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CIVIL ENGINEERS Second Pre-board Examination

Saturday, March 9, 2024 2:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.
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HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES
ALLOWED.GOOD LUCK.

NOTE: A times B is represented by A × B or A*B. A raised to the power n is

expressed as A^n. All problems are 1 point each.

Situation 1. A vertical rectangular gate, 1 m wide and 2 m high, weighs 800 N.

It is on the face of the dam with the upper edge 4 m below the water
surface.

1. What is the total force, in kN, of water on the gate?

A. 68.67 C. 88.29
B. 78.48 D. 98.10
2. If the gate is hinged at the top, how much horizontal force, in kN,
applied at the bottom is needed to open it?
A. 52.48 C. 60.82
B. 56.90 D. 65.24
3. If the gate is opened by sliding up the guides, how much vertical force,
in kN, is needed to open it assuming a friction coefficient of 0.4 between
the gate and the guides?
A. 28.27 C. 36.12
B. 32.19 D. 40.04

Situation 2. A triaxial shear test was performed on a well-drained sand sample.

The normal stress on the failure plane and the shear stress on the
failure plane, at failure were determined to be 6,300 psf and 4,200
psf, respectively.

4. Determine the angle of internal friction of the sand.

A. 17.670 C. 25.450
B. 20.680 D. 33.690
5. Determine the angle of the failure plane.
A. 45.00 C. 75.20
B. 61.80 D. 55.20
6. Determine the maximum principal stress..
A. 15000 psf C. 13648 psf
B. 14148 psf D. 12548 psf

Situation 3. Two reservoirs, having water surface elevations 300 m and 180 m
respectively, are connected by a 300-m diameter pipe. The friction factor
of the pipe is 0.013.

7. What is the total head loss, in meters?

A. 200 C. 120
B. 150 D. 100
8. What is the flow in the pipe if the length is 3000 m in m3/s?
A. 0.14 C. 0.35
B. 0.20 D. 0.30
9. What is the power loss in the system, in kW?
A. 312 C. 244
B. 354 D. 421

Situation 4. A barge delivers 25 mm reinforcing steel bars, 6 m long. It

travels from the Manila Bay (salt water) and unload its cargo at a point
in Pasig River (fresh water). From salt to fresh water, the barge sinks
50 mm, and it sinks 250 mm after unloading the cargo. The volume submerged
in salt water is 346 m3.

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10. What is the weight, in kN, of the barge (minus the cargo)?
A. 2611 C. 2801
B. 2747 D. 2994
11. What is the draft in sea water?
A. 1.67 C. 2.17
B. 1.92 D. 2.42
12. How many pieces of 25 mm rebars are unloaded (sg = 7.8)?
A. 2227 C. 3323
B. 3084 D. 3927

Situation 5. Given the soil stresses shown below:

13. Calculate the major principal stress

A. 115 kPa C. 130 kPa
B. 95.0 kPa D. 135 kPa
14. Calculate the normal stress on a plane inclined at 30° to vertical,
counterclockwise.
A. 45.4 kPa C. 40.9 kPa
B. 36.3 kPa D. 49.9 kPa
15. Calculate the shear stress on a plane inclined at 30° to vertical,
counterclockwise.
A. 41.4 kPa C. 55.2 kPa
B. 36.8 kPa D. 46.0 kPa

Situation 6. The area of cylinder A shown is 2 sq. m. and that of piston B is

0.2 sq. m. W = 20,000 kg. The liquid is water.

P
0.1 m 0.9 m

Hinge

4m W

16. What force P can maintain equilibrium, in kg?

A. 60 C. 120
B. 90 D. 150
17. What is the pressure on the face of A, in kg/m2?
A. 5500 C. 8000
B. 6600 D. 10000
18. What is the force on the face of B, in kg?
A. 300 C. 800
B. 400 D. 1200

Situation 7. A triaxial test conducted on a soil gives the following results:

Cohesion = 50 kPa
Deviator stress at failure = 400 kPa
Angle of shearing resistance = 30°
Determine the following:

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19. The confining pressure in kPa.
A. 174.87 C. 113.40
B. 196.32 D. 181.85
20. The shear stress at failure in kPa.
A. 165.85 C. 152.48
B. 181.04 D. 173.21
21. The angle that the failure plane makes with the principal plane.
A. 510 C. 420
B. 600 D. 650

Situation 8. A jet of water 25 mm in diameter and having a velocity of 15 m/s

strikes against a plate at right angles.

22. Determine the force on the plate, in N, if the plate is stationary.

A. 330 C. 110
B. 220 D. 270
23. Determine the force on the plate, in N, if the plate is moving in the
same directions as the jet at a speed of 6 m/s.
A. 30 C. 50
B. 20 D. 40
24. Determine the force on the plate, in N, if the plate is moving towards
the nozzle at a velocity of 6 m/s.
A. 330 C. 110
B. 220 D. 260

Situation 9. A smooth-backed vertical wall is 6 m high and retains a soil

with a bulk unit weight of 20 kN/m3 and f = 20°. The top of the
soil is level with the top of the wall and its surface is
horizontal and carries a uniformly distributed load of 50 kPa.
Using the Rankine theory.

25. Determine the coefficient of lateral earth pressure for active soil.
A. 0.539 C. 0.588
B. 0.490 D. 0.390
26. Determine the total active thrust on the wall per linear meter of wall.
A. 420 kN C. 355 kN
B. 388 kN D. 323 kN
27. Determine the point of application of total active thrust from the bottom
of the wall.
A. 2.25 m C. 2.45 m
B. 2.55 m D. 2.35 m

Situation 10. A vertical tank having a horizontal cross-sectional area of

0.4 square meter has 0.0003m2 orifice at its bottom. The initial head on
the orifice is h1 = 1.2m. It takes 312 second for the water level to drop
from 1.2m to 0.6m.

28. What is the coefficient of discharge?

A. 0.65 C. 0.68
B. 0.62 D. 0.72
29. If C = 0.6, how long will it take for the water level to drop from 1.2m
to 0.8m?
A. 202 C. 157
B. 256 D. 132
30. If C = 0.6, what is the head on the orifice after 240?
A. 0.52 C. 0.85
B. 0.43 D. 0.73

Situation 11. The depth of water in a lake is 3 m. The soil properties as

obtained from soil exploration below the bed of the lake are given in the
below.
Depth from bed of the Type of Void ratio, e Specific Gravity of
lake (m) Soil Solids, Gs
0 – 4 Clay 0.9 2.70
4 – 9 Sand 0.75 2.64
9 – 15 Clay 0.6 2.70

For a depth of 12 m below the bed level of the lake. Calculate the following
pressures.

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31. The total pressure in kPa.
A. 290.7 C. 230.1
B. 320.2 D. 259.5
32. The pore pressure in kPa.
A. 147.2 C. 117.7
B. 176.6 D. 206.0
33. The intergranular pressure in kPa.
A. 143.5 C. 173.0
B. 112.3 D. 82.9

Situation 12. A dam 4m. on top 18 m. at the bottom and 25 m. high has water
20m. deep acting on its vertical sides. Wt. of concrete = 2200 kg/m3

34. What is the stress at the heel in kg/m2?

A. 903 C. 27993
B. 390 D. 39773
35. What is the vertical component (kg) of the foundation reaction?
A. 605,000 C. 506,000
B. 650,000 D. 505,000
36. What is the overturning moment (kg)?
A. 3,333,333 C. 18,030
B. 1,333,333 D. 13,080

Situation 13. From the figure below:

Assume: 3K1 = K2 = 1.5K3 = 2K4 and that layer 2 & 3 are of equal height.
AB = 6 cm, BC = 10 cm and CD = 8 cm

37. Find the pressure head at point B

A. 19.3 cm C. 16.2 cm
B. 24.0 cm D. 12.0 cm
38. Find the pressure head at point C
A. 19.3 cm C. 16.2 cm
B. 24.0 cm D. 12.0 cm
39. Find the rate of flow if K1= 3.5 x 10-2 cm/sec
A. 0.11 cm3/sec C. 0.08 cm3/sec
B. 0.15 cm3/sec D. 0.18 cm3/sec

Situation 14. Sheet piles were drived in a river bed as shown in the figure.
The trench level within the sheet piles is kept at trench level by
pumping. (k = 4 x 10-7 m/s, γsat = 20 kN/m3).

40. Number of flow channels on each sheet pile.

A. 3 C. 4
B. 6 D. 8
41. Rate of seepage in cu.m/s.
A. 1.08 x 10-6 C. 3.00 x 10-7
B. 6.00 x 10-7 D. 5.40 x 10-7
42. Effective stress at D, if D is found 2 m below the ground.
A. 14.7 kPa C. 13.1 kPa
B. 10.5 kPa D. 11.6 kPa

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Situation 15. A tank 10m. is filled with 2m. of water is accelerated

horizontally 2.45 m/s2. Assume the tank is high enough to prevent
spilling.
43. What is the minimum pressure (kPa) at the bottom of the tank?
A. 903 C. 3.73
B. 390 D. 7.36
44. What is the maximum pressure (kPa) at the bottom of the tank?
A. 37.13 C. 3.73
B. 31.88 D. 7.36

45. The weight density of a mud is given by γ = 10 + 0.5h, where γ is in

kN/m3 and h is in meters. Determine the pressure, in kPa, at a depth of 5
m.
A. 56.25 kPa C. 58.65 kPa
B. 62.50 kPa D. 60.15 kPa

46. 225 g of oven dried soil was placed in a specific gravity bottle and
then filled with water to constant volume mark made on the bottle. The
mass of the bottle with water and soil is 1650 g. The specific gravity
bottle was then filled with water alone to the constant volume mark and
weighed. Its mass was found to be 1510 g. Determine the specific gravity
of the soil.
A. 2.45 C. 1.61
B. 1.81 D. 2.65

47. A shrinkage limit test on a clay soil gave the following data. Compute
the shrinkage limit.
Mass of shrinkage dish and saturated soil = 38.78 g
Mass of shrinkage dish and oven dried soil = 30.46 g
Mass of shrinkage dish=10.65 g
Volume of shrinkage dish =16.29 cm3
Total volume of oven dry soil cake = 10.00 cm3

Assuming that the total volume of dry soil cake is equal to its total
volume at shrinkage limit, what is the shrinkage limit?
A. 42.0% C. 6.7%
B. 10.2% D. 9.8%

48. The figure below shows the section of a confined aquifer.

Given:
Thickness of confined aquifer, Ho = 5 m
Do (max) = 4.5 m
Radius of influence, Ri = 100 m
Radius of test well, ro = 10 cm
H = 10 m

Determine the hydraulic conductivity in m/sec assuming that q = 1.5 m3/min

under steady state conditions.

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A. 1.22 x 10-3 C. 1.68 x 10-3
B. 1.36 x 10-3 D. 1.45 x 10-3

49. A dam triangular in shape has a height of 24m. and a base of 12m. Density
of masonry is 2,500 kg/cu.m. If it is supporting was at a depth of 20m.
Where is the location of the resultant vertical force from the heel of the
dam?
A. 3.7 C. 7.7
B. 9.3 D. 4.3

50. An open channel having a slope of 0.0065 is to carry 1.0 m3/s. The
channel material has a “n” value of 0.011. Find the depth (mm) of the
most efficient cross section for a triangular section.
A. 416 C. 164
B. 614 D. 146

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