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HYDRAULICS & GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING stress of the boundary surface. stress. a. 10.98 N/m2 a. 145.15 kPa Instruction: Select the correct answers for each of the following questions. Mark only one b. 8.63 N/m2 b. 126.5 kPa answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to this letter of your choice on the 2 c. 16.98 N/m c. 130.8 kPa answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only d. 26.98 N/m2 d. 152.5 kPa SITUATION I: saturation of sand above water table is SITUATION IV: 15. Compute the normal stress at Two footings rest in a layer of sand 37%.Assume specific gravity of sand A 0.30 m square prestressed concrete maximum shear stress. 2.7m thick. The bottoms of the and clay is 2.65. pile 10m long is to be driven in a a. 60.52 kPa footings are 0.90m below the ground 4. Compute the unit weight of clay. clayey soil whose unconfined b. 80.15 kPa 3 surface. Beneath the sand layer is a a. 19.82 kN/m compressive strength is 110 kN/m . 3 c. 62.50 kPa 1.8m thick clay layer, underneath the b. 17.47 kN/m3 Unit weight of the clayey soil is 18.5 d. 73.60 kPa 3 clay layer is solid rock. Water table is c. 18.62 kN/m KN/m3. at a depth of 1.8 m below the ground d. 16.20 kN/m3 10. Find the end bearing capacity of SITUATION VI: surface. See Figure 114-12 (3) S11. pile if Nc = 9. The tank in figure HO6-02 is 3 m wide. 5. Compute the total pressure 10 m a. 36.52 kN Neglecting atmospheric pressure. Use 1. Compute the stress increase in below the ground surface. b. 44.55 kN 9.79 kN/m3 as unit weight of water. kPa below footing A (1.4m x 1.4m) at a. 185.41 kPa c. 25.63 kN the center of the clay layer. Assume b. 160.25 kPa d. 18.65 kN 16. Compute the vertical force acting that the pressure beneath footing A is c. 140.53 kPa on the quarter-circle BC. spread at an angle of 2 vertical to 1 d. 153.62 kPa 11. Find the skin friction capacity of a. 1164.03 kN horizontal. pile if frictional constant α = 0.76. b. 1260.25 kN a. 20.15 6. Compute the effective pressure 10 a. 501.6 kN c. 1342.01 kN b. 30.75 m below the ground surface. b. 605.2 kN d. 1583.50 kN c. 22.50 a. 106.94 kPa c. 460.5 kN d. 26.80 b. 96.52 kPa d. 583.2 kN 17. Compute the resultant force acting c. 115.62 kPa on the quarter-circle BC. 2. Determine the size of footing B so d. 108.36 kPa 12. Find the total design capacity if a. 1650.15 kN that the settlement in the clay layer is factor of safety is 2.0. b. 1505.35 kN the same beneath footings A and B. SITUATION III: a. 186.6 kN c. 1840.60 kN a. 2.65m x 2.65 m A rectangular channel carries a b. 420.5 kN d. 1730.14 kN 3 b. 3.09m x 3.09 m discharge of 18.1 m /s at a depth of c. 360.5 kN c. 1.81 m x 1.81 m flow of 1.5 m. The width of canal is 10 d. 273.1 kN 18. Compute the angle that the d. 3.68m x 3.68 m m. resultant makes with the horizontal. 7. Compute the minimum specific o SITUATION V: a. 50.65 3. Determine the settlement in mm energy. b. 46.50 o In a tri-axial shear test conducted on a beneath footing A. a. 1.57 m c. 36.80o soil sample,cohesion is 31 kPa and a. 34.70 b. 1.22 m o d. 25.40 o angle of shearing resistance is 28 .If b. 30.85 c. 1.35 m maximum shearing resistance is 65 c. 58.10 d. 2.20 m kPa. d. 48.54 8. Compute the normal slope of 13. compute the lateral pressure. SITUATION II: energy grade line if a. 15.15 kPa The soil profile at the site consist of 5 n = 0.035 b. 25.61 kPa m sand underlain by clay layer. The a. 0.0114 c. 16.30 kPa ground water table is at a depth of 2 m b. 0.0088 d. 12.60 kPa below the ground surface. Average c. 0.0015 void ratio of sand 0.52.Water content d. 0.0814 of clay is 42% and degree of
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CE Licensure Examination 2 CE Licensure Examination May 2006 SITUATION VII: 23. Compute the roundtrip time for the A container holds two layers of pressure wave to travel through the different liquids, one fluid having a pipe length. ANSWER KEY: specific gravity of 1.2 is 200mm deep a. 0.08 s tie and the other fluid having a specific b. 0.18 s 1.2m 1. D 11. A 21. B gravity of 1.5 is 250 mm deep. A solid c. 0.98 s 2. B 12. D 22. D spherical metal having a diameter of d. 1.01 s 6m 2 3. D 13. A 23. C 225 mm and a specific gravity of 7.4 is 1 1 4. B 14. A 24. A submerged such a manner that half of 24. Compute the water hammer 2 5. A 15. B 25. A 3.2 m the sphere is on the top layer and the pressure due to instantaneous closure 6. A 16. A 26. D other half in the layer of fluids. of valve. 7. B 17. B 27. C 19. Compute the weight of the Figure S06-01 8. C 18. A 28. spherical metal. a. 2.446 MPa 9. C 19. D 29. a. 588 N b. 1.862 MPa 10. B 20. C 30. b. 410 N c. 3.256 MPa Ground surface c. 540 N d. 2.815 MPa P1 = 450 kN P2 = 900 kN d. 433 N SITUATION IX: 20. Compute the buoyant force acting An anchored sheet –pile wall supports on the object. a mass of soil of height of 10.5 m with 0.9 m a. 88 N horizontal ground surface. The angle Footing B Footing A b. 45 N of internal friction is 310.The anchor c. 79 N ties is 1.2 m below the top. Spacing of γ = 18.5 kN/m3 B 0.9 m d. 95 N ties is 3 m on center. The end of the tie is secured to two anchored piles as SAND : γ = 20.8 kN/m3 Water table 0.9 m 21. Compute the tension in the wire depicted in figure SO6-01 Unit weight 3 holding the sphere to maintain its of soil is 1.96 g/cm and unit weight of 3 position. water is 9.81 kN/m . γ = 18.5 kPa a. 246 N 25. Compute the total active thrust. 1.8 m CLAY : b. 354 N a. 1017 kN c. 188 N b. 1594 kN d. 326 N c. 2234 kN d. 1365 kN Figure 114_12(3)S11 SITUATION VIII: Water from a reservoir flows through a 26. Compute the ratio tension in the tie non-rigid pipe 600 mm diameter pipe and passive force. with a velocity of 2 m/s is completely a. 0.508 A stopped by a closure of a valve b. 0.612 situated 60 m from the reservoir. The c. 0.341 4m pipe has a thickness of 20 mm. Bulk d. 0.104 9 2 5m modulus of water is 2.20 x10 N/m B and modulus of elasticity of pipe is 27. Compute the tension acting in the 11 2 1.4x10 N/m . pile. 5m 22. Compute the velocity of sound a. 88 kN in water. b. 26 kN a. 1482.25 m/s c. 54 kN b. 1000 m/s d. 35 kN C c. 960 m/s Figure HO6-02 d. 1222.8 m/s CE Licensure Examination 4
