Statics of Rigid Bodies
Compute I y for the region shown, given that x = Strength of Materials
1. In the figure shown, the moment of a certain
force F is 180 kN-m clockwise about O and 90 kN-
m counterclockwise about B. If its moment about
A is zero, determine the force.
2. The homogeneous 40-kg bar ABC is held in
position by a horizontal rope attached to end C.
Neglecting friction, determine the tension in the
rope.
3. The cable attached to the eyebolt in the figure is
pulled with the force F of magnitude 500 lb.
Determine the rectangular representation of this
force.
4. The weights and lengths of the two
homogeneous beams that make up the structure
are shown in the figure. Determine the
magnitude of the pin reaction at B.
5.
25.86 mm.
1. The corners of the square plate are given the
displacements indicated. Determine the shear
strain along the edges of the plate at A and B.
2. The aluminum block has a rectangular cross
Dynamics of Rigid Bodies section and is subjected to an axial compressive
force of 8 kip. If the 1.5-in. side changed its length
1. If a car travels at 15 m/s and the track is banked
to 1.500132 in., determine the Poisson’s ratio and
5 degrees, what is the smallest radius it can
the new length of the 2-in. side. Eal= 10(10)3 ksi
travel so that friction will not be necessary to
resist sliding?
2. A body starting from point A is given an
acceleration which uniformly increase from zero
at A to 1.8 m/s^2 at B in 4 seconds. The initial
velocity at A is 3 m/s. Find the distance travelled
at the end of 4 seconds. 3. The acrylic plastic rod is 200 mm long and 15 mm
3. A block weighing W sits on a level surface. One in diameter. If an axial load of 300 N is applied to
end of the surface is raised until the block begins it, determine the change in its length and the
to slide down the ramp at a constant velocity. change in its diameter. Ep=2.70 GPa vp = 0.4
What is the coefficient of friction between the
block and the incline plane?
4. A 0.04 kg bullet is fired from a rifle that is
clamped to a trolley. The combined weight of the
rifle and trolley is 10 kg. after firing, the velocity
of the trolley is known to be V A=1.5 m/s to the 4. What minimum force (kN) is required to punch a
left. Determine the muzzle velocity (velocity of 20-mm-diameter hole in a plate that is 25mm
the bullet relative to the barrel of the rifle). thick? The shear strength of the plate is 360 MPa.
5. A projectile is fired from the edge of a 150-m cliff Factor of Safety = 2.
with an initial velocity of 180 m/s at an angle of
30 degrees with the horizontal. Neglect air 5. A steel propeller shaft is to transmit 4.5 MW at 3
resistance. Determine the greatest elevation Hz without exceeding a shearing stress of 50 MPa
above the ground reached by the projectile. or twisting through more than 1 degree in a
length of 26 diameters. Compute the proper
diameter if G = 83 GPa.
Environmental Engineering
1. A waste is being discharged into a river that has a
temperature of 100C. What fraction of the
maximum oxygen consumption has occurred in
four days if the BOD rate constant determined in
the laboratory under standard conditions is 0.115
d-1 (base e)?
2. A drinking water treatment plant uses a circular
sedimentation basin to treat 3.0 MGD of river
water. (MGD stands for million gallons per day
and is a common U.S. measure of flow rate used
for water and wastewater treatment 1.0 MGD =
0.0438 m3/s. After storms occur upstream, the
river often carries 0.010 mm silt particles with an
average density of 2.2 g/cm3, and the silt must be
removed before the water can be used. The
plant’s clarifier is 3.5 m deep and 21 m in
diameter. The water is 15°C. a. What is the
hydraulic detention time of the clarifier?
For items 3 to 5:
The town of State College discharges 17,360 m 3/d of
treated wastewater into the Bald Eagle Creek. The treated
wastewater has a BOD5 of 12 mg/L and a k of 0.12 d-1 at
200C. Bald Eagle Creek has a flow rate of 0.43 m 3/s and an
ultimate BOD of 5.0 mg/L. The DO of the river is 6.5 mg/L
and the DO of the wastewater is 1.0 mg/L. The stream
temperature is 100C and the wastewater temperature is
100C.
3. Compute the DO after mixing
4. Compute for the initial ultimate BOD after
mixing.
5. Given that the saturation value of dissolved
oxygen is 11.33 mg/L, calculate the initial deficit
of the Bald Eagle Creek after mixing with the
wastewater from the town of State College.’
Sanitary Engineering
1. If the daily water consumption of a city is 24000
cum, what is the peak hourly demand of the
maximum day of course?
2. A sewer pipe contains 1 mm of sand particles of
specific gravity 2.65 and 5-mm organic particles
of specific gravity 1.2, what is the minimum
velocity required for removing the sewerage?
3. An inverted siphon composed of three pipes is to
be used to convey wastewater from a city of total
population 225000 inhabitants at side of a river
to the other side. The water consumption is 120
L/c/d. The invert level of the upstream manhole
is + 98 m above the sea level. The length of each
of the three pipes is 300 m. The peak factor = 2.5
and minimum flow factor = 0.40. Consider
Manning coefficient = 0.013. Find the average
flow in m3 /s.
4. If the over land flow from the critical point to the
drain is 8 km and the difference in level is 12.4 m,
what is the inlet time?
5. Compute the fire demand for a city of 200000
population by using Kuchling’s formula.
Water Resource Engineering
1. Determine the average discharge from a
reservoir required to generate 4700 MWh of
energy at the hydropower plant for a month (30
days). The average head is 95 ft and the overall
efficiency is 0.85. What is the storage draft, that
is, the volume of water that must be released,
assuming this is a critical drawdown period for
the reservoir?
2. The exceedance series of 30-min duration rainfall
values has a mean of 1.09 in and standard
deviation of 0.343 in. Determine the 100-year
30-min duration rainfall value using the Gumbel
(extreme value type I) distribution with the
frequency factor method.
3. The R.L. of ground water table on the sides of a
valley is 1505 m whereas R.L. of the stream
water is 1475 m. If 60° slope consists of pervious
soil between R.L. 1485 m to 1500 m, what is the
gravity spring that may be expected at the point
of reduced level?
For items 4 to 5:
The annual maximum series of flood magnitudes in a river
is assumed to follow a log-normal distribution with a mean
of 6000 m3/s and a standard deviation of 4000 m3/s.
4. What is the probability in each year that a flood
magnitude would exceed 7000 m3/s?
5. Determine the flood magnitude with a return
period of 100 years.
Hydrology
1. A 25 g/l solution of a flourescent tracer was
discharged into a stream at a constant rate of 10
cm3/s. The background concentration of the dye
in the stream water was found to be zero. At a
downstream section sufficiently far away, the dye
was found to reach an equilibrium concentration
of 5 parts per billion. Estimate the stream
discharge.
2. A 30 cm diameter well completely penetrates a
confined aquifer of permeability 45 m/day. The
length of the strainer is 20 m. Under steady state
of pumping, the drawdown at the well was found
to be 3.0 m and the radius of influence was 300
m. Calculate the discharge.
3. Design the bottom diameter of a dug well in fine
sand region to obtain 10 liters/s of yield under a
depression head of 2.5 m. The value of Ks =
Specific capacity per unit area may be taken as
0.6 h-1.
For items 4 to 5:
At a certain point in an unconfined aquifer of 3 km2 area,
the water table was at an elevation of 102.00 m. Due to
natural recharge in a wet season, its level rose to 103.20 m.
A volume of 1.5 Mm3 of water was then pumped out of
the aquifer causing the water table to reach a level of
101.20 m. Assuming the water table in the entire aquifer to
respond in a similar way,
4. Estimate the specific yield of the aquifer.
5. Estimate the volume of recharge during the wet
season.