Sit. 1. A tank 5.4 m. deep and 2 m. wide is layered with 2.4 m of oil b. 0.84 d. 0.

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sp.gr. (0.80), 1.8 m of water and 1.2 m. of mercury, 15. Determine the maximum pressure at the base of the dam.
a. 151.06 kPa c. 185.85 kPa
1. Compute the hydrostatic force on the side on the upper layer of oil b. 161.05 kPa d. 158.85 kPa
only.
a. 45.20 kN c. 35.33 kN ‘Sit. 3. (16--18) A vertical triangular plate whose height is 3.6 m. has its
b. 14.83 kN d. 22.48 kN base horizontal and vertex upper most in the water surface.
2. Compute the total hydrostatic force acting on the side of the tank. 16. Find the depth to which it must be lowered from its vertex so that
a. 369.58 kN c. 424.49 kN the difference in level between the center of gravity and the center
b. 245.59 kN d. 557.68 kN of pressure shall be 20 cm.
3. Compute the location of the hydrostatic force from the top of the a. 3.6 m c. 2.4 m
tank. b. 1.2 m d. 3.4 m
a. 4.22 m c. 2.81 m 17. How far is the center of pressure below the water surface?
b. 1.18 m d. 2.59 m a. 2.60 m c. 1.40 m
b. 3.60 m d. 3.80 m
Sit. 2. If the specific weight of sludge can be expressed as W =0.20 + 18. What is the base width of the plate if the total hydrostatic force
50h, in kN/m3 acting on the plate is 76.28 kN?
a. 1.27 m c. 3.60 m
4. Determine the pressure at a depth of 4.5 m. b. 1.20 m d. 1.80 m
a. 225.2 kPa c. 507.15 kPa c.
b. 1013.40 kPa d. 1531.54 kPa Sit. 4. (19-21) From the figure shown
5. Compute the pressure in psf
a. 4704.48 c. 31991.04
b. 10595.52 d. 21170.88
6. Compute the pressure in psi
a. 147.02 c. 32.67
b. 222.16 d. 73.58

Sit. 3. The tank in the figure is admitting water at 100 N/s and ejecting
gasoline (sp.gr. = 0.69) at 52N/s. If all three fluids are incompressible
and assume unit weight of water to be 9790 N/m 3 and air at 20°C has a
value of R/g = 29.3 m/K,

19. Compute the pressure at A

a. -7.848 kPa c. 7.848 kPa
b. -4.905 kPa d. 4.905 kPa
20. Compute the pressure at C
a. -7.848 kPa c. 7.848 kPa
b. -4.905 kPa d. 4.905 kPa
21. Compute the pressure at D
a. 21.86 kPa c. 21.68 kPa
b. 28.61 kPa d. 28.16 kPa

Sit. 5. (22-23) A bottle consisting of a cylinder 30 cm in diameter and

7. How much water is flowing in? 30 cm high, has a neck of 5 cm in diameter and 30 cm long. If this
a. 0.014804 m3/s c. 0.010215 m3/s bottle is filled with water under atmospheric pressure, is inserted and
b. 0.007698 m3/s d. 0.005312 m3/s submerged in water,
8. How much gasoline is flowing out? 22. Find the depth to which the open end is submerged if the depth of
a. 0.014804 m3/s c. 0.010215 m3/s water on the bottle is 30 cm. neglecting vapor pressure. Assume
b. 0.007698 m3/s d. 0.005312 m3/s atmospheric pressure is 1030 g/cm2
9. How much air is passing through the vent? a. 56.87 cm c. 58.76 cm
a. 0.0297 N/s c. 0.1120 N/s b. 57.86 cm d. 57.68 cm
b. 0.0578 N/s d. 0.0838 N/s 23. Compute the distance from the water surface to the joint of the
neck of the bottle.
Sit. 4. A container in a shape of a frustum of a cone with a close flat a. 0.2876 m c. 0.2687 m
top with radius 1.5 m and an open bottom with radius 2.0 m and 3.0 m b. 0.2768 m d. 0.2786 m
from the top is lowered from the outside air into salt water with unit
weight of 10.20 kN/m3 in an upright position. Sit. 6. (24-26) A closed cylindrical tank 2 m. diameter and 4m depth
with axis vertical contains 3m. depth of water. Air at a pressure of 0.06
10. How deep below the water surface is the bottom of the container kg/cm2 is pumped into the cylinder above the liquid surface.
if the water inside the container has risen to 1.50 m.? 24. Determine the total force at the bottom of the tank.
a. 13.22 m c. 15.24 m a. 1.88 kg c. 11,309.73 kg
b. 13.74 m d. 14.72 m b. 9,424. 78 kg d. 92.46 kg
11. Compute the volume of the air trapped inside the container. 25. Determine the total force acting on the wall
a. 12.47 cu. m c. 41.53 cu. m a. 12,600 kg c. 13,200 kg
b. 29.06 cu. m d. 16.59 cu. m b. 13,800 kg d. 13,600 kg
12. Compute the gage pressure at the bottom of the container. 26. Determine the location of the resultant force acting on the wall
a. 134.84 kPa c. 144.40 kPa from the bottom of the tank.
b. 150.14 kPa d. 129.69 kPa a. 1.35 m c. 2.65 m
b. 2.35 m d. 1.65 m
Sit. 5. (13-15) A dam is triangular in cross section with the upstream
vertical. Water is flush at the top. The dam is 8m. high and 6m. wide at
the bottom, weighs 23.5 kN/m 3. The coefficient of friction between the Sit. 7. (27-29) A triangular trough as shown in the figure carries water
base and the foundation is 0.80. Hydrostatic uplift varies from full at the at a depth of 5m. The trough is hinged at A and is held together by
heel to zero at the toe. cable BC at the top. The angle BAC is equal to 110°
13. Determine the factor of safety against overturning.
a. 1.268 c. 1.568
b. 0.84 d. 0.94
14. Determine the factor of safety against sliding.
a. 1.268 c. 1.568
 b. 3.00 d. 3.75

27. Compute the volume of water in the trough per meter length.
a. 37.50 m3 c. 30.75 m3
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b. 35.70 m d. 53.07 m3
28. Compute the total force on side AB per meter length.
a. 231.87 kN c. 213.78 kN
b. 281.73 kN d. 218.37 kN
29. Compute the tension in the cable if it has a spacing of 1 m.
perpendicular to the paper.
a. 88.74 kN c. 74.88 kN
b. 84.78 kN d. 78.48 kN

Sit. 8. (30-32) Water is acting on the vertical side of a trapezoidal

masonry dam 2m. wide at the top, 15m. wide at the bottom and 20m.
high. If the allowable compressive stress at the toe is 345 kPa and
neglecting hydrostatic uplift, compute the following: unit weight of
concrete is 23.5 kN/m3
30. Depth of water on the upstream vertical side of the dam
a. 20 m c. 18.46 m
b. 19.78 m d. 17.63 m
31. Compute the factor of safety against sliding if the coefficient of
friction is 0.60.
a. 1.0 c. 1.50
b. 1.25 d. 1.75
32. Compute the factor of safety against overturning
a. 1.33 c. 3.73
b. 1.73 d. 3.13

Sit. 9. (33-35) A rectangular gate with 4 m height and 1.5 m width is

hinged at the top. A force to keep the gate closed is applied at the
bottom with an angle of 45° with the vertical. Calculate the magnitude
of this force for the following conditions:
33. The water surface is level with the top of the gate.
a. 98.37 kN c. 121.69 kN
b. 110.99 kN d. 107.54 kN
34. The water surface is located 1 meter above the top of the gate.
a. 143.73 kN c. 152.61 kN
b. 150.35 kN d. 145.65 kN
35. The water surface is located 1 meter below the top of the gate.
a. 98.37 kN c. 101.87 kN
b. 86.43 kN d. 70.23 kN

Sit. 10. (36-38) The width of the gate shown is 3 meters.

36. What is the force exerted by water on the left side of the gate?
a. 1191.92 kN c. 1307.46 kN
b. 1205.63 kN d. 1095.75 kN
37. What is the force exerted by the water on the right side of the gate?
a. 441.47 kN c. 297.98 kN
b. 176.59 kN d. 353.18 kN
38. What is the horizontal force at B is required to turn the gate about
the hinge?
a. 110.36 kN c. 87.93 kN
b. 66.45 kN d. 198.65 kN

39. What height of oil with specific gravity of 0.80 would be if it is used
to measure the atmospheric pressure?
a. 7.85 m c. 12.91 m
b. 9.81 m d. 10.33 m
40. A vertical square plate 1.50 m in each side is submerged half in oil
and half in water. If the top of the plate is flushed with oil with specific
gravity of 0.80, what is the ratio of the force of water to oil?
a. 3.25 c. 3.50