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11. Compute the pressure head, in m of water, at the

SIT A: The following data were tabulated for a direct shear suction line before the pump.
test of a normally consolidated soil sample. A. 6.2 m B. 5.14 m
C. 4.51 m D. 4.86 m
Normal stress applied = 70 kPa
Angle of internal friction = 28° 12. Compute the pressure head, in m of water, at the
1. Compute the shearing stress in kPa. discharge line right after the pump
A.24.87 B.37.22 C.16.54 D.41.07 A. 34.25 m B. 22.60 m
C. 27.88 m D. 39.53 m
2. Find the maximum shearing stress in kPa.
A.54.22 B.52.06 C.42.15 D.77.4 SIT F: Flow in a 300 m long steel pipe is controlled by a
valve at the discharge end. If the valve is suddenly closed
3. Determine the maximum principal stress in kPa. to stop the flow, the maximum allowed increase in pressure
A.120. B.208. C.166. D.131. is 800 kPa.
45 21 09 93 13. Assuming the pipe is rigid, calculate the velocity of
pressure wave or celerity if bulk modulus of water is
SIT B: A trapezoidal canal having a base width of 5 m 2.10 GPa.
carries water at a velocity of 0.8 m/s. A. 1,449 m/s B. 936 m/s
4. Compute the discharge in the canal if the sides slope C. 1,021 m/s D. 876 m/s
1:1 such that it will have a minimum seepage, where 14. What is the maximum velocity of flow without
base width b = 4d tan (θ/2). exceeding the allowable increase in pressure?
A. 27.86 cu.m/s B. 19.36 cu.m/s A. 0.522 m/s B. 0.854 m/s
C. 25.98 cu.m/s D. 18.47 cu.m/s C. 0.784 m/s D. 0.913 m/s
5. Compute the discharge in the canal for most efficient 15. With the calculated velocity, what is the water
section. hammer pressure at the valve if the time of closure is 1
A. 27.86 cu.m/s B. 19.36 cu.m/s s?
C. 25.98 cu.m/s D. 18.47 cu.m/s A. 331 kPa B. 273 kPa
6. Compute the discharge in the canal if the depth of C. 328 kPa D. 287 kPa
flow is 2/3 of the base and sides are sloping 30° with
SIT G: A closed tank with pressure gages tapped into it at
the horizontal.
3 different elevations contain air, oil and water as shown in
A. 17.95 cu.m/s B. 19.36 cu.m/s
the figure.
C. 25.98 cu.m/s D. 28.73 cu.m/s
0.5 m Air A 50 kPa
SIT C: Under standard conditions a certain gas weighs
0.14 lb/ft3. Use air weight 0.075 lb/ft3. 1m Oil
7. Calculate its density in slug/ft3. B 58.53 kPa
A. 0.00435 B. 0.00177 0.5 m

C. 0.00261 D. 0.00325 1m
Water
8. Specific volume in ft3/slug: C
A. 230 B. 236
C. 415 D. 331 16. What is the specific weight of the oil?
9. Specific gravity. A. 7.83 kN/m3 B. 8.53 kN/m3
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A. 1.87 B. 0.224 C. 8.19 kN/m D. 9.23 kN/m3
C. 1.92 D. 1.26 17. What is the specific gravity of the oil?
A. 0.65 B. 0.77
SIT D: A pipeline with a pump leads to a nozzle as shown C. 0.81 D. 0.87
in the figure. The pump develops a head of 24.384 m. 18. What is the pressure reading at C?
Assume that the head loss in the 150-mm-diameter pipe A. 72.61 kPa B. 64.61 kPa
may be expressed by hl = 5v1 ^ 2 / 2 g while the head C. 68.23 kPa D. 82.61 kPa
SIT H: In a triaxial test on a cohesionless soil, the soil fails
loss in the 100-mm-diameter pipe is h2 = 12 v2 ^ 2 / 2 g when the deviator stress is 250 kPa and the angle of failure
. plane is 60° with the horizontal.

19. What is the normal stress at failure in kPa?

A. 123.7 B. 145.9 C. 154.2 D. 187.5

20. What is the shearing stress at failure in kPa?

A. 108.3 B. 112.8 C. 132.5 D. 124.4

21. What is the confining pressure in kPa?

A. 100 B. 125 C. 130 D. 115
10. Find the flow rate in m^3/s.
A. 0.017 B. 0.045
C. 0.021 D. 0.039

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SIT I: In Figure below. both the tank and the slanted tube A. 46,806 m3 C. 49,238 m3
are open to the atmosphere. If L = 2.13 m.. B. 48,690 m3 D. 45,980 m3

32. In a triaxial test of cohesionless soil, the soil cylinder

is subjected to a liquid pressure of 12 kPa inside the
chamber. It was observed that failure of the sample in
shear occurred when the compressive stress reach 34
kPa. The angle of friction is nearest to ____.
A. 28.6 C. 33.2
B. 30.1 D. 34.7

22. Determine the angle made by the tube in degrees.

A. 25 B. 30
C. 40 D. 50
23. If the tank is closed and there is a pressure of 5 kPa,
determine L.
A. 1.41 m B. 2.32 m
C. 3.33 m D. 5.13 m
24. Determine the additional height of water needed so
that L =5 m.
A. 1.21 m B. 2.21 m
C. 3.21 m D. 0.52 m

SIT J: Water flows uniformly in a 4.5-m-wide, 1.2 m deep

rectangular channel. The channel slope is 0.0028 and
roughness coefficient, n = 0.014.
25. Calculate the flow rate capacity of the channel in m3/s.
A. 12.125 B. 17.333
C. 14.631 D. 16.088
26. How much will the excavation of the channel be
reduced if the channel is of most efficient proportion
carrying the same capacity?
A. 0.130 B. 0.119
C. 0.098 D. 0.146
27. With the most efficient proportion, how much will the
lining of the channel be reduced?
A. 0.5 B. 0.3
C. 0.6 D. 0.4

SIT K: A soil sample has a dry unit weight of 17.79 kN/m3

and a void ratio of 0.50.

28. What is the specific gravity of soil solids?

A. 2.65 B. 2.67 C. 2.72 D. 2.75

29. What is the saturated unit weight of the sample in

kN/m3?
A. 19.08 B. 20.42 C. 21.06 D. 22.31

NON-SITUATION PROBLEMS

30. If the dry unit weight of a soil is 12 kN/m3, what is the

unit weight of soil if water is added causing a water
content of 15%?
A. 14.5 kN/m3 C. 13.2 kN/m3
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B. 12.98 kN/m D. 13.8 kN/m3

31. Estimate the required amount of materials from a

borrow pit to fill a 45,000-m3 excavation to be
compacted to a dry unit weight of 16 kN/m3. At the
borrow pit, the material has a void ratio of 0.69 and Gs
= 2.65.

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