UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-MAIN CAMPUS

CIVIL ENGINEERING REVIEW

HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

DAMS
1. A concrete dam retaining water is shown. If the Specific
weight of the concrete is 23.5 kN/m3 , find the factor of safety
against sliding, the factor of safety against overturning, and the
pressure intensity on the base. Assume there is a hydrostatic
uplift that varies uniformly from full hydrostatic head at the heel
of the dam to zero at the toe and that the coefficient of friction
between dam and foundation soil is 0.45.
in saltwater with its base horizontal, what is the maximum height
for stable equilibrium in the upright position?
2. A regular scow, 9.5 m wide, 16 m long, and 3.6 m high has
a draft of 2.5 m in seawater. Its center of gravity is 2.7 m above
its bottom. Determine (a) initial metacentric height; (b) If the
scow tilts one side is just at the point of submergence,
determine the righting or overturning moment.

3. A wooden barge of rectangular cross-section is 8 m wide, 4

m high, and 16 m long. It is transporting in seawater (s=1.03)
a total load of 1,550 kN including its own weight and cargo. If a
weight of 80 kN (included in the 1,500 kN) is shifted a distance
of 2.5 m to one side, it will cause the barge to go down 455 mm
in the wedge of immersion and also rise 455 mm in the
corresponding wedge of emersion. The barge floats vertically
(on an even keel) before the shifting of the weight. Compute
how far above the waterline is the center of gravity of the loaded
barge.

2. Water is acting on the vertical side of a trapezoidal masonry

dam, 2 m wide at the top, 15 m wide at the bottom, 20 m
high. What is the permissible height of water if the allowable
compressive stress at the toe is 3.02 kg/cm2? Assume that
there is no water pressure underneath the dam. Concrete
weighs, 2400 kg/m3. Ans: 18.76 m

STABILITY OF FLOATING BODIES

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Where: M = metacenter
G = Center of Gravity
Bo = Center of Buoyancy
VD = Volume Displaced
MBo = Distance from the Metacenter to the Center of
Buoyancy
MG = Metacentric Height
𝜃 = Angle of Tilt
MBo > GBo. Stable
MBo < GBo. Unstable
MBo = GBo. Stable (Critical)

Examples:
1. A block of wood (s = 0.65) is in a shape of a rectangular
parallelepiped having a 10 cm square base. If the block floats