SIT. 13 Water flows through a 75 mm diameter pipe at a SIT 14.

If the velocity of flow in a 75-mm diameter fire

velocity of 3 m/sec. Find: hose is 0.5 m/s,
51. Volume flow rate in m3/sec and lit/sec. 54. Determine the velocity in a 25 mm diameter jet
52. Mass flow rate in kg/sec. issuing from a nozzle attached at the end of the pipe.
53. Weight flow rate in N/sec 55. Compute the power available in the jet.
SIT. 16 The pump shown draws water from reservoir A at
elevation 10 m and lifts it to reservoir B at elevation 60 m.
The loss of head from A to 1 is two times the velocity head
in the 200 mm diameter pipe and the loss of head from 2
to B is ten times the velocity head in the 150 mm diameter
pipe.

Determine:

56. Rated horsepower of the pump when the discharge

0.03m3/sec.
57. Pressure head at 1 in meters.
58. Pressure head at 2 in meters.
59. A pipeline with a pump leads to a nozzle as shown.
Find the flow rate when pump develops an 80 ft (24.4 m)
head. Assume head lost in the 6-inch (152 mm) pipe to be
five times its velocity head while the head lost in the 4-
inch (102 mm) pipe to be twelve times its velocity head.
Compute the flow rate.
60. A pipe carrying oil of specific gravity 0.877 changes in
size from 150 mm at section and 450 mm at section 2.
Section 1 is 3.6 m below section 2 and the pressures are
90 kPa and 60 kPa respectively. If the discharge is 150
lit/sec, determine the head lost and the direction of flow.

61. Oil flows from a tank through 150 m of 150 mm
diameter pipe and then discharges into air as shown in
the figure. If the head loss from point 1 to point 2 is 600
mm, determine the pressure needed at point 1 to cause
17 lit/sec of oil to flow.
62. Water enters a motor through a 600-mm diameter pipe
under a pressure of 14 kPa. It leaves through a 900 mm
diameter exhaust pipe with a pressure of 4 kPa. A vertical
distance of 2.5 m separates the centers of the two pipes
at the sections where the pressures are measured. If 500
liters of water pass the motor each second, compute the
power supplied to the motor.
SIT. 17 A 50 mm diameter siphon discharges oil (sp. Gr.
= 0.82) from a reservoir (elev. 20 m) into open air (elev.
15 m). The head loss from the reservoir (point 1) to the
summit (point 2, elev. 22 m) is 1.5 m and from the summit
65. Calculate the discharge in liters per second through a
to the discharge end is 2.4 m. Determine:
100-mm diameter orifice under a head of 5.5 m of water.
63. Flow rate in the pipe in lit/sec Assume Cc=0.61 and Cv=0.98
64. Absolute pressure at the summit assuming
atmospheric pressure to be 101.3 kPa.
66. An open cylindrical tank, 2.4 m in diameter and 6 m
tall has 1 m of glycerin (Sg=1.5), 2.5 m of water, and 1.5
m of oil (So=0.82). Determine the discharge through the
125 mm diameter located at the bottom of the tank.
Assume C=0.65

SIT. 18 A calibration test of a 12.5 mm diameter circular

sharp-edged orifice in a vertical side of a large tank
showed a discharge of 590 N of water in 81 seconds at a
constant head of 4.70 m. Measurement of the jet showed
that it traveled 2.35 m horizontally while dropping 300 mm.
Compute:

67. Coefficient of velocity

68. Coefficient of discharge.
69. Coefficient of contraction
SIT. 19 A 50 mm diameter circular sharp-edged orifice at SIT. 20 A 1.5 m diameter vertical cylindrical tank 3 m high
the side of tank discharges water under a head of 3 m. If contains 2.5 m of water. A 100 mm diameter circular
the coefficient of contraction Cc=0.63 and the head lost is sharpedged orifice is located at its bottom. Assume
240 mm, compute: C=0.60

70. Coefficient of velocity 72. How long will it take to lower the water level to 1 m
71. Coefficient of discharge deep after opening the orifice?
73. How long will it take to empty the tank?
74. Water flows through a parabolic weir that is 2 m deep 75. Water having kinematic viscosity v=1.3x10-6 m2/s
and 2 m wide at the top under a constant head of 1.50 m. flows in a 100 mm diameter pipe at a velocity of 4.5 m/s.
Assuming C=0.65, determine the discharge through the Determine the Reynold’s number.
weir.

76. Fluid flows through a 20 mm diameter pipe, 150 m

long at a Reynold’s number of 1750. Calculate the
discharge if the head lost is 175 m.
77. What is the hydraulic radius of a rectangular air duct
200 mm by 350 mm?

SIT. 21 Water is flowing at the rate of 300 lit/sec from A to

E as shown in the figure.

Compute:

78. flow rate in pipe 1

79. flow rate in pipe 2
80. flow rate in pipe 3
81. flow rate in pipe 4
82. flow rate in pipe 5
83. flow rate in pipe 6
84. The turbine shown is in the 350 mm diameter line. If SIT. 22 Water flows uniformly in a rectangular concrete
the turbine efficiency is 90%, determine its output power open channel that is 10 m wide at a depth of 3 m. The
in kilowatts. channel slope is 0.0025. Using n=0.013, find:

85. Velocity
86. Flow rate
87. Boundary shear stress
SIT. 23 A trapezoidal channel has a bottom width of 6 m 91. The section of a storm drain tunnel is as shown.
and side slopes of 2 horizontal to 1 vertical. If the depth is During the heavy storm, the water surface is 2.5 m
1.2 m and the flow is 20.40 m3/sec, above the semicircular section. If n=0.02 and the slope
of the channel is 0.009, calculate the discharge.
88. Compute the specific energy.
89. Compute the slope of the channel if n=0.014.
90. Compute the average shearing stress at the
boundary.
92. A 500 mm diameter concrete pipe is laid on a slope of
1 m per 500 m and is required to carry water at the rate
0.04 m3/s. Determine the normal depth of flow. Use
roughness coefficient n=0.013.
SIT. 24 A rectangular canal, 6.5 m wide and 1.4 m deep
lined with smooth stone (n=0.013) has a hydraulic slope
of 0.001.
94. What savings in earth excavation could have been
affected by using the best proportion of rectangular
section but adhering to the same discharge and slope?

95. What savings in lining per meter length of canal could

have been affected by using the best proportion of
rectangular section but adhering to the same discharge
and slope?

93. A flood occurs in a main channel having a trapezoidal

section (side slope on both side: 2H to 1V) and base width
of 12 m. The depth of flow in this section is 3.60 m and
the flood spills out over an almost horizontal plane on one
side of the main channel. The width of the flood plain is 60
m with an overflow depth of 1 m. if n=0.025 for the main
channel and two times as large for the overflow section,
estimate the discharge if the be slope for both is 0.00030.
 97. A circular sewer pipe 1.6 m in diameter is laid on a
slope of 2 m per kilometer. The pipe is made of concrete
with n=0.013. Determine the discharge when the pipe is
two-thirds full.

96. Determine the maximum flow through a 1.2 m

diameter concrete culvert which is laid on a slope of
0.009. Use n=0.013
98. What is the hydraulic radius of the channel shown in 99. A trapezoidal canal section having side slope of 2H to
the figure? 3V has a total depth of 1.5 m. For a most efficient
proportion, what is the required bottom width in meters?
100. A turbine is rated at 600 hp when the flow of water
through it is 0.61 m3/s. Assuming an efficiency of 87%,
what is the head acting on the turbine?