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APRIL 2024 CE BOARD EXAM REFRESHER HYD 6

Situation 1. The section of a concrete
gravity dam shown in the figure. The depth
of water at the upstream side is 6 m.
Neglect hydrostatic uplift and use unit
weight of concrete equal to 24 kN/m^3.
Coefficient of friction between the base
of the dam and the foundation is 0.6.
Determine the following:
Situation 4. A sector gate shown consists of
cylindrical surface, of which AB is the
trace. The length of gate, perpendicular
to the paper is 10 m. R=10 and the angle
theta= 60 degrees.

10. Determine the horizontal force acting on

the gate?
A. 3679 C. 1855
B. 1235 D. 1256
11. Determine the vertical force acting on the
1. Factor of safety against the sliding. gate.
A. 1.96 C. 1.24 A. 3679 C. 1855
B. 1.18 D. 1.81 B. 1235 D. 1256
2. The factor of safety against overturning. 12. Determine the location of the vertical
A. 1.00 C. 3.00 force from O.
B. 2.00 D. 4.00 A. 8.57 C. 5.66
3. The overturning moment (kN.m) acting B. 2.877 D. 2.34
against the dam.
A. 215.34 C. 353.16 13. A vertical jet of water thru a nozzle
B. 425.16 D. 128.34 supports a load of 150 N. The velocity and
diameter of the jet at the nozzle tip are
Situation 2. Water is flowing at depth of 1.5 17.46 m/s and 3 cm. Find the distance of
m in a 3-m wide rectangular channel having load from the nozzle tip in meters.
n=0.013 and S=0.0009. A. 8 C. 10
B. 7 D. 9
4. Determine the stage of flow. 14. A cylindrical bucket 200 mm in diameter
A. Subcritical C. Laminar Flow and 300 mm high is 2/3 full of water. It
B. Supercritical D. Parallel Flow is swung in a vertical plane so that the
bottom of the bucket describes a radius of
5. Determine the critical depth (m). 1 m. How fast should the bucket be rotated
A. 0.94 C. 1.25 in rpm so that no water is spilled? Neglect
B. 0.33 D. 0.86 the weight of the bucket.
A. 19.81 C. 31.52
6. Determine the critical slope. B. 189.17 D. 3.30
A. 0.00324 C. 0.0011 15. A rectangular gate has a base width of 1
B. 0.00426 D. 0.0018 m. and altitude of 2.4 m. The short side
is flushed with the water surface. Obtain
Situation 3. A cylinder having a diameter of the location of the total force of the
1.20 m and weighing 800 N is held in water on the gate measured from its
position in seawater by a wire tied to an centroid.
anchor block resting at the bottom of the A. 0.6 C. 0.3
sea such that 0.30m of the cylinder is B. 0.8 D. 0.4
below the surface of the water with its
axis vertical. The anchor block has a 16. The locus of elevations to which liquid
volume of 0.5 cu. meter and weighs 24 kN/m3 rises in successive piezometer tubes to
in air. Assume sea water to have a specific any selected datum is known as
gravity = 1.03. Neglecting the weight and A. Hydraulic gradient
volume of the cable. B. Hydraulic head
C. Energy head
7. Evaluate the buoyant force on the cylinder D. Energy gradien
for the position described, in kN? 17. They are used to measure pressure heads in
A. 4.21 C. 15.43 pipes where the liquid is in motion
B. 3.43 D. 8.48 A. Manometer
8. Evaluate the tensile force in the wire B. Pitot tube
when the top of the cylinder is 0.60m above C. Venturi meter
the water surface, in kN. D. Piezometer
A. 2.63 C. 14.63 18. The difference between energy gradient and
B. 3.41 D. 7.68 hydraulic gradient is called
9. Evaluate the rise in the tide that will A. Elevation head
lift the anchor from the bottom of the B. Velocity head
sea, in meters. C. Pressure head
A. 0.82 C. 0.45 D. Energy head
B. 0.38 D. 0.769
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