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1) -the father of modern soil mechanics 5) A soil sample has a mass of 1830 g taken from the field
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a) terzaghi having a volume of 1. x 10 M g taken from the field
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b) peck having a volume of 1.x10 M . it has specific gravity of
max
c) cassagrande 2.60 and water content of 10%. Values of e = .63 and
min
d) atterberg e = .44
e) none of these A. Compute the dry unit weight.
2) the densification of soil by removal of air which requires B. Compute the void ratio.
mechanical energy is called C. Compute the relative density.
a) densification
b) compaction 6) A soil sample has a natural water content of 22.5% and it
c) consolidation is known to have a specific gravity of 2.6. in order to
d) liquefaction determine the moist density of the soil, a portion of soil
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e) none of these weighing 224 g is put in a 500 cm . It is filled with 382
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3) deep groundwater deposits where underground water cm of water to fill the container.
are available for water supply and irrigation is known as A. Compute the porosity of the soil.
a) water table B. Compute the degree of saturation.
b) water wells C. Compute the bulk of sp. gravity.
c) aquifers 7) A dry soil mixed with 17% by mass with water and
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d) saturated zone compacted. Volume of wet soil is 0.001 m and has a ass
e) none of these of 1.6 kg. If the specific gravity of soil is 2.70.
4) in fluid flow, if the fluids travels parallel to the adjacent A. Compute the dry unit weight of soil.
layers and the paths of individual particles do not cross B. Compute the void ratio.
the flow is said to be C. Compute the degree of saturation.
a) laminar 8) A dry soil is mixed with 13.5% by mass with water and
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b) turbulent compacted . volume of wet soil is 1x10 m and has a
c) critical mass of 1.6kg. if the specific gravity of soil is 2.61
d) dynamic a) compute the dry density
e) none of these b) compute the void ratio
1) A soil sample has a natural water content of 22.5% and it c) compute the degree of saturation
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is known to have a sp. gr. of 2.6. in order to determine 9) the field unit wt of soil sample is 1900kg/m and the unit
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the moist density of the soil, a portion of soil weighing wt of the soil particle is 2600 kg/m
3
224 g is put in a 500 cm container. It is filled with 382 a) compute the dry unit wt if the water content is 12%
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cm of water to fill the container. b) compute the void ratio
A. Determine the moist unit of the soil. c) compute the degree of saturation
B. Determine the dry unit of soil. 10) you are an earthwork construction control inspector and
C. Determine the void ratio. you are checking the field compaction of a layer of soil.
2) The total weight of soil when saturated 1526 g and the laboratory compaction curve gives a maximum dry
weight of the soil after drying is 1053 g. If the sp. gr. of density of 1.482g/cc and optimum water content of
soil is 2.84 16.9%. specifications call for the compacted density to be
A. Compute the moisture content at least 95% of the max laboratory value and within +-2%
B. Compute the void ratio of the optimum water content. when you did the sand
C. Compute the porosity cone test, the following data are as follows.
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3) The field unit wt of the soil sample is 1960 kg/m and the volume of soil excavated from the hole=.001337m
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unit wt of the soil particle is 2700 kg/m . If the emax = weight of soil from the hole when wet=2200 g
0.69 and emin=.44 wt of dry soil=1890g
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A. Compute the dry unit wt in KN/M if the a) determine the field unit wt of soil
water content is 11%. b) what is the insitu water content of soil
B. Compute the void ratio of the solid sample c) determine the relative compaction of the soil
C. Compute the relative density of the soil 11) given the different layer of soil with their respective
sample. coefficient of permeability:
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4) The field wt of soil sample is 1900 kg/m and the unit wt
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of the soil particle is 2660 kg/m .
A. Compute the dry unit weight if the moisture
content is 11.5%.
B. Compute the void ratio.
C. Compute the degree of saturation.
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b) compute the rankine active force on the wall if the 35) a soil specimen is subjected to a triaxial test. the soil
water table is located at a depth of 3.5m below the specimen is cohesionless. if the shear stress that causes
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ground surface. the sat unit wt is 18.7 kn/m failure is 300kpa and the normal stress at failure is only
c) compute the location of the resultant active force 375 kpa
from the bottom for the second condition a) determine the angle of shearing resistance
29) a vertical retaining wall 6m high retains a horizontal b) determine the angle that the failure plane measured
backfill having the following properties: from the major principal plane
void ratio=.60 c) determine the total axial stress at which failure is
sG=2.6 expected to occur
water content=24% 36) the max stress that causes failure of a cohesive soil
Angle of internal friction=25° specimen in a triaxial test is equal to 220 kpa. the angle
a) compute the magnitude of the active force acting on of friction is equal to 25°. if the deviator stress at failure
the wall if the water table is on the ground surface is equal to 140kpa
which is on level with the top of the wall a) compute the confining chamber pressure
b) compute the magnitude of the active force acting on b) compute the cohesion of soil
the wall if the water table is located at a depth of 3m c) compute the shearing stress at the point of the
from the ground surface failure plane
c) compute the magnitude of the active force if the 37) the following data were obtained from a triaxial test of a
water table is at the bottom of the wall. normally consolidated soil, deviator stress at
30) a consolidated drained triaxial test was conducted on a failure=800kpa, angle to failure plane from the major
normally consolidated clay. the results were as follows principal plane=63°
chamber confining pressure=138kpa a) compute the shearing stress at the plane of failure
deviator stress=258kpa b) compute the normal stress at the plane of failure
a) compute the friction angle of the soil c) compute the value of the confining pressure
b) compute the normal stress at failure 38) a .36 m square prestressed concrete pile is to be driven
c) compute the shear stress at failure in a clayey soil as shown in the figure. the design capacity
31) a cohesionless soil has a friction angle of 30° and a of the pile is 360KN, with FS=2
deviator stress of failure of 400kpa
a) find the angle that the failure plane makes with the
major principal plane
b) find the confining pressure
c) finds the shear stress at the point on the failure
plane
32) a cohesive soil specimen has a shearing resistance equal
to 28° and a cohesion of 30kpa. if the max shearing stress
of the soil is equal to 70kpa a) compute the end bearing capacity of pile
a) compute the lateral pressure in the cell for a failure b) compute the skin friction expected to develop along
to occur the shaft of the pile
b) compute the maximum principal stress to cause c) compute the length of pile if α=.76
failure 39) a .30mx.30m concrete pile 22m long is driven in a clayey
c) compute the normal stress at the point of max. soil having an unconfined compressive strength of 110
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shear kn/m . the unit wt of the clayey soil is 18kn/m . frictional
33) in a triaxial test fpr normally consolidated soil, the constant is .76 due to skin friction. assume FS=2 and
normal stress at failure is equal to 465kpa and the shear Nc=9
stress at failure is equal to 350kpa a) compute the capacity of the pile due to skin friction
a) compute the angle of friction only
b) compute the angle of the failure plane with the b) compute the end bearing capacity
major principal axis c) compute the design capacity of the pile
c) compute the max principal stress at failure 40) a .3m square concrete pile is to be driven at a site where
34) in the triaxial test for normally consolidated soil, the soil conditions are as indicated in the figure. if a
deviator stress is equal to 340 kpa and the angle of the penetration of 14m is assumed
failure plane makes with the major principal plane is
equal to 60°
a) compute the shearing stress at the plane of failure
b) compute the normal stress
c) compute teh value of teh confining pressure
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52) an anchored sheet pile supports a mass of soil 7.3m high 100 .905
with a horizontal surface. the angle of friction of the soil 200 .815
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is 31° with a unit wt of 1.96g/cm . the total height of the
sheet pile is 10.5 m which is supported by an anchor bolt
placed 1.2 m below the ground surface which has a
spacing of 3m center to center
a) compute the active force
b) compute the fraction of the theoretical-maximum
passive resistance of the total embedded length
which must be mobilized for equilibrium a)calculate the average effective stress on the
c) compute the tension in the anchor bolt midheight of clay layer
53) a cantilever sheet pile is 8,2 m long with a depth of i) 60.74kPa
embedment of 3.2m. angle of friction of the soil ii) 42.24
supported by the sheet pile is 34° and has a unit weight iii) 36.36
of 1.91g/cc. there is water table below the base of the iv) 69.23
sheet pile v) 78.95
a) compute the active force acting on the sheet pile b) determine the compression index cc
b) compute the max passive force acting on the sheet i) .213
pile ii) .452
c) compute the theoretical passive force that must be iii) .374
mobilized to ensure stability iv) .465
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54) from the figure sown, the soil has a unt wt of 18kn/m
2 c) if the average effective stress on the clay layer is
and undrained shear strength cu=20kN/m . the slopes
makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal, assume a increased(Po+∆P) to 115kPa, what would be the
stability number m=.185 total consolidation settlement?
i) 123.65mm
ii) 104.6
iii) 158.74
iv) 116.35
a) compute the stability factor v) 92.56
b) compute the maximum depth up to which the cut 59) a tube having a cross sectional area of 100 sq.cm
could be made contains three layers of soil having given hydraulic
c) compute the angle that the failure plane makes with conductivities as shown in the tabulation. the rate of
the horizontal if BC=8m water supplied to maintain a constant head of 400mm is
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55) a piece of metal weighs 350N in air and when it is 291.21cm /hr. if the value of Ha=300mm and Kb=4x10
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submerged completely in water, it weighs 240N cm.sec
a) find the volume of the metal a) compute the value of Ka
b) find the specific wt of the metal b) compute the value of Hb
c) find the specific gravity of the metal c) compute the value of Kc
56) a wooden storage vat full of oil sp. gr=.80 is in the form 60) a wooden buoy of sg=.75 floats in a liquid with sg=85
of frustum of a cone 2m diameter at the top and 4m a) what is the percentage of the volume above the
diameter at the bottom and 3 m high. it is provided with liquid surface to the total volume of the buoy
2 steel hoops one at the top and one at the bottom i) 13.6
a) compute the hydrostatic force on the side op the ii) 14.1
container iii) 15.6
b) how high is the said force above the bottom iv) 12.3
c) compute the force on the bottom hoop v) 11.8
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57) a vat holding paint(SG+.8) is 8m long and 4 m deep and b) if the volume above the liquid surface is .0145m
has a trapezoidal cross section 3m wide at the bottom what is the weight of the wooden buoy?
and 5m wide at the top i) .698kN
a) compute the weight of the paint ii) 957
b) compute the force on the bottom of the vat iii) .905
c) compute the force on the trapezoidal end panel iv) .789
58) from the figure shown, the clay is normally consolidated. v) .821
a laboratory consolidation test on the clay gave the c) what load that will cause the buoy to be fully
following results submerged?
Pressure(kPa) Void ratio, e i) .121kN
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ii) .151 that the two edges of the square would be horizontal in
iii) .216 order that the center of pressure shall be 8cm from the
iv) .178 center of gravity.
v) .236 a) how far below the water surface should the upper
61) the reading of a Toyota 6x-2003 fuel gage is proportional plate be submerged?
to the gage pressure at the bottom of the tank as shown i) 5.258
on the figure. the tank is 32m deep. unit wt of gasoline is ii) 7.875
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6670N/m and that of air is 11.8N/m . unit weight of iii) 6.154m
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water is 9790 N/m iv) 8.715
a) determine the gage reading when the tank is full of v) 9.875
gasoline b) what is the distance of the center of pressure from
i) 2231.2kPa the water surface
ii) 2056.7 i) 10.365
iii) 2365.8 ii) 6.271
iv) 2134.4 iii) 8.784
v) 2518.6 iv) 7.265
b) how many cm of air remains at the top when the v) 9.455
gage indicates full if the tank is 32 m deep and is c) determine the hydrostatic force acting on the plate
contaminated with 3cm of water at this position
i) 2.15cm i) 748.59
ii) 1.87 ii) 827.27kN
iii) 1.41 iii) 936.65
iv) .26 iv) 615.48
v) 1.12 v) 889.99
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c) if the tank is .5m , find the volume of the gasoline to 64) an open cylindrical vessel 1 m in diameter contains water
fill up the tank at a depth of 3.56m.
i) 60liters a) if it is rotated at a speed of 80rpm about its vertical
ii) 70 axis determine the least depth of the vessel so that
iii) 90 no water will be spilled out
iv) 80 i) 4
v) 50 ii) 3
62) a tank with vertical sides is 1.2 m square, 3.0 m deep and iii) 5
is filled to a depth of 2.7m with water. a cube of wood iv) 6
having a specific gravity of .5 measuring 60 cm on the v) 2
edge is placed in the water so that it will float b) if the vessel is rotated at 120rpm, how much water
a) find the weight of volume of water displaced will be spilled out?
i) 2.36 i) 425
ii) 1.75 ii) 486
iii) .26 iii) 465
iv) 3.85 iv) 405
v) 1.0 v) 444
b) determine the depth that the water will rise inside c) if the vessel is rotated at 140 rpm, what would be
the tank from its original water level the pressure at the center bottom of the tank?
i) .025m i) 12.36kPa
ii) .015 ii) 10.35
iii) .075 iii) 15.72
iv) .123 iv) 18.18
v) .042 v) 22.36
c) what will be the change in pressure on one side of 65) from the figure shown, the gate is 1m wide and is hinged
the tank? at the bottom of the gate
i) 1.451
ii) 2.875kN
iii) 2.417
iv) 3.052
v) .051
63) a square plate having one of its side equal to 3m is
immersed in a water surface in a vertical position such a) compute the hydrostatic force acting on the gate
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b) compute the location of the center of the pressure c) how soon after will the water surface be 4m apart?
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of the gate to the hinged 71) an orifice having an area of .00785m is attached to a
c) Determine the minimum volume of concrete vertical side of a cylindrical tank having a diameter of 4m.
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(γ=23.6kN/m ) needed to keep the gate in a closed the weight of the water discharged in 1 min and 40 sec is
position. 22563N under a constant head of 1.2m. the jet strikes a
66) a vertical plate shown is submerged in vinegar having a point 1.92m horizontally from the vena contracta and
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sg=.80. assume γw=9.79kN/m .80m vertically below the orifice
a) find the coefficient of velocity
b) find the coefficient of discharge
c) compute the coefficient of contraction
72) two closed compartments A and B are connected by an
orifice having a diameter of 140mm diameter at its sides.
at compartment A, it contains water at a depth of 3m
a) find the depth of the center of pressure of section A above the orifice and a pressure on top of it equal to
from the liquid surface 50kPa. on the other compartment, it contains water at a
b) find the magnitude of the hydrostatic force on one depth of 2m above the orifice and a pressure of 15kPa on
side of the plate top of the water surface. c=.86 Cv=.92
c) find the depth of the center of pressure of the whole
section from LS
67) a vertical rectangular gate as shown is 2m wide, 6 m high
is hinged at the top has oil sg=.84 standing 7m deep on
one side, the LS being under pressure of -18.46kPa
78) a pump draws water from reservoir A and lifts it to a b) find the water hammer pressure for instant closure
reservoir B as shown. the loss of head from A to 1 is 3 c) how much time should be allowed for closing the
times the velocity head in the 150mm pipe and the loss valve to avoid water hamer?
of head from 2 to B is 20 times the velocity head in the 83) the error in the measured head in a channel is equal to
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100mm pipe. when the discharge is 20L/sec 0.018m. if the discharge flowing the channel is .6m /s.
compute the following
a) %error if a suppressed rectangular weir is used with
length of weir is equal to 4.2m
b) % of error if a cipolletti weir having a length of weir
of 4.6m
c) % of error if a right triangular weir is used#
a) compute the horse power output of the pump 84) a 600mm diameter steel pipe, 10mm thick carries water
b) compute the pressure head at 1 compute the under a head of 325m
pressure head at 2 a) determine the actual stress in kN per meter length of
79) two reservoirs A and B have elevatons of 250m and 100m pipe
respectively. it is connected by a pipe having a diameter b) if the head is increased to 500m, what is the actual
of 250mm and a length of 100m. a turbine is installed at stress on the wall in Mpa
a point in between the reservoirs A and B. if c=120, c) if the head is increased to 500m, what thickness is
compute the ff if the discharge flowing in the pipe is required assuming an allowable tensile stress of
150liters/sec 113mPa and efficiency of the connection is 80%
85) the velocity of oil flowing thru a 30mm diameter pipe is
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equal to 2m/s. oil has kinetic viscosity of 5x10 m /s. if
the pipe has a length of 120m
a) compute the Reynolds number
b) compute the friction factor
c) compute the headloss of the pipe
86) a liquid having a Reynolds number of 1900 flow thru a
a) headloss of pipe due to friction 200 mm diameter pipe 150m long. the headloss of the
b) head extracted by the turbine pipe due to friction is 22m
c) power generated by turbine a) compute the friction factor
80) a rectangular channel 5.4m wide by 1.2 m deep is lined b) compute the kinematic viscosity
with a smooth stone well and has a hydraulic slope of c) compute the rate of flow in l/sec
.001. using n=.012 87) a closed cylindrical tank having a radius of .6m and a
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a) what is the capacity of the channel in m /s height of 4m is full of water under a pressure of 196.2
b) what savings in earth excavation could have been kPa. the metal side is 3mm thick. if the vessel is rotated
offered by using more favourable proportional but at 200rpm
adhering to the same delivery and slope a) compute the total pressure on the side of the wall
c) what savings in lining per meter length could have b) compute the total pressure against the top
been offered by using more favourable proportional c) compute the maximum intensity of the hoop on
but adhering to the same delivery and slope tensile side
81) a trapezoidal canal has a base width equal to 6m which 88) a footing 6m square carries a total load, including its own
carries water flowing at velocity of .8m/s weight of 10000 KN. the base of the footing is at a depth
a) compute the discharge in the canal if the side are of 3m below the ground surface. the soil strata at the site
sloping at an angle of 45° such that it will have a consists of a layer of stiff fully saturated clay 27.5m thick
minimum seepage overlying dense sand. the average bulk density of the clay
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b) compute the discharge in the canal for MES is 1920kg/m and its average shear strength determined
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c) compute the discharge if the depth of the canal is from undrained triaxial test is 130kN/m .
only 2/3 of the base width and has side slopes of 1:1 from the table,
82) water from a reservoir flowing througha non rigid a) determine the gross foundation pressure
600mm pipe with a velocity of 2m/s is completely b) determine the net foundation pressure
stopped by a closure of a valve situated 150 m from the c) calculate the factor of safety of the foundation
reservoir. assume that the pressure increases at a against the complete shear failure under the
uniform rate and that there is no damping of the undrained condition. side cohesion on the
pressure wave. the pipe has a thickness of 20mm. bulk foundation may be neglected
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modulus of water is 2.2x10 mPa and modulus of 89) a square footing has a dimension of 1.2m by 1.2m and
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elasticity of steel is 1.4x10 mPa has its bottom 1m below the ground surface
a) compte the velocity of sound of water
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