?
a. 21.04 m3/s c. 22.63 m3/s
39. Which of the following most nearly gives the resultant force
b. 19.27 m3/s d. 16.28 m3/s
necessary to restrain the section?
a. 8.50 kN c. 10.12 kN
29. Which of the following most nearly gives the savings in lining per
b. 9.80 kN d. 10.34 kN
meter length of channel that could have been offered by using
the most efficient rectangular section but adhering to the same
flow capacity and slope?
a. 1.53 m2/m c. 0.87 m2/m
b. 1.10 m2/m d. 0.67 m2/m

30. Which of the following most nearly gives the savings in earth
excavation per meter length of channel that could have been
offered by using the most efficient rectangular section but
adhering to the same flow capacity and slope?
a. 0.61 m3/m c. 1.75 m3/m
b. 0.24 m3/m d. 1.03 m3/m

Situation 11: Pipelines 1, 2, and 3 are connected in parallel to

each other. The three pipes carry a combined
discharge of 0.86 m3/s.

Pipe Length Diameter Friction Factor

1 1800 m 400 mm 0.020
2 1500 m 350 mm 0.018
3 2000 m 300 mm 0.022

31. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in
pipeline 1?
a. 0.3136 m3/s c. 0.2844 m3/s
b. 0.1671 m3/s d. 0.3793 m3/s

32. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in
pipeline 2?

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