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Refresher Course: Hydraulics and

Geotechnical Engineering

Prepared By: Christiane Jercel E. Junio, RCE

Practice Problems:
1. A rigid gate of a flood control structure
in a river is 6 m wide by 4 m high and
weighs 10 kN. With its longer edge
horizontal, it is moved up and down
with its short edges sliding in vertical a. 18.07 cm c. 21.13 cm
channel guides. Evaluate the force, in b. 33.33 cm d. 48.23 cm
kN, needed to raise the gate when the
surface of the water is 2 m above its top
edge. There is no water in the Situation 1:
downstream side of the gate the
In figure HYD. 1, a swimming pool 15 m long,
coefficient of friction between the gate
10 m wide, and 3 m deep at one end and 1.6 m
and the channel guide is 0.10. Neglect
on the other side is fitted with a drain pipe
the buoyant effect of the water on the
200mm in diameter at the lowest part of the
gate and the weight of the cables
pool. C= 0.8
connected to the gate.

a. 104 kN c. 110 kN
b. 94 kN d. 92 kN

2. In the figure shown, when the funnel is

empty, the water surface is at point A
and the specific gravity of mercury is
3. Determine the time required to empty
13.55. shows a deflection of 15 cm.
the tank from A to B.
Determine the new deflection of
mercury when the funnel is filled with
a. 1258.86 s c. 1387.96 s
water to B.
b. 1563.87 s d. 1479.02 s

4. Determine the time required to empty

the tank from B to C.

a. 978.65 s c. 1218.45 s
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b. 1152.64 s d. 1062.86 s
10. A soil sample weighs 14.46 N and has a
volume of 0.000991 m^3. The specific
5. Compute the time required to drain the
gravity is 2.65. The volume of air is
full content of the pool.
0.000167 m^3. Find the dry unit weight
of the original soil sample (kN/m^3)
a. 2237.51 s c. 2606.41 s
a. 15.62 c. 10.24
b. 2716.51 s d. 2541.88 s
b. 13.25 d. 17.85

Situation 2:
Situation 3:
After 24 hrs of pumping at 50 L/s, the
A rectangular channel 5.50 m wide and
water level in an observation well at a
1.30 m deep is laid on a uniform slope of 0.002.
distance of 100 m from the test well is lowered
The roughness coefficient of the channel is
0.50 m. At another observation well located 50
0.013.
m from the test well, the water level dropped
by 1.0 m. 11. Which of the following most nearly
gives the rate of flow in the channel in
6. Estimate the rate of flow in cubic
m^3/s?
meters per day.
a. 22.63 c. 18.23
a. 4320 c. 5130
b. 21.78 d. 19.54
b. 4890 d. 4560

12. Which of the following most nearly

7. Evaluate the coefficient of permeability
gives the savings in lining per meter
of the aquifer in meters per day.
length of channel that could have been
a. 36.3 c. 44.5
offered by using the most efficient
b. 20.1 d. 58.3
rectangular section but adhering to the
same flow capacity and slope?
a. 0.54 m^2/m
8. Compute the transmissibility of the
b. 0.45 m^2/m
aquifer in square meters per day.
c. 0.67 m^2/m
a. 1140 c. 1080
d. 0.24 m^2/m
b. 953 d. 1260

13. Which of the following most nearly

9. Evaluate the kinetic energy of a unit
gives the savings in earth excavation
weight of water, in meters, flowing at 10
per meter length of the channel that
m/sec?
could have been offered by using the
a. 0.721 c. 0.815
most efficient rectangular section but
b. 0.439 d. 0.534
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adhering to the same flow capacity and

slope.
a. 0.24 m^3/m
b. 0.69 m^3/m
c. 0.18 m^3/m
d. 0.78 m^3/m

14. A rectangular barge weighing 200,000

kg is 14 m long, 8 meters wide and 4.5
meters deep. It will transport to Cebu
20 mm in diameter by 6 meters long
reinforcing steel bars. If a draft is to be 15. Which of the following most nearly
maintained at 3 meters, how many gives the effective overburden pressure
pieces of the bars can it carry. at midheight of the consolidating clay
a. 8927 c. 8972 layer?
b. 9827 d. 9872 a. 210.13 kPa c. 118.57 kPa
b. 242.13 kPa d. 150.57 kPa

Situation 4:
16. Which of the following most nearly
A group friction piles is shown in the
figure. The total load on the piles less the gives the compression index of the clay
weight of the soil displaced by the foundation layer?
a. 0.29 c. 0.36
is 1,800 kN. The silt is 2 m thick and the clay is
b. 0.43 d. 0.22
16 m thick.

17. Which of the following most nearly

gives the settlement of the pile
foundation?
a. 88.97 mm c. 170.39 mm
b. 137.69 mm d. 101.52 mm

Situation 5:
A right circular cylinder having a
diameter of 1.00 m and weighing 900 N is held
in position by an anchor block such that 0.30 m
of the cylinder is below the surface of the
water with its axis vertical. The anchor block
has a volume of 0.50 cubic meter and weighs
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24 kN per cubic meter in air. Assume sea a. 45.06 kPa c. 74.06 kPa
water to have a specific gravity of 1.03. b. -45.06 kPa d. -74.06 kPa
Neglecting the weight and volume of the cable.
23. If a drained test was conducted instead,
18. Evaluate the buoyant force on the
what will be the deviator stress?
cylinder for the position described in
a. 259.28 kPa c. 157.69 kPa
kN;
b. 129.64 kPa d. 78.84 kPa
a. 2.38 c. 4.25
b. 2.95 d. 2.15
Situation 7:
19. Evaluate the tensile force in the wire The irregularly shaped foundation shown in
for the given draft of the cylinder, in kN; the figure is loaded at a uniform pressure of q
a. 3.25 c. 1.95 = 240 kPa.
b. 3.95 d. 1.48

20. Evaluate the rise in the tide that will lift

the anchor from the bottom of the sea,
in meter(s).
a. 0.425 c. 0.275
b. 0.387 d. 0.198

Situation 6:
An unconsolidated undrained tri axial
was conducted on a normally consolidated soil
sample. The following results were obtained:
Undrained friction angle = 32 degrees
Chamber pressure = 115 kPa
The soil is also known to have drained friction
angle of 24 degrees.
21. Determine the deviator stress.
a. 259.28 kPa c. 157.69 kPa 24. Determine the vertical stress increase
b. 129.64 kPa d. 78.84 kPa below point A at a depth of z = 5 m.
25. Determine the vertical stress increase
below point B at a depth of z = 5 m.
22. Determine the pore water pressure
present in the soil sample during the
test.