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ESE - 2020 Mains Test Series

Civil Engineering
Test – 2 on Fluid Mechanics & Open Channel Flow, Hydraulic Machines and
Hydro Power + Surveying and Geology (Paper – II)
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 300

INSTRUCTIONS
Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting questions:

Answers must be written in ENGLISH only.

There are EIGHT questions divided in TWO sections

Candidates has to attempt FIVE questions in all.

Question no. 1 and 5 are compulsory and out of the remaining THREE are to be attempted choosing
atleast ONE question from each section.

The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.

Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the Admission Certificate which must be stated
clearly on the cover of this Question-cum-Answer (QCA) Booklet in the space provided. No marks will
be given for answers written in a medium other than the authorized one.

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Diagrams/figures, wherever required, shall be drawn in the space provided for answering the question
itself.

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question shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a question shall be counted
even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left blank in the Question-cum-Answer Booklet
must be clearly struck off.
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SECTION-A

01.
(a) Derive Von Karman Momentum integral equation [12 M]

(b) A reaction turbine has a design power of 30 MW at operating speed of 100 rpm when working
under 20 m head. The vapour pressure of water is 0.33 m of water and atmospheric pressure is 10
m. The variation of critical Thomas cavitation factor with specific speed is given below.

NS 400 600 800

c 0.43 0.73 1.50

Calculate maximum permissible height of draft tube by considering safety margin of 0.2 m
[12 M]
(c) The velocity distribution in a 2 dimensional duct is shown below. Calculate the value of kinetic
energy correction factor ():

u B/2
y
B
U
[12 M]

(d)
(i) Calculate the elongation at 400 m of a 1000 m mine shaft measuring tape hanging vertically
due to its own mass. The modulus of elasticity is 2  105 N/mm2, the mass of the tape is 0.075
kg/m and the cross-sectional area of the tape is 10.2 mm2. [8 M]

(ii) If the same tape is standardized as 1000.00 m at 175 N tension, what is the true length of
the shaft recorded as 999.126 m? [4 M]

(e) Discuss in detail, different geophysical prospecting methods. [12 M]

02.
(a) The bearings of the lines of a traverse are given below. Find the included angles and correct the
bearings for local attraction, if any
PQ : 73o 40 QP : 252o 30
QR : 113o 50 RQ : 295o 20
RS : 164o 20 SR : 344o 20
ST : 223o 40 TS : 43o 00
TP : 303o 50 PT : 123o 45 [20 M]
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(b) Derive the equation of pressure in vortex motion. Prove that the isobars in forced vortex motion are
parabolic in nature and also prove that the volume of paraboloid is half the volume of
circumscribing cylinder. [20 M]

(c) A Kaplan turbine operates under following conditions

(i) Speed = 72 rpm
(ii) Net head = 10 m
(iii) Runner tip diameter = 8m
(iv) Diameter ratio = 0.4
(v) Net head = 10 m
(vi) Discharge = 300 m3/s
(vii) Electric power generated = 24.7 MW
(viii) Mechanical efficiency (m) = 0.97
(ix) Generator efficiency (g) = 0.96
Determine
i. Hydraulic efficiency [2M]
ii. Angles of inlet & Exit velocity triangle at tip [10 M]
iii. Angle of inlet & exit velocity triangles at hub [8M]

03.
(a)
(i) Derive the expression for calculating the time of rolling for a floating body. [10M]

(ii) A ship weighing 50 MN floats in sea water with its axis vertical. A pendulum 2 m long is
observed to have a horizontal displacement of 25 mm when a weight of 75 kN is moved by 5 m
across the deck. Find the metacentric height of the ship. [5M]

(b) A pair of photograph was taken with an aerial camera from an altitude of 4000 m above MSL.The
mean principal base measured is 88 mm. The difference in parallax between two points is 1.50 mm.
Determine the difference in height between the two points if the elevation of the lower point is
450 m above M.S.L. Calculate the difference in elevation corresponding to the parallax difference
of 1.90 mm. [15 M]

(c) A tank of 20 m2 in area contains water 4 m deep. Find the time taken for emptying the tank through
a pipe 30 m long and 15 cm diameter connected to the bottom of tank. f = 0.01. [15M]

(d) At a certain section M in rectangular channel of bed width 2 m, the depth of flow is 1.20 m. When
the flow rate is 6 m3/sec. Estimate the distance from M to another section N where the depth is 1.40
m. The bed slope is 0.0020 and n = 0.015. Take two steps in direct step method. [15M]

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04.
(a)
(i) The velocity distribution of flow over a flat plate is parabolic with vertex 30 cm from the plate,
where the velocity is 1.8 m/s. The viscosity of the fluid is 8 poise. Find the shear stresses at the
distances 0 cm, 15 cm and 25 cm from the plate. Also draw  Vs y graph. [20M]

(ii) Show that streamlines and equipotential lines form a net of mutually perpendicular lines. [5M]

(b)
(i) Define following terms related to hydro power plant
(I) Load factor (II) Capacity factor [4M]

(ii) Describe pumped storage hydro power plant with neat sketch. Why pumped storage power
plant is used? [6 M]
(iii) A hydraulic intensifier is to increase pressure from 400 kPa to 1800 kPa. The stroke of
intensifier is 0.9 m and capacity of low pressure cylinder is 20 m3. Determine the piston
diameter on low pressure side and high pressure side. [5 M]

(c) As chaining was not possible, a traverse was conducted using tacheometry. The line of sight was
horizontal in all cases. The data was obtained. Find the lengths of the sides and the length and
bearing of line AC. Find also the gradient from A to C if the reading on a staff held at a benchmark
is 2.415 from A and 0.645 from C. The instrument constants were 100 and 0.3. [20 M]

Line Bearing Instrument at Staff at Cross hair readings

AB 70o 30 A B 1.535, 2.214, 2.893

BC 120o, 45 D 2.018, 2.70, 3.708

CD 223o30 C

DA 320o 47 C B 1.033, 1.733, 2.432

D 1.363, 2.243, 3.123

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SECTION-B
05.
(a) For a railway project, a straight tunnel is to be run between two points P and Q whose co- ordinates
are given below:
Point Coordinates
N E
P 0 0
Q 4020 800
R 2110 1900

It is desired to sink a shaft at S, the midpoint of PQ. S is to be fixed from R, the third known point.
Calculate
(i) the coordinates of S (ii) Length of RS (iii) the bearing of RS [10 M]

(b) Derive the equation of minor loss through sudden expansion [10 M]

(c) A curve has to lie between two tangents having bearings of 30o 30 and 300o 30. The point of
intersection was not accessible due to an obstacle. A line PQ, P and Q lying on the tangents, was
measured and found to be 182.5 m long. The bearing of PQ was 70 o45. If T1 P = 200 m and the
chainage of T1 is 1002.50 m, find the chainages of the point of intersection and the forward
tangent point. [10 M]

(d) At the foot of a 30 m wide spillway in a dam where the discharge velocity is 28.2 m/s and the depth
is 0.96 m, a hydraulic jump is formed on a horizontal apron. Calculate the height of jump and the
total power dissipated in jump. [10M]

(e) A 1:4 scale model of Francis turbine is tested in laboratory under head of 15 m. The model
consumes 2 m3/s water while producing 260 kw power. If the prototype runs at 420 rpm under 35 m
net head, then what should be discharge and power developed by the model? Assume relation
between overall efficiencies of model & prototype is given by Moody‟s step up formula
1/ 5
1 p D 
  m  . Also find specific speed of the prototype and the speed at which model should
1   m  D p 
be run in order to achieve homologous conditions. [10 M]

 U1   y 
(f) Sinusoidal Velocity profile in laminar boundary layer  1  sin   has boundary layer
 U  2  
 4 .8
thickness given by  . Find the value of Cf and CD. [10M]
x Rex

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06.
(a) A 30 cm diameter pipe is bifurcated into two nozzles at a Y junction as shown in figure. The
nozzles discharge to atmosphere and have a velocity at 10 m/s. The junction is in a horizontal plane
and the friction can be neglected. Determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force on
the Y-junction.
10 m/s
7.5 cm

30cm 25o
25o

10 cm
10 m/s [20M]

06.
(b) A centrifugal pump of 0.45 m diameter with diffuser develops manometric head of 20. The velocity
of flow throughout the impeller is 2 m/s and the impeller blade angle at exit is 35 o. The manometric
efficiency is 85% and total loss in impeller is 10% of velocity head at exit of impeller. Assuming
radial flow at the inlet of impeller.
Calculate
(i) Euler‟s head (theoretical head developed by the pump) [2M]
(ii) Operating speed of the pump [5M]
(iii) Diffuser vane angle at exit of impeller [3 M]
(iv) Absolute velocity at impeller exit [2 M]
(v) The percentage of K.E at impeller exit converted into pressure energy inside the diffuser [8M]

(c) Compute the required length and bearing of CD.

A closed traverse was conducted round an obstacle and the following observations were made.
Work out the missing quantities:
Side Length in m Azimuth
AB - 33o 45
BC 300 86o 23
CD - 169o 23
DE 450 243o 54
EA 268 317o 30
[20 M]

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07.
(a) A hydraulically efficient trapezoidal channel carries a discharge of 10 m3/s at a depth of 1.5 m
under uniform flow conditions. The longitudinal slope of channel bed is 0.001 compute.
(a) Average boundary shear stress in N/m2 on boundary
(b) Manning‟s roughness coefficient „n‟ & Darcy friction factor „f‟. [15M]

(b) A Francis turbine having overall efficiency 76% is to produce 105 kW power under head of 12 m
and speed of 150 rpm. The peripheral velocity runner blade at inlet 10 m/s and velocity flow at inlet
is 5 m/s. Assuming 20% of inlet energy is lost due to various hydraulic losses.
Calculate
(i) Inlet guide vanes angle
(ii) The diameter & width at inlet
(iii) Runner blade angle at inlet [15M]

(c) The ground length of a line AB is 545 m. The elevation of A & B are 500 m & 300 m respectively.
The photo co-ordinate of A and B imaged as „a‟ & „b‟ respectively are as below.

Point Photo Co-ordinates

X Y
a 2.65 cm 1.36 cm
b –1.92 cm 3.65 cm

If ab measures 5.112 cm and focal length of the camera is 20 cm, calculate the flying height.
[15M]

(d)
(i) A rectangular channel of 30 cm width bends in the form of an arc of the circle as shown in the
figure. The fully developed flow in the channel experiences free vortex motion. Find the
discharge per unit depth into the peper (in lit/s) [12M]
P1 = 15 kPa, P2 = 25 kPa,  = 1000 kg/m 3

2 30 cm
1
r = 40 cm

(ii) List out the differences between free vortex motion and forced vortex motion. [3M]

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08.
 x 
(a) The velocity of a fluid particle in a 1D flow of length “L” is given by: U  U o 1   Find:
 2L 
(i). Average velocity (ii). Acceleration at the initial and final points [12M]

(b) A distance AB measures 92.245 m on a slope. From a theodolite set at A, with instrument height of
1.400, staff reading taken at B was 1.675 m with a vertical angle of 4 o 30 40. Determine the
horizontal length of the line AB. What will be the error if the effect were neglected? [12 M]

(c) Derive an expression for discharge over a broad crested weir. [12 M]

(d)
(i) P and Q are two stations on the surface, P having an elevation 750 m higher than that of Q. If
the horizontal distance between P and Q is 10 km at the level of Q, find the horizontal distance
between the two stations at the level of P. [6 M]

(ii) The true difference of elevation between two points A and B, 150 m apart, is 0.984 m. A level
was kept along the line AB produced, but close to B, and readings were taken on the staff held
at A and B. If the readings are 2.055 and 1.051 on A and B, respectively, find the angular error
in the line of collimation and also the length of sight for which the error due to the angular error
in collimation equals that due to curvature and refraction. [6 M]

(e) A 30 m steel tape was standardized on the flat and was found to be exactly 30 m under no pull at
66oF. It was used in catenary to measure a base of 5 bays. The temperature during the measurement
was 92oF and the pull exerted during the measurement was 10 kg. The area of cross-section of the
tape was 0.08sq.cm. The specific weight of steel is 7.86 g/cm3.
 = 0.0000063 per 1oF and E = 2.109  106 kg/cm2
Find the true length of the line. [12 M]

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Civil Engineering Test-2 Paper-II
Fluid Mechanics & Open Channel Flow, Hydraulic Machines and
Hydro Power + Surveying and Geology
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 300

902 18-04-2020

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01.
(a) Derive Von Karman Momentum integral equation [12 M]

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01. Candidates
(b) A reaction turbine has a design power of 30 MW at operating speed of 100 rpm when must not
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working under 20 m head. The vapour pressure of water is 0.33 m of water and atmospheric this margin
pressure is 10 m. The variation of critical Thomas cavitation factor with specific speed is
given below.
NS 400 600 800
c 0.43 0.73 1.50

Calculate maximum permissible height of draft tube by considering safety margin of 0.2 m
[12 M]

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(c) The velocity distribution in a 2 dimensional duct is shown below. Calculate the value of must not
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kinetic energy correction factor (): [12 M] this margin

u B/2
y
B
U

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(i) Calculate the elongation at 400 m of a 1000 m mine shaft measuring tape hanging this margin
vertically due to its own mass. The modulus of elasticity is 2  105 N/mm2, the mass of
the tape is 0.075 kg/m and the cross-sectional area of the tape is 10.2 mm2. [8 M]

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(ii) If the same tape is standardized as 1000.00 m at 175 N tension, what is the true length of
the shaft recorded as 999.126 m? [4 M]

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(e) Discuss in detail, different geophysical prospecting methods. [12 M] must not
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(a) The bearings of the lines of a traverse are given below. Find the included angles and correct must not
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the bearings for local attraction, if any this margin
PQ : 73o 40 QP : 252o 30
QR : 113o 50 RQ : 295o 20
RS : 164o 20 SR : 344o 20
ST : 223o 40 TS : 43o 00
TP : 303o 50 PT : 123o 45 [20 M]

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(b) Derive the equation of pressure in vortex motion. Prove that the isobars in forced vortex must not
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motion are parabolic in nature and also prove that the volume of paraboloid is half the this margin
volume of circumscribing cylinder. [20 M]

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(c) A Kaplan turbine operates under following conditions must not
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(i) Speed = 72 rpm this margin
(ii) Net head = 10 m
(iii) Runner tip diameter = 8m
(iv) Diameter ratio = 0.4
(v) Net head = 10 m
(vi) Discharge = 300 m3/s
(vii) Electric power generated = 24.7 MW
(viii) Mechanical efficiency (m) = 0.97
(ix) Generator efficiency (g) = 0.96
Determine
i. Hydraulic efficiency [2M]
ii. Angles of inlet & Exit velocity triangle at tip [10 M]
iii. Angle of inlet & exit velocity triangles at hub [8M]

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(a) (i) Derive the expression for calculating the time of rolling for a floating body. [10M] must not
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 (ii) A ship weighing 50 MN floats in sea water with its axis vertical. A pendulum 2 m long is Candidates
observed to have a horizontal displacement of 25 mm when a weight of 75 kN is moved must not
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by 5 m across the deck. Find the metacentric height of the ship. [5M] this margin

03.
(b) A pair of photograph was taken with an aerial camera from an altitude of 4000 m above
MSL. The mean principal base measured is 88 mm. The difference in parallax between two
points is 1.50 mm. Determine the difference in height between the two points if the elevation
of the lower point is 450 m above M.S.L. Calculate the difference in elevation corresponding
to the parallax difference of 1.90 mm. [15 M]

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(c) A tank of 20 m2 in area contains water 4 m deep. Find the time taken for emptying the tank must not
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through a pipe 30 m long and 15 cm diameter connected to the bottom of tank. f = 0.01. this margin
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(d) At a certain section M in rectangular channel of bed width 2 m, the depth of flow is 1.20 m. must not
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When the flow rate is 6 m3/sec. Estimate the distance from M to another section N where the this margin
depth is 1.40 m. The bed slope is 0.0020 and n = 0.015. Take two steps in direct step method.
[15M]

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(a) (i) The velocity distribution of flow over a flat plate is parabolic with vertex 30 cm from the must not
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plate, where the velocity is 1.8 m/s. The viscosity of the fluid is 8 poise. Find the shear this margin
stresses at the distances 0 cm, 15 cm and 25 cm from the plate. Also draw  Vs y graph.
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(i) Load factor (ii) Capacity factor [4M] this margin

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(c) As chaining was not possible, a traverse was conducted using tacheometry. The line of sight must not
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was horizontal in all cases. The data was obtained. Find the lengths of the sides and the this margin
length and bearing of line AC. Find also the gradient from A to C if the reading on a staff
held at a benchmark is 2.415 from A and 0.645 from C. The instrument constants were 100
and 0.3. [20 M]
Line Bearing Instrument at Staff at Cross hair readings
AB 70o 30 A B 1.535, 2.214, 2.893
BC 120o, 45 D 2.018, 2.70, 3.708
CD 223o30 C
DA 320o 47 C B 1.033, 1.733, 2.432
D 1.363, 2.243, 3.123
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(a) For a railway project, a straight tunnel is to be run between two points P and Q whose
coordinates are given below:
Point Coordinates
N E
P 0 0
Q 4020 800
R 2110 1900

It is desired to sink a shaft at S, the midpoint of PQ. S is to be fixed from R, the third known
point.
Calculate
(i) the coordinates of S (ii) Length of RS (iii) the bearing of RS [10 M]

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05.
(b) Derive the equation of minor loss through sudden expansion [10 M]

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(c) A curve has to lie between two tangents having bearings of 30 o 30 and 300o 30. The point of must not
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intersection was not accessible due to an obstacle. A line PQ, P and Q lying on the tangents, this margin
was measured and found to be 182.5 m long. The bearing of PQ was 70o45. If T1 P = 200 m
and the chainage of T1 is 1002.50 m, find the chainages of the point of intersections and the
forward tangent point. [10 M]

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(d) At the foot of a 30 m wide spillway in a dam where the discharge velocity is 28.2 m/s and the must not
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depth is 0.96 m, a hydraulic jump is formed on a horizontal apron. Calculate the height of this margin
jump and the total power dissipated in jump. [10M]

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(e) A 1:4 scale model of Francis turbine is tested in laboratory under head of 15 m. The model
consumes 2 m3/s water while producing 260 kw power. If the prototype runs at 420 rpm
under 35 m net head, then what should be discharge and power developed by the model?
Assume relation between overall efficiencies of model & prototype is given by Moody‟s step
1/ 5
1 p D 
up formula   m  . Also find specific speed of the prototype and the speed at
1   m  D p 
which model should be run in order to achieve homologous conditions. [10 M]

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(f) Sinusoidal Velocity profile in laminar boundary layer  1  sin   has boundary layer write on
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 4 .8
thickness given by  . Find the value of Cf and CD. [10M]
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(a) A 30 cm diameter pipe is bifurcated into two nozzles at a Y junction as shown in figure. The must not
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plane and the friction can be neglected. Determine the magnitude and direction of the
resultant force on the Y-junction.
10 m/s
7.5 cm

30cm 25o
25o

10 cm
10 m/s
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(b) A centrifugal pump of 0.45 m diameter with diffuser develops manometric head of 20. The must not
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velocity of flow throughout the impeller is 2 m/s and the impeller blade angle at exit is 35 o. this margin
The manometric efficiency is 85% and total loss in impeller is 10% of velocity head at exit of
impeller. Assuming radial flow at the inlet of impeller.
Calculate
(i) Euler‟s head (theoretical head developed by the pump) [2M]
(ii) Operating speed of the pump [5M]
(iii) Diffuser vane angle at exit of impeller [3 M]
(iv) Absolute velocity at impeller exit [2 M]
(v) The percentage of K.E at impeller exit converted into pressure energy inside the diffuser
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A closed traverse was conducted round an obstacle and the following observations were this margin
made. Work out the missing quantities:

Side Length in m Azimuth

AB - 33o 45
BC 300 86o 23
CD - 169o 23
DE 450 243o 54
EA 268 317o 30
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(a) A hydraulically efficient trapezoidal channel carries a discharge of 10 m3/s at a depth of 1.5 must not
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m under uniform flow conditions. The longitudinal slope of channel bed is 0.001 compute. this margin
(a) Average boundary shear stress in N/m2 on boundary
(b) Manning‟s roughness coefficient „n‟ & Darcy friction factor „f‟. [15M]

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(b) A Francis turbine having overall efficiency 76% is to produce 105 kW power under head of
12 m and speed of 150 rpm. The peripheral velocity runner blade at inlet 10 m/s and velocity
flow at inlet is 5 m/s. Assuming 20% of inlet energy is lost due to various hydraulic losses.
Calculate
(i) Inlet guide vanes angle
(ii) The diameter & width at inlet
(iii) Runner blade angle at inlet [15M]

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(c) The ground length of a line AB is 545 m. The elevation of A & B are 500 m & 300 m must not
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respectively. The photo co-ordinate of A and B imaged as „a‟ & „b‟ respectively are as below. this margin

Point Photo Co-ordinates

X Y
a 2.65 cm 1.36 cm
b –1.92 cm 3.65 cm

If ab measures 5.112 cm and focal length of the camera is 20 cm, calculate the flying height.
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Find the discharge per unit depth into the peper (in lit/s) [12M]
P1 = 15 kPa, P2 = 25 kPa,  = 1000 kg/m 3

2 30 cm
1
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(ii) List out the differences between free vortex motion and forced vortex motion. [3M]

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(a) The velocity of a fluid particle in a 1D flow of length “L” is given by: U  U o 1   Find: write on
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(i). Average velocity
(ii). Acceleration at the initial and final points [12M]

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(b) A distance AB measures 92.245 m on a slope. From a theodolite set at A, with instrument must not
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height of 1.400, staff reading taken at B was 1.675 m with a vertical angle of 4 o 30 40. this margin
Determine the horizontal length of the line AB. What will be the error if the effect were
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(i) P and Q are two stations on the surface, P having an elevation 750 m higher than that of this margin
Q. If the horizontal distance between P and Q is 10 km at the level of Q, find the
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(ii) The true difference of elevation between two points A and B, 150 m apart, is 0.984 m. A Candidates
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the staff held at A and B. If the readings are 2.055 and 1.051 on A and B, respectively, this margin
find the angular error in the line of collimation and also the length of sight for which the
error due to the angular error in collimation equals that due to curvature and refraction.
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pull at 66oF. It was used in catenary to measured a base of 5 bays. The temperature during the this margin
measurement was 92 oF and the pull exerted during the measurement was 10 kg. The area of
cross-section of the tape was 0.08sq.cm. The specific weight of steel is 7.86 g/cm3.
 = 0.0000063 per 1oF and E = 2.109  106 kg/cm2
Find the true length of the line. [12 M]

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