Technological Institute of the Philippines – Quezon City

Civil Engineering Department

Integration Course for Civil Engineering 2
Activity Sheet 4

Name: _________________________________________________
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the
circle corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet.

Situation 1. A rectangular tank of internal width of 5 m, as shown in the figure, contains oil of sp. gr. = 0.8 and water. See Figure HYDR
- 1001

1. What is the value of h?

a. 1.15 m b. 1.30 m c. 1.25 m d. 1.35 m

2. If a 1000-N block is made to float in oil, what is the new value of h?

a. 1.30 m b. 1.31 m c. 1.28 m d. 1.34 m

3. If a 1000-N block is made to float in oil, what is the rise in water surface in chamber B?
a. 1.32 cm b. 1.42 cm c. 1.26 cm d. 1.36 cm

Situation 2. An open cylindrical vessel 4 m in diameter and 6 m high is two-third full of water. The vessel is revolved about its own
vertical axis at constant angular speed ω

4. Calculate the peripheral velocity at the top rim of the vessel when the water starts to spill out.
a. 10.25 m/s b. 9.37 m/s c. 7.56 m/s d. 8.86 m/s

5. Calculate the peripheral velocity at the top rim of the vessel when 3 m3 of water is spilled out
a. 8.86 m/s b. 7.56 m/s c. 9.37 m/s d. 10.25 m/s

6. What is the maximum pressure at the bottom of the vessel.

a. 39.24 kPa b. 58.86 kPa c. 62.58 kPa d. 45.63 kPa

Situation 3. It is desired to float in fresh water a wooden cone, 18 cm in diameter and 25 cm high, with the apex downward. If the s.g.
of the cone is 0.60:
7. Compute the submerged depth.
a.169 mm b. 183 mm c. 197 mm d. 211 mm

8. Compute the distance of the metacentre from the center of buoyancy.

a.14 mm b. 28 mm c. 21 mm d. 35 mm

9. Locate the metacentre from the center of gravity.

a. 9 mm b. 19 mm c. 14 mm a. 24 mm

Situation 4. In Figure HDRY 1002 Oil is discharging out of an orifice under a constant pressure of 24 kPa. The vessel is an upright
cylinder 4 m in diameter
10. Calculate the initial head producing the flow.
a. 10.34 m b. 5.45 m c. 5.71 m d. 10.59 m

11. Calculate the instantaneous discharge in L/s.

a. 51.2 b. 50.0 c. 68.9 d. 69.7

12. Calculate the time to discharge oil from 3 m to 1 m assuming that the pressure of air in the tank remains constant during discharge.
a. 477 s b. 626 s c. 859 s d. 541 s

Situation 5. A closed cylindrical tank, 1.8 m high and 0.9 m in diameter, contains 1.35 m of water.
The air space inside is subjected to a constant pressure of 107 kPa.
13. If the cylinder rotates about its geometric axis at an angular velocity of 12 rad/s,
what would be the resulting depth of water at the center of the tank?
a. 1.157 m b. 0.314 m c. 0.643 m d. 0.764 m

14. What is the pressure at the bottom center of the tank?

a. 110.08 kPa b. 114.50 kPa c. 111.41 kPa d. 113.31 kPa

15. What is the pressure at the bottom side of the tank?

a. 121.58 kPa b. 127.86 kPa c. 124.65 kPa d. 118.35 kPa

Situation 6. A large open tank contains a layer of oil of specific gravity 0.7 floating on water as shown in the figure HYDR 1003. Assume
the flow is inviscid.

16. Determine the height, h, which the water will rise in the 0.1 diameter nozzle.
a. 2.8 m b. 3.5 m c. 2.5 m d. 3.8 m
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17. Determine the water velocity in the 0.2 m diameter pipe.

a. 3.70 m/s b. 1.92 m/s c. 1.85 m/s d. 3.53 m/s

18. Determine the pressure in the pipe.

a. 37.3 kPa b. 35.6 kPa c. 33.5 kPa d. 31.4 kPa

Situation 7. A pump draws water at 20 liters/s from a reservoir A with water surface at elevation 0 m and lifts it to reservoir B with water
surface elevation 240 m. The suction pipe has a diameter of 150 mm and the discharge has a diameter of 100 mm. The head losses are
as follows:
(i) from reservoir A to the suction side of the pump: 3 times the velocity head in the 150 mm pipe;
(ii) from the discharge side of the pump to reservoir B: 15 times the velocity head in the 100 mm pipe
If the elevation of the pump is at -20 m, which of the following most nearly gives the:
19. Power delivered by the pump?
a. 59.24 kW b. 48.10 kW c. 52.49 kW d. 41.80 kW

20. Pressure head at the suction side of the pump?

a. 19.74 m b. 24.97 m c. 17.49 m d. 14.97 m

21. Pressure head at the discharge side of the pump?

a. 259.86 m b. 262.38 m c. 269.86 m d. 264.63 m

22. A 600 mm x 300 mm reducer connect two pipes. The velocity at the exit end of the reducer is 5 m/sec and the pressure is 410 kPa.
Neglecting secondary (minor) losses, find the resultant axial thrust of the water on the reducer.
a. 103.82 kN b. 92.39 kN c. 88.92 kN d. 96.15 KN

Situation 8. A liquid having sp. gr. of 2.0 is flowing in a 50 mm diameter pipe. The total head at a given point was found to be 17.5 Joule
per Newton. The elevation of the pipe above the datum is 3 m and the pressure in the pipe is 65.6 kPa

23. Determine the velocity of flow in m/s

a. 17.47 b. 17.94 c. 14.97 d. 14.79

24. Determine the discharge of flow.

a. 9.24 b. 9.35 c. 11.21 d. 10.92

25. Calculate the power in horsepower in the stream at that point.

a. 15.79 b. 13.37 c. 13.53 d. 16.21

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