BWDB – 20

Exam Taker: BUET

 1. A cable supported roof carries a uniform load w= 0.6k/ft of the cable sag at mid
span is set to 10’. What is the maximum tension in the cable between B and D?
Solution: 2 2
So, 𝑤𝐿 = 𝐻ℎ ⇒ 0.6 × 120 = 𝐻 × 10 ⇒ 𝐻 = 108𝐾
𝒘 = 𝟎. 𝟔𝒌 /𝒇𝒕 8 8 𝑻
𝑺𝒐, 𝑯 = 𝟏𝟎𝟖𝑲
𝒀 𝜽
𝑩 𝑫
𝒉 = 𝟏𝟎′ 𝑯
𝑪 𝑿
𝟑𝟎′ 𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝑊𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝜽
𝑨 𝑬 Here,
𝟒𝒉𝒙𝟐
𝟒𝟎′ 𝟔𝟎′ 𝟔𝟎′ 𝟒𝟎′ 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆: 𝒚 = 𝟐
𝑳
2
𝑺𝒐, 𝜽 = 𝟏𝟖. 𝟒𝟑𝟎
4ℎ𝑥
Here, 𝒘= 𝟎. 𝟔𝒌 /𝒇𝒕 ⇒𝑦=
𝐿2
1 𝑵𝒐𝒘, 𝑯 = 𝑻𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽
𝑯 𝑯
𝑩 𝑫 ⇒ 𝑑𝑦 = 4 × ℎ × 2𝑥 × 𝑑𝑥 × 2
𝐿
𝒉 ⇒ 108 = 𝑇 × 𝑐𝑜𝑠(18.430 )
𝑑𝑦 8ℎ𝑥
𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐵𝐷 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑚 ⇒ = 2 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 ⇒ 𝑇 = 113.84𝐾
𝑑𝑥 𝐿
ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑈𝐷𝐿, 𝑤 = 0.6𝑘 /𝑓𝑡 on its span. 𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 60′ → 𝑎𝑡 𝐷 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑺𝒐, 𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆
𝑆𝑜, 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 8 × 10 × 60 1 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑩 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫, 𝑻 = 𝟏𝟏𝟑. 𝟖𝟒𝑲
𝑤𝐿2 ⇒ 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = =
𝐵𝑒𝑑𝑛𝑖𝑔 𝑀𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑑 − 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑛 = = 𝐻ℎ 1202 3
8
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝑯 = 𝑯𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 ⇒ 𝜃 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1
1
= 18.430
⇒ 𝑻 = 𝟏𝟏𝟑. 𝟖𝟒𝑲 (ans)
3
2. Draw SFD and BMD for the following beam
𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝑵 𝟏𝟎𝒌𝑵/𝒎
𝟑𝟎 𝒌𝑵 − 𝒎

𝟓𝒎 𝟓𝒎 𝟓𝒎

𝟐𝟎 𝒌𝑵
Solution: 𝟑𝟎 𝒌𝑵 − 𝒎
𝟏𝟎𝒌𝑵/𝒎

𝟓𝒎 𝟓𝒎 𝟓𝒎

𝟓. 𝟓𝑲 𝟕𝟓. 𝟓𝑲
𝟓𝟎𝑲

𝑺𝑭𝑫
𝟓. 𝟓𝑲 𝟐𝟓. 𝟓𝑲
𝟐𝟓. 𝟓𝑲
𝟕. 𝟓𝑲−𝒇𝒕

𝑩𝑴𝑫
𝟐𝟕. 𝟓𝑲−𝒇𝒕
𝟏𝟐𝟓𝑲−𝒇𝒕
3. Calculate the fineness modulus (FM) of the soil sample
Sieve Size 3/8 #4 #8 #16 #30 #50 #100 #150 #200 Pan

Retained 0 20 10 30 40 30 40 20 10 0
Solution:
Sieve Retained % Retained Cumulative %
Size Retained

𝟏𝟎 + 𝟏𝟓 + 𝟑𝟎 + 𝟓𝟎 + 𝟔𝟓 + 𝟖𝟓
3/8 0 0 0 𝑭𝑴 =
#4 20 10 10 𝟏𝟎𝟎
= 𝟐. 𝟓𝟓 (ans)
#8 10 5 15
#16 30 15 30
#30 40 20 50
#50 30 15 65
#100 40 20 85
#150 20 10 95
#200 10 5 100
Pan 0 0 100
4. Calculate scour depth of river having width 500m, Unit discharge= 50 m3/s/m and
d50=0.1mm, design discharge is 80% of bank full discharge.
Solution: Here, 80
𝑞 = 50 × = 40𝑚3 /𝑠/𝑚
𝑾𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 100
𝟏
𝟐
𝒒 𝟑
Lacey’s scour depth , 𝐑 = 𝟏. 𝟑𝟓 𝒇
𝑓 = 1.76 𝑑50 = 1.76 × 0.11 = 0.56
𝟏
𝟒𝟎𝟐 𝟑
⇒ 𝐑 = 𝟏. 𝟑𝟓 = 𝟏𝟗. 𝟏𝟔 𝒎
𝟎. 𝟓𝟔

⇒ 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉, 𝑹 = 𝟏𝟗. 𝟏𝟔𝒎

⇒ 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉, 𝑹 = 𝟏𝟗. 𝟏𝟔𝒎 (ans)

5. Draw Marshal
Mix design curves.
Solution:
6. Flood frequency consumptions for river at certain location by using Gumbel’s distribution yielded.

Return Period Peak Flow

50 years 40809 m3/s
100 years 46300 m3/s
Estimate the design flood magnitude for return period 500 year.
Also determine the design scour depth using Lacey’s regime equation if d50 of bed material
is 0.05 cm
Solution:

We know that 𝑋𝑇 − 𝑋ത 𝑦𝑇 − 𝑦𝑛 𝑦𝑇 𝑦𝑛
𝑋𝑇 = 𝑋ത + 𝐾 𝜎𝑛−1 ⇒𝐾= = = −
𝜎𝑛−1 𝑆𝑛 𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑛
𝑦𝑇 𝑦𝑛
⇒ 𝑋𝑇 = 𝑋ത + − 𝜎
𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑛 𝑛−1

For T=50 years

𝑦𝑇 𝑦𝑛 𝑦50 𝑦𝑛
ത
⇒ 𝑋50 = 𝑋 + − 𝜎 ⇒ 40809 = 𝑋ത + − 𝜎 ……..(1)
𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑛 𝑛−1 𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑛 𝑛−1
For T=100 years
𝑦𝑇 𝑦𝑛 𝑦 𝑦
ത
⇒ 𝑋100= 𝑋 + − 𝜎𝑛−1 ⇒ 46300 = 𝑋ത + 100 − 𝑛 𝜎𝑛−1 ……..(2)
𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑛 𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑛
Now, Subtracting (2) from (1), we get -

𝑦100 𝑦50
⇒ 5491 = − 𝜎𝑛−1 ……..(3)
𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑁
𝑇
We also know that… 𝑦𝑇 = −[ln ln ]
𝑇−1
100
For T=100 years 𝑦100 = −[ln ln ] = 4.6
100 − 1
50
For T=50 years 𝑦50 = −[ln{ ln }] = 3.9
50 − 1

4.6 3.9 𝝈𝒏−𝟏

Now, From, (3) , we get - ⇒ 5491 = − 𝜎 ⇒ = 𝟕𝟖𝟒𝟒. 𝟑
𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑁 𝑛−1 𝑺𝑵

For T=500 years 𝑦𝑇 𝑦𝑛 𝑦 𝑦

ത
⇒ 𝑋500= 𝑋 + − 𝜎𝑛−1 ⇒ 𝑋500 = 𝑋ത + 500 − 𝑛 𝜎𝑛−1 ……..(4)
𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑛 𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑛

For T=100 years 𝑦𝑇 𝑦𝑛

ത 𝑦 𝑦
⇒ 𝑋100= 𝑋 + − 𝜎𝑛−1 ⇒ 46300 = 𝑋ത + 100 − 𝑛 𝜎𝑛−1 ……..(5)
𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑛 𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑛
Now, Subtracting (4) from (5), we get -

𝑦500 𝑦100
⇒ 𝑋500 − 46300 = − 𝜎𝑛−1……..(6)
𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑁
𝑇
We also know that… 𝑦𝑇 = −[ln ln ]
𝑇−1 𝑾𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕
100 Lacey’s regime scour depth ,
For T=100 years 𝑦100 = −[ln ln ] = 4.6 𝟏
100 − 1 𝑸 𝟑
𝐑 = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟕 ×
500 𝒇
For T=500 years 𝑦500 = −[ln{ ln }] = 6.21
500 − 1 𝑸 = 𝑿𝟓𝟎𝟎 = 𝟓𝟖𝟗𝟑𝟎 𝒎𝟑 /𝒔
Now, From, (6) , we get -
𝑦500 𝑦100 𝑓 = 1.76 𝑑50𝑚𝑚 = 1.76 × 0.005 × 10 = 0.394
⇒ 𝑋500 − 46300 = − 𝜎𝑛−1
𝑆𝑁 𝑆𝑁 𝟏 𝟏
𝝈𝒏−𝟏 𝑸 𝟑 𝟓𝟖𝟗𝟑𝟎 𝟑
⇒ 𝑋500 − 46300 = 𝑦500 − 𝑦100 𝐒𝐨, 𝐑 = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟕 × = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟕 ×
𝑺𝑵 𝒇 𝟎. 𝟑𝟗𝟒
⇒ 𝑋500 − 46300 = 𝟔. 𝟐𝟏 − 𝟒. 𝟔 × 𝟕𝟖𝟒𝟒. 𝟑 = 𝟐𝟒. 𝟗𝟓 ≅ 𝟐𝟓𝒎
⇒ 𝑿𝟓𝟎𝟎 = 𝟓𝟖𝟗𝟑𝟎 𝐦𝟑/𝐬
𝟑 (ans) ⇒ 𝑹 = 𝟐𝟓𝒎 (ans)
⇒ 𝑿𝟓𝟎𝟎 = 𝟓𝟖𝟗𝟑𝟎 𝐦 /𝐬
7. A retaining wall is 6m in height has a saturated backfill of soft clay. The properties of the clay are γsat= 16.5
KN/m3, and cohesion, C= 10 KN/m2 . For undrained condition (𝝓= 00) , Determine
i) Expected depth of tensile crack ii) Active Force before tensile crack iii) Active forceafter tensile crack .
Neglect the effect of water that may collect in the crack
Solution: 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 2𝑐 2 × 10
𝑁𝑜𝑤, ℎ𝑐 = = = 1.212 𝑚
𝑷𝟏 = −𝟐𝟎 𝛾𝑠𝑎𝑡 𝐾𝑎 16.5 1

𝑺𝒐, 𝒉𝒄 = 𝟏. 𝟐𝟏𝟐 𝒎 ans.(i)

𝜸𝒔𝒂𝒕 = 𝟏𝟔. 𝟓 𝒌𝑵/𝒎𝟑
𝒉𝒄 𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒
𝝓= 𝟎𝟎 1
𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐶𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 = 𝛾𝐻2 − 2𝐶𝑢 𝐻
2
𝑪𝑼 = 𝟏𝟎 𝒌𝑵/𝒎𝟐 1
= 2 × 16.5 × 62 − 2 × 10 × 6 = 177 𝑘𝑁/𝑚
𝑲𝑨 = 𝟏 𝟔𝒎
𝑵𝒐𝒘, 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 = 𝟏𝟕𝟕 𝒌𝑵/𝒎
𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ans.(ii)
1
𝑷𝟐 = 𝟕𝟗 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐶𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 = 𝛾𝐻 − 2𝐶𝑢 × 𝐻 − ℎ𝑐
2
1
𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛, ℎ = 0𝑚, 𝑃1 = 𝛾ℎ𝐾𝑎1 − 2𝑐 𝐾𝐴 = 2 × 16.5 × 6 − 2 × 10 × 6 − 1.212
= −2 × 10 × 1 = −20𝑘𝑁/𝑚2 = 189.126 𝑘𝑁/𝑚

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛, ℎ = 6𝑚, 𝑃1 = 𝛾ℎ𝐾𝑎1 − 2𝑐 𝐾𝐴 𝑵𝒐𝒘, 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 = 𝟏𝟖𝟗. 𝟐 𝒌𝑵/𝒎
= 16.5 × 6 × 1 − 2 × 10 × 1 = 79𝑘𝑁/𝑚2 ans.(iii)
8. The Waramurngundi tannery with a waste water flow of 0.011 m 3/s. BOD5 is 590 mg/L discharges into the
Djanggawul creek. The creek has a 10 year, 7 day flow of 1.7 m 3/s. Upstream of the Waramurngundi tannery, the
BOD5 of the creek is 0.6mg/L. The BOD rate constants are (k)=0.115 day -1 for the Waramurngundi tannery and
3.7 day-1 for the creek . Calculate Ultimate BOD after mixing
Solution:
−𝑘𝑡
𝑩𝑶𝑫𝒕
Here, 𝐵𝑂𝐷𝑡 = 𝐵𝑂𝐷𝑢 1 − 𝑒 ⇒ 𝑩𝑶𝑫𝒖 =
𝟏 − 𝒆−𝒌𝒕
For Waramurngundi tannery
Now,
𝐵𝑂𝐷5 𝑇 590
𝐵𝑂𝐷𝑢 𝑇 = = = 1349.20 𝑚𝑔/𝐿 𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑈𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐵𝑂𝐷 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐵𝑂𝐷𝑈 𝑀𝐼𝑋
1 − 𝑒 −𝑘𝑡 1 − 𝑒 −0.115×5
𝑄𝑇 × 𝐵𝑂𝐷𝑢 𝑇 + 𝑄𝐶 × 𝐵𝑂𝐷𝑢 𝐶
𝑩𝑶𝑫𝒖 𝑻 = 𝟏𝟑𝟒𝟗. 𝟐𝟎 𝒎𝒈/𝑳 𝐵𝑂𝐷𝑈 𝑀𝐼𝑋 =
𝑄𝑇 + 𝑄𝐶
For Creek 0.011 × 1349.20 + 1.7 × 0.6
⇒ 𝐵𝑂𝐷𝑈 𝑀𝐼𝑋 =
𝐵𝑂𝐷5 𝐶 0.6 0.011 + 1.7
𝐵𝑂𝐷𝑢 𝐶 = = = 0.6 𝑚𝑔/𝐿
1 − 𝑒 −𝑘𝑡 1 − 𝑒 −3.7×5
⇒ 𝐵𝑂𝐷𝑈 𝑀𝐼𝑋 = 9.27 𝑚𝑔/𝐿
𝑩𝑶𝑫𝒖 𝑪 = 𝟎. 𝟔 𝒎𝒈/𝑳
𝑩𝑶𝑫𝑼 𝑴𝑰𝑿 = 𝟗. 𝟐𝟕 𝒎𝒈/𝑳 (ans)
9. A water course has a cultivable commanded area of 1200 hectares. The intensity of irrigation for crop A is 40%
and for crop B is 35%. Both the crops being Rabi crops. Crop A has a kor period of 20 days and crop B has kor
period of 15 days. Calculate the discharge of the water course if the kor depth for crop A is 10 cm and for crop B is
16 cm.
Solution:
For Crop A
For Crop B
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 1200 × 0.40 = 480 ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = 1200 × 0.35 = 420 ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠
𝐾𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑡ℎ = ∆ = 10 𝑐𝑚
𝐾𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑡ℎ = ∆ = 16 𝑐𝑚
𝐾𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 = 𝐵 = 20 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝐾𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 = 𝐵 = 15 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠
864×𝐵 864×20
𝑆𝑜, 𝐷𝑢𝑡𝑦 = = =1728 hectares/cumec 𝑆𝑜, 𝐷𝑢𝑡𝑦 =
864×𝐵
=
864×15
=810 hectares/cumec
∆ 10
∆ 16
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐴 480
𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑄𝐴 = = = 0.278 𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑐 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐵 420
𝐷𝑢𝑡𝑦𝐴 1728 𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑄𝐵 = = = 0.52 𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑐
𝐷𝑢𝑡𝑦𝐵 810
𝑺𝒐, 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝑸𝑨 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟕𝟖 𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒄 𝑺𝒐, 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝑸𝑩 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟐 𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒄

𝑺𝒐, 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝑸 = 𝑸𝑨 + 𝑸𝑩 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟕𝟖 + 𝟓𝟐 = 𝟎. 𝟖 𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒄

𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝑸 = 𝟎. 𝟖 𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒄 (ans)

 10. Three pumping wells located along straight line are spaced at 200m apart. What should be the steady state
pumping rate from each well so that the near steady state drawdown in each well will not exceed 2m? The
transmissibility of the confined aquifer, which all the wells fully penetrate is 2400m2/day and all the wells are
40cm in diameter. The thickness of the aquifer is 40m and the radius of influence of each well is 800m
1 2 3
Solution: 200 m 200 m
The following information is given in the above problem statement 𝑆1 ≤ 2 m, 𝑆2 ≤ 2 m and 𝑆3 ≤ 2 m,𝑇 = 2400 m2 ⁄day
= 27.8 x 10−3 m2 ⁄s , D = 0.4 m, 𝑏 = 40 m, R= 800 m and 𝑟 = 200 m. Let 𝑄 be the pumping rate from each well and h0 be the
head before pumping started. For well 1, 𝑆1 = S11+ 𝑆12 + 𝑆13 where 𝑆ij is the drawdown in well i due to pumping inwell j.
Thus, for the other wells, 𝑆2 = 𝑆21 + 𝑆22 + 𝑆23 and 𝑆3 = 𝑆31 + 𝑆32 + 𝑆33 . By symmetry, 𝑆1 = 𝑆3. The drawdown in well 1 due to
pumping in wells 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
𝑅 800
𝑄 ln 𝐷 𝑄 × ln 0.4
𝑆11 = 2 = 2 = 47.48 𝑄 ⇒ 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒𝟕. 𝟒𝟖 𝑸
2𝜋𝑇 2𝜋 × 27.8 × 10−3 𝑅 800
𝑄 ln 2𝑟 𝑄 × ln 400
𝑆13 = = = 3.97 𝑄 ⇒ 𝑺𝟏𝟑 = 𝟑. 𝟗𝟑𝑸
𝑅 800 2𝜋𝑇 2𝜋 × 27.8 × 10−3
𝑄 ln 𝑟 𝑄 × ln 200
𝑆12 = = = 7.94 𝑄 ⇒ 𝑺𝟏𝟐 = 𝟕. 𝟗𝟒 𝑸
2𝜋𝑇 2𝜋 × 27.8 × 10−3
The drawdown in wells 1 & 3 are identical so total drawdown in the wells is 𝑆1 = 𝑆3 = 47.48𝑄+7.94𝑄 +
3.97𝑄 = 59.39 𝑄.
The drawdown in well 2 due to pumping in wells 1, 2 and 3 are respectively,
𝑅 800
𝑄 ln 𝑄 × ln
𝑆21 = 𝑟 = 200 = 7.94 𝑄 ⇒ 𝑺𝟐𝟏 = 𝟕. 𝟗𝟒 𝑸
2𝜋𝑇 2𝜋 × 27.8 × 10−3

⇒ 𝑺𝟐𝟐 = 𝑺𝟏𝟏 = 𝟒𝟕. 𝟒𝟖 𝑸

⇒ 𝑺𝟐𝟑 = 𝑺𝟐𝟏 = 𝟕. 𝟗𝟒 𝑸
The total drawdown in well 2 is 𝑆2 = 7.94𝑄 + 47.48𝑄 + 7.94𝑄 = 63.36 𝑄.

The relationships for 𝑆1 = 59.39𝑄 and 𝑆2 = 63.36𝑄 show that for the same discharge from all the wells,
more drawdown at middle well;

so using 𝑆2 ≤ 2 or 63.36𝑄 ≤ 2,

then the steady state pumping rate from each well should be 𝑄 ≤ 3.16 x 10−2 m3 ⁄s = 113 m3 ⁄hr.
𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎 𝑷𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝑸 = 113 m3 ⁄hr. (ans)
11. Find the pressure at A,B,C. C
1.5 m
Given that pipe diameter=2m 1-1 B
1.2 m
and discharge = 5m3/s 2m
A
Solution:
Here, 𝑄 = 𝐴𝑉
𝜋 × 22
⇒5= ×𝑉
4
⇒ 𝑽 = 𝟏. 𝟔 𝒎/𝒔 For 1-1 and B points, For 1-1 and C points,
For 1-1 and A points, 𝑃1 𝑉12 𝑃𝐵 𝑉𝐵2 𝑃1 𝑉12 𝑃𝐶 𝑉𝐶2
+ + 𝑍1 = + + 𝑍𝐵 + + 𝑍1 = + + 𝑍𝐶
𝑃1 𝑉12 𝑃𝐴 𝑉𝐴2 𝛾 2𝑔 𝛾 2𝑔 𝛾 2𝑔 𝛾 2𝑔
+ + 𝑍1 = + + 𝑍𝐴 𝑃𝐵 1.62 𝑃𝐶 1.62
𝛾 2𝑔 𝛾 2𝑔 ⇒ 0+0+0 = + +0 ⇒0+0+0= + + 1.5
𝑃𝐴 1.62 𝛾 2𝑔 𝛾 2𝑔
⇒0+0+2= + +0 ⇒ 𝑷𝑩 = −𝟏. 𝟐𝟖 𝒌𝑵/𝒎𝟐
𝛾 2𝑔 ⇒ 𝑷𝑪 = −𝟏𝟔 𝒌𝑵/𝒎𝟐
⇒ 𝑷𝑨 = 𝟏𝟖. 𝟑𝟒 𝒌𝑵/𝒎𝟐

𝑷𝑨 = 𝟏𝟖. 𝟑𝟒 𝒌𝑵/𝒎𝟐 𝑷𝑩 = −𝟏. 𝟐𝟖 𝒌𝑵/𝒎 𝟐 𝑷𝑪 = −𝟏𝟔 𝒌𝑵/𝒎𝟐