Pipes Diameter Length Friction factor “f”

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING 1 800 mm 1500 m. 0.0157

2 600 mm 450 m. 0.0162
CE 112 – HYDRAULICS
3 450 mm 1200 m. 0.0177
2nd Semester, S.Y 2023 – 2024
a. Compute the rate of flow in reservoir B.
b. Compute the rate of flow in reservoir C.
MODULE 3 (PART 5) c. Compute the elevation of reservoir C.
FLUID FLOW IN CLOSED CONDUITS
2. Reservoir A, B and C are connected by pipelines 1,2 and 3 respectively which meets at the
3.12 THREE RESERVOIR PROBLEMS junction D. The elevation of reservoir A is 300 m, while that of C is 277 m. Reservoir B is higher
than reservoir A. The rate of flow out of reservoir B is 560 liters/sec.
A. Case 1
Pipes Diameter Length Friction factor “f”
1 900 mm 1500 m. 0.0208
2 600 mm 450 m. 0.0168
3 450 mm 1200 m. 0.0175
a. Determine the discharge flowing in or out of reservoir A.
b. Determine the discharge flowing in or out of reservoir C.
c. Determine the elevation of reservoir B.

3. A water supply line delivers 18950 m³ per day to the water distribution system from two
tanks, tank A with water at surface elevation 122 m. above mean sea level and the other
𝑸 𝟏 = 𝑸𝟐 + 𝑸𝟑 tank B at 91 m above mean sea level. Line 1 from the 122 m. level tank is 300 mm cast iron
𝑯𝟏 = 𝒉𝒇𝟏 + 𝒉𝒇𝟐 3050 m long and is connected to a 300 mm cast iron line 2, 1830 m from tank B at junction
𝑯𝟐 = 𝒉𝒇𝟑 − 𝒉𝒇𝟐 point C which is 61 m above mean sea level. When water is flowing at the rate of 18950
𝑯𝟏 = 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒗. 𝑨 − 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒗. 𝑩 m³/day in the pipe beyond junction C and using f=0.019 for all pipelines.
𝑯𝟐 = 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒗. 𝑩 − 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒗. 𝑪 a. Determine the flow of line 2.
b. Determine the flow of line 1.
B. Case 2 c. Determine the pressure of junction C.

4. In the figure shown, the flow from reservoir A is 438 liters/s. Use Manning’s formula (n=0.011)
a. Compute the elevation of energy gradient of junction C.
b. Compute the rate of flow from reservoir B.
c. Determine the power extracted by turbine DE if the pressure head at E is -3m.

References:
1. Besavilla, V.I. (1996) Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics, 3rd edition.,VIB Publisher
2. Gillesania, Diego Inocencio T.Fluid mechanics and hydraulics, c2003, Leyte
3. Evett, Jack B. & Liu, Cheng. (1989) Schaum’s 2500 Solved Problems in Fluid Mechanics and
𝑸 𝟑 = 𝑸𝟏 + 𝑸𝟐
𝑯𝟏 = 𝒉𝒇𝟏 − 𝒉𝒇𝟐 Hydraulics, McGraw-Hill Inc.
𝑯𝟐 = 𝒉𝒇𝟐 + 𝒉𝒇𝟑 4. Daugherty, R.L., Franzini, J.B., Finnemore, E.J. (2002) Fluid Mechanics with Engineering
𝑯𝟏 = 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒗. 𝑨 − 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒗. 𝑩 Applications,SI Metric Edition, USA
𝑯𝟐 = 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒗. 𝑩 − 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒗. 𝑪 5. King, H. W., Wisler, C. O., and Woodburn, J. G. Hydraulics, Fifth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Example Problems

1. Three reservoirs A, B and C are connected by pipelines 1, 2 and 3 respectively which merge
at junction X. The elevation of reservoir A is 300 m. and that of B is 285 m. The rate of flow
from reservoir A is 1.5 m³/s.

ENGR. MELANIE ROSE P. PASCUA