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Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:00 p.m – 6:00 p.m 9. Compute the pressure head at SITUATION V:
point 2? Two plates shown in figure H04-2 are
HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING a. 233.54 m submerged vertically in vinegar whose
b. 281.42 m specific gravity is 0.80.
INSTRUCTION: Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer c. 276.58 m 13. Compute the total force acting
for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet d. 266.27 m on plate # 1.
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED. Use pencil No.1 only a. 906.4 kN
SITUATION IV: b. 806.5 kN
SITUATION I: 5. Which of the following gives the A retaining wall 5 m high supports c. 708.6 kN
In a tri –axial test of normally angular velocity in rpm such that the cohesionless soil having a dry density d. 680.4 kN
consolidated clay, the sample is axial depth is zero? 3
of 1570 kg/m ,angle of resistance 32°
subjected to chamber confining a. 134 and void ratio of 0.68. The surface of 14. Compute the total force acting
pressure of 250 kPa and failed when b. 125 on two plates.
the soil is horizontal and level with the
the deviator stress is 350 KPa. c. 138 top of the wall. Neglecting wall friction a. 1284 kN
1. Which of the following gives the d. 149 b. 1345 kN
and using Rankine’s formula for active
angle of internal friction? pressure of a cohesionless soil. c. 1485 kN
o
a. 18.8 6. Find the angular velocity in rpm d. 1651 kN
o
b. 36.5 such that water at the bottom is 20 cm 10. Determine the nearest value of
c. 24.3o away from the vertical axis.
the total earth thrust on the wall in KN 15. Find the location of the total
o
d. 15.8 a. 155 per lineal meter if the soil is dry. force acting on the plates from the
b. 160 vinegar surface.
a. 50 kN
2. Which of the following gives the c. 146 b. 60 kN a. 7.81 m
shear stress at failure? d. 140 b. 6.89 m
c. 75 kN
a. 123.5 kPa d. 45 kN c. 5.75 m
b. 214.8 kPa SITUATION III: d. 6.55 m
c. 187.5 kPa Water is being raised from reservoir A 11. Find the nearest value of the
d. 159.5 kPa to reservoir B using pump as depicted thrust on the wall in KN per lineal SITUATION VI:
in figure HO4-1. The frictional losses meter if owing to inadequate drainage, A jet of water with diameter 250 mm is
3. Which of the following gives the from reservoir A to the entrance of the it is waterlogged to a level of 2.5 m
3
flowing at a rate of 0.491m /s and
effective normal stress at maximum pump is three times its velocity head below the surface. normally strikes a plate.
shear? while the frictional losses from the exit a. 95 16. Find the force acting on the plate
a. 290 kPa of the pump to reservoir B is twenty b. 85 if the plate is at rest.
b. 385 kPa times its velocity head. The total flow c. 70 a. 4.3 kN
c. 425 kPa is 20 lit/s. d. 75 b. 4.91 kN
d. 355 kPa 7. Compute the output power of the c. 5.89 kN
pump in kilowatts. 12. Find at what height above the d. 3.68 kN
SITUATION II: a. 68.7 base of the wall the thrust acts during
Open cylindrical tank 1 m in diameter b. 55.5 the waterlogged condition 17. Find the force acting if the plate
and 2.5 m high is three-fifth full of c. 34.0 a. 2.20 m is moving 2 m/s same direction as the
water. If the tank is rotated about its d. 48.4 b. 1.42 m jet.
vertical axis, c. 180. m a. 5.89 kN
4. Which of the following gives the 8. Compute the pressure head at d. 2.51 m b. 3.92 kN
angular velocity in rpm so that water point 1? c. 3.14 kN
will not spill out? a. 19.74 m d. 4.91 kN
a. 105 b. 23.51 m
b. 145 c. 28.14 m
c. 120 d. 16.12 m
d. 130

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18. Find the work done per second if 23. Which of the following most SITUATION X: 29. Which of the following gives the
the plate is moving 4 m/s same nearly gives the effective stress at The following tabulated data are liquid limit of the soil?
direction as the jet. mid-height of clay in kN/m2? results of plastic limit and liquid limit a. 52%
a. 6 500 N.m/s a. 186 test. b. 38%
b. 8 500 N.m/s b. 179 c. 32%
c. 10 00 N.m/s c. 165 Plastic Limit: d. 48%
d. 7068 N.m/s d. 193 Test 1 2
Number 30. Which of the following gives the
SITUATION VII: 24. Which of the following most Wt. of wet 21.23g 21.58g liquidity index of the soil?
Metropolitan replaces the old pipe nearly gives the average settlement of soil + a. 0.862
container
system(Q = 250lit/s) and consider a the clay in cm? Compression index is b. 0.725
Wt. of dry 19.95g 20.05g
system that will deliver 350lit/s as 0.009(LL – 10). soil +
c. 0.621
shown in figure HO4-3 . Friction factor a. 27.5 container d 0.514
is 0.015 for all pipes except 0.014 for b. 23.3 Wt of 12.03 g 12.85
outlet pipe. c. 19.5 container SITUATION XI:
19. What is the flow in the upper d. 24.9 For an unconfined aquifer shown in
pipe(pipe 2)? Liquid Limit: figure SO04-2.
a. 0.1225 m3/s SITUATION IX: Test 1 2 3 4 31. Which of the following gives the
b.
3
0.2275 m /s A 90o V-notch open channel carries a Number equivalent horizontal coefficient of
c. 0.0182 m3/s discharge of 12 m3/s. n = 0.014. Wt. of 23.14g 22.18g 23.71g 22.91g permeability?
d.
3
0.2101 m /s 25. Compute the critical depth of wet soil + a. 12.14 m/day
flow. container b. 14.16 m/day
a. 2.56 m Wt. of dry 21.24g 19.95g 20.36g 19.25 c. 16.52 m/day
soil +
20. What is the flow in the lower b. 1.97 m container
d. 29.72 m/day
pipe(pipe 3)? c. 3.15 m Wt of 12.75g 13.25g 13.16g 13.85g
3
a. 0.1224 m /s d. 1.48 m container 32. Which of the following gives the
b. 0.2275 m3/s # of 35 29 20 15 hydraulic gradient?
3
c. 0.4150 m /s 26. Compute the critical velocity blows a. 0.005
d. 0.3514 m3/s a. 4.2 m/s b. 0.009
b. 3.1 m/s Natural water content: c. 0.001
21. Compute the total head loss due c. 2.5 m/s Test 1 2 d. 0.003
to friction. d. 1.86 m/s Number
a. 65.41 m Wt. of wet 16.89g 16.91g 33. Which of the following gives the
b. 85.75 m 27. Compute the critical slope. soil + amount of flow from one side to
c. 102.2 m a. 0.00216 container another side per meter width ?
3
d. 124.5 m b. 0.00815 Wt. of dry 14.82g 14.45g a. 32.81 m /day
3
c. 0.00914 soil + b. 25.14 m /day
SITUATION VIII: d. 0.00306 container c. 16.41 m3/day
3
Soil investigation on the site gave the Weight of 7.85g 7.55g d. 13.37 m /day
following information; refer to figure container
SO04 -1. The proposed construction
will transmit a net stress of 12 N/cm2. 28. Which of the following gives the
22. Which of the following most plastic limit of the soil?
nearly gives the buoyant unit weight of a. 14.5%
2
clay in kN/m ? b. 10.5%
a. 8.28 c. 25.4%
b. 9.25 d. 18.5%
c. 7.43
d. 8.96
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SITUATION XII:
The unit weight of soil is 19 kN/m3 and el. 240m
B
has cohesion of 50 kPa. The degree
of shearing resistance is 10o. γ = 17.60 kN/m3 4m
34. Assuming a local shear failure,
H1 1
which of the following most nearly A el. 0
100mmφ
gives the net ultimate bearing capacity 11.2 m fine sand
for a strip footing having a width of D1
D2
1.25 m? Depth of footing is 4.5 m. Use
150mmφ γsub = 10.4 kN/m3
the equation of Terzaghi’s ultimate 1 2 2 H2
P el. -20m
bearing capacity for strip footing.
qu = c’Nc’ + qNq’ + (1/2)γBNγ’ Figure H04-1
q = γDf clay L = 2 km
a. 338 kPa 8.2 m w = 40%
b. 425 kPa LL = 40%
2m γsoil = 27.3 kN/m3 D1 = 59 m , D2 = 41 m
c. 285 kPa
d. 389 kPa H1 = 45 m , H2 = 33 m
3m
Figure SO04-1 k1 = 35 m/day, k2 = 27 m/day
35. If factor of safety is 2.5, which of 1
the following most nearly gives the 4m Figure SO04-2
2
bearing pressure for a footing1.25 m
wide and 6 m long assuming a general 3m 2m ANSWER KEY:
shear failure? Use the equation.
Figure H04-2
1. C 16. B 31. D
qu = cNc ⎜1 + 0.3 ⎞⎟ + γDf Nq
⎛ B
2. D 17. C 32. B
⎝ L⎠
3. C 18. D 33. D
1 ⎛ B⎞ d 4. C 19. A 34. A
+ γBNγ ⎜ 1 − 0.2 ⎟
2 ⎝ L⎠ 350lit/s 5. A 20. B 35. A
5
a. 212 kPa 6. C 21. B 36. C
c
b. 285 kPa 7. D 22. A
c. 371 kPa 3 4 8. A 23. B
d. 485 kPa Properties of pipes: 9. D 24. B
Pipe Dia.(mm) Length(m) 10. B 25. B
11. B 26. B
1 202.7 150 12. B 27. D
36. Which of the following most
2 202.7 303 13. A 28. D
nearly gives the safe total load the
3 202.7 75 14. B 29. B
footing can carry?
a. 2122 kN 4 381 300 15. D 30. B
b. 3815 kN 5 400 200
c. 1584 kN
d. 4815 kN Figure HO4-3
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100 10
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80 8
70 7 N’
60 6

N’c , N’q, N’γ

50 5
4
40
Nc , Nq, Nγ

3
N’q
30
0 10 20 30 40 50

2
20 Nc
N’γ For φ = 0
1.0 N’c = 5.7
0.9 N’q = 1
10 0.8
9 0.7 N’γ = 0
8 0.6
7 Nq 0.5
6 For φ = 0 0.4
5
Nc = 5.7 0.3
4
Nq = 1
3 Nγ = 0 0.2

Nγ
2
0.1
0 10 20 30 40 50
Soil friction angle φ (in degrees)
1 Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors for local shear failure
0 10 20 30 40 50
Soil friction angle φ (in degrees)
Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors for general shear failure
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