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CE 102 INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL ENGINEERING
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MID-TERM EXAM I, 19.04.2023
Exam-duration 90 minutes PROB.4

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PROBLEM. 1
The velocity vector is given as ⃗𝑽
⃗ = 𝒕𝒙𝒚𝒛𝒊 − 𝟑𝒕𝒙𝟐 𝒋 − 𝟐𝒌 ⃗ for time t = 2 s and at point
B (1, 3, 2) (in meters) answer the following questions.
a)- Find the magnitude of the velocity vector
b)- Find the scalar components of the velocity vector
c)- Find the acceleration vector and its magnitude
d)- Find the scalar components of the acceleration vector
e)- Find the magnitudes of the components of the acceleration vector

PROBLEM. 2
⃗ given in the figure and
Consider the vector 𝑹
answer the followings.
⃗
a) Find the vector 𝑹
b) Find the magnitude of the ⃗𝑹
c) Find the magnitudes of the scalar components of the 𝑹⃗
⃗
d) Find the “direction angles” that 𝑹 makes with x, y, and z
axes.

PROBLEM. 3
⃗ , and 𝑩
⃗⃗ = −5𝑥𝑖 + 4𝑦𝑗⃗ + 3𝑘
If two vectors namely 𝑨 ⃗
⃗⃗ = 2𝑥𝑦𝑖 + 𝑦𝑧𝑗⃗ − 2𝑧𝑘
are given answer (find) the followings.

a) 𝑨 ⃗⃗ × 𝐵 ⃗
b) 𝑨 ⃗⃗ . 𝐵
⃗
c) (𝑨⃗⃗ + 𝐵 ⃗)
⃗⃗ − 𝐵
d) (𝑨 ⃗ )×𝐵
⃗
𝑨𝒙 𝑨𝒚 𝑨𝒛
e) 𝑩 ; 𝑩 , 𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝒙 𝒚 𝑩𝒛

PROBLEM. 4
Briefly answer the followings.
a) Define “engineering”
b) What is the importance of a coordinate system?
c) If an object weighs 200 kilogram-force (kgf) on Earth what is the weight of this object
in terms of Newton (N) and kilogram-force (kgf) on the Moon whose gravity
acceleration is 1/6 times that of Earth (g = 9.81 m/s2) ?
d) Write the types of dams according to their constructions.
e) What is the main difference between the “open channel flow (free-surface flow)” and
the “closed flow (pressurized flow)”.