UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP SYSTEM LAGUNA

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND AVIATION

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
FLUID MECHANICS

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Situation- A closed conical tank has a bottom radius of 33cm and is 50cm tall.
The tank contains 0.026 cu.m. of water

1. What is the depth of water in the tank in centimeters?

a. 9.65 d. 12.34
b. 8.56 e. None of the above
c. 9.18

2. What is the total volume of the tank in cu.m.?

a. 0.094 d. 0.057
b. 0.075 e. None of the above
c. 0.063

3. How much water is required to fill the tank in cu.m.?

a. 0.031 d. 0.037
b. 0.068 e. None of the above
c. 0.049

Situation - Liquid Carbon Tetrachloride (CCL4) having a volume of 378 liters has
a mass of 600kg. determine the following:

4. The weight of Carbon Tetrachloride

a. 5.32 kN d. 6.12 kN
b. 5.88 kN e. None of the above
c. 5.58 kN

5. The unit weight of Carbon Tetrachloride

a. 16.32 kN/m3 d. 18.43 kN/m3

b. 15.57 kN/m3 e. None of the above
c. 13.89 kN/m3

6. The specific gravity of Carbon Tetrachloride

a. 1.518 d. 1.623
b. 1.462 e. None of the above
c. 1.578

7. A dam 4.00m on top, 10.00m at the bottom and 20m high has water 15m depth acting
on its vertical side. What is the factor of safety against sliding if the
coefficient of friction is 0.80.

a. 2.39 d. 1.40
b. 1.6 e. None of the above
c. 1.75

8. If a triangle of height “d” and base “b” is vertical and submerged in a liquid
with its vertex at the liquid surface, compute the depth to its center of
pressure.

a. ¾ d d. ½ d
b. 4/6 d e. None of the above
c. 2/5 d

9. A vertical triangle gate with water on one side is shown. Determine the location
of center of pressure.

a. 3.796m d. 3.682m
b. 4.204m e. None of the above
c. 3.890m
10. A square frame 3m by 3m in dimension is submerged in water vertically with its
top 3m from the surface. If oil (s = 0.80) occupies the top one (1) meter,
determine the horizontal pressure acting on the frame
a. 120 kN d. 380kN
b. 1120 kN e. None of the above
c. 576 kN

11. A tank 5.4 meter deep and 2m wide is layered with 2.4m of oil (sp.gr. = 0.80),
1.80m of water and 1.20m of mercury. Compute the total hydrostatic force on the
side of the tank.

a. 424.49 kN d. 356.86 kN
b. 516.36 kN e. None of the above
c. 817.42 kN

12. The pressure 25 m below a certain liquid surface is 570.67 kPa. Which of the
following most nearly gives the specific gravity of the liquid?

a. 2.26 d. 2.56
b. 2.44 e. None of the above
c. 2.33

13. The pressure exerted onto a liquid is transmitted undiminished to all portions
of the liquid. This principle of mechanics is attributed to:

a. Archimedes d. Newton
b. Bernoulli e. None of the above
c. Pascal

14. It is the force per unit length that an “imaginary film” formed on the surface
of a liquid due to the intermolecular attraction of liquid molecules. It is
responsible, for example, when an object or insect that is denser than water is
able to float or run along the water surface.

a. Specific weight d. Uplift pressure

b. Surface tension e. None of the above
c. Dynamic viscosity

15. It is defined as the height of a column of homogeneous fluid of specific weight

“W” that will produce a pressure of “P”

a. Elevation head d. Head loss

b. Pressure head e. None of the above
c. Velocity head

Situation- An isosceles triangular plate of height 480 mm and base 200 mm is

vertically submerged in water with its vertex at the water surface and its
base is parallel to the water surface

16. Which of the following most nearly gives the total hydrostatic force acting on
one side of the plate?

a. 75.34 N d. 200.91 N
b. 150.68 N e. None of the above
c. 301.36 N

17. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of the total
hydrostatic force from the center of gravity of the plate?

a. 80 mm d. 24 mm
b. 40 mm e. None of the above
c. 12 mm
18. Which of the following most nearly gives the distance of the total
hydrostatic force from the water surface?

a. 232 mm d. 184 mm
b. 400 mm e. None of the above
c. 360 mm

19. A certain liquid has an absolute viscosity of 0.005 Pa-sec and a

kinematic viscosity of 3.5 mm2/s. Determine the density of the liquid.

a. 1845.72 kg/m3 d. 1287.45 kg/m3

b. 1752.84 kg/m3 e. None of the above
c. 1428.57 kg/m3

20. Determine the weight of a 5 kg mass in a place where the acceleration due to
gravity is 8.75 m/s2
.
a. 24.57 N d. 34.89 N
b. 43.75 N e. None of the above.
c. 49.05 N