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COURSE CORRELATION II
HYDRAULICS, GEOTECHNICAL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING REVIEW

SITUATION 1. A PRISMATIC OBJECT 200 mm WIDE BY 400 mm LONG IS WEIGHED IN WATER AT DEPTH OF 500 mm AND FOUND TO BE 50 N.
1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GIVES THE WEIGHT OF THE OBJECT IN AIR?
a. 206.96 N b. 156.96 c. 106.96 d. 50
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GIVES THE VALUE OF ITS SPECIFIC GRAVITY?
a. 1.74 b. 1.32 c. 1.47 d. 1.93
3. FIND ITS SPECIFIC WEIGHT.
a. 14.42 kN/cum b. 17.07 c. 18.93 d. 12.95

4. A TRAPEZOIDAL DAM HAVING A TOTAL HEIGHT OF 20 m ON THE VERTICAL SIDE HAS A WIDTH OF 2 m AT THE TOP AND 8 m AT THE BOTTOM.
THE HEIGHT OF WATER IN THE VERTICAL SIDE OF THE DAM IS 12 m. NEGLECTING HYDROSTATIC UPLIFT, DETERMINE THE FACTOR OF
SAFETY AGAINST OVERTURNING. ASSUME CONCRETE WEIGHS 23.5 KN/CU.M.
a. 3.67 b. 2.75 c. 4.99 d. 5.28

5. A CYLINDRICAL VESSEL 2 m IN DIAMETER AND 3 m HIGH HAS A ROUNDED CIRCULAR ORIFICE 50 mm IN DIAMETER AT THE BOTTOM. IF
THE VESSEL IS FILLED WITH WATER, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO LOWER THE WATER SURFACE BY 2 m. ASSUME C = 0.60.
a. 375.22 s b. 440.70 c. 248.43 d. 523.66

6. A SOIL HAS A WATER CONTENT OF 25% AND A DEGREE OF SATURATION OF 82%. COMPUTE THE SP. GR. OF THE SOIL IF IT HAS A DRY
UNIT WEIGHT OF 14.33 KN/CU.M.
a. 2.45 b. 2.60 c. 2.69 d. 2.34

SITUATION 2. A CONE PENETROMETER TEST WAS CONDUCTED ON A SAMPLE OF SOIL FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE LIQUID AND THE
FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS WERE RECORDED: LIQUID LIMIT = 58%, PLASTIC LIMIT = 34% & SHRINKAGE LIMIT = 12%.
7. COMPUTE THE PLASTICITY INDEX.
a. 22 b. 46 c. 24 d. 34
8. COMPUTE THE SHRINKAGE INDEX
a. 46 b. 22 c. 34 d. 24
9. COMPUTE THE SHRINKAGE RATIO IF SPECIFIC GRAVITY = 2.70
a. 0.021 b. 0.054 c. 0.081 d. 0.093

SITUATION 3. A COHESIVE SOIL WITH AN ANGLE OF SHEARING RESISTANCE OF 36 DEGREES, HAS A COHESION OF 12 KPA AND A MAXIMUM
SHEARING STRESS OF 308 MPA.
10. COMPUTE THE CONFINING PRESSURE.
a. 815.48 kPa b. 199.48 c. 326.44 d. 425.76
11. COMPUTE THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS.
a. 199.48 kPa b. 326.44 c. 815. 48 d. 425.76
12. COMPUTE THE NORMAL STRESS AT THE FAILURE PLANE.
a. 425.76 kPa b. 199.48 c. 815.48 d. 326.44

13. A NORMALLY CONSOLIDATED LAYER SETTLES 20 mm WHEN THE EFFECTIVE STRESS IS INCREASED FROM 80 TO 160 kPa. WHEN THE
EFFECTIVE STRESS IS FURTHER INCREASED TO 320 kPa, THE SETTLEMENT WILL BE _________.
a. 66.44 mm b. 20.01 c. 34.70 d. 75.25

SITUATION 4. A 25 m LONG BEAM IS SIMPLY SUPPORTED AT THE LEFT AND 3 m FROM THE RIGHT END. THE BEAM WILL BE CROSSED BY THE
FOLLOWING LOADS. UNIFORM LOAD = 9.35 KN/M, DIRECT LOAD FOR MAXIMUM MOMENT = 80 KN & DIRECT LOAD FOR MAXIMUM SHEAR =
115 KN.
14. DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM POSITIVE MOMENT IN KN-M.
a. 1158 b. 1006 c. 1365 d. 854
15. DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM SHEAR IN KN.
a. 218 b. 268 c. 241 d. 365
16. DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM NEGATIVE MOMENT IN KN-M.
a. 312 b. 254 c. 296 d. 282

SITUATION 5. TWO CHANNELS ARE WELDED AT THE TIP OF THEIR FLANGES TO FORM A BOX COLUMN. PROPERTIES OF ONE CHANNEL
SECTION = A = 5690 sq.mm, d = 254 mm, bf = 77 mm, tf = 11 mm, tw = 17 mm, x = 16.5 mm, Ix = 42.87 x 106 mm4, Iy = 1.64 x 106 mm4.
THE COLUMN IS 6 m LONG HINGED AT BOTH ENDS. USE Fy = 248 MPa.
17. CALCULATE THE AXIAL LOAD P (kN) TO AVOID BUCKLING OF THE COLUMN.
a. 2460 b. 2820 c. 2610 d. 2150
18. CALCULATE THE AXIAL LOAD P (kN) TO AVOID YIELDING OF THE COLUMN.
a. 2150 b. 2460 c. 2820 d. 2610
19. CALCULATE THE SAFE LOAD P (kN) BASED ON NSCP SPECIFICATIONS.
a. 1230 b. 1060 c. 980 d. 750