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Board Exam Problems Hydraulics 1 1
Board Exam Problems Hydraulics 1 1
BOARD EXAM PROBLEMS: 5. Determine the nearest value to the seepage velocity in m/day?
Hydraulics & Geotechnical Engineering : A. 0.303 C. 0.545
B. 0.424 D. 0.667
Situation 1 : 6. Determine the nearest value to the time of travel from the head of aquifer to a point 4.2
A prestressed concrete pile, 360mm x 360mm in cross section, is to be driven in a clayey soil km downstream in days?
( 𝛾 = 18.5 kN/m3) as shown in the figure. The pile has a design capacity of 360 kN. Use factor A. 6,300 C. 7,700
of safety of 2. The unconfined compression shear strength, qu of the soil is 110 kPa. Use Nc B. 13,860 D. 9,900
= 9. Situation 3 :
7. A rectangular canal is 5.6meters wide and 1.2 meters depth. The canal is laid on a
Qdesign = 360 kN
uniform slope of 0.002 and roughness coefficient is 0.013?
A. 23.45 C. 18.56
B. 20.58 D. 15.89
8. What savings in lining per meter length of canal could have been affected if the most
efficient ractangular section were used for the same discharge and slope?
A. 0.826 m2 per meter C. 0.751 m2 per meter
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B. 0.921 m per meter D. 0.628 m2 per meter
L 9. What savings in earth excavation per meter length of canal could have been affected if
the most efficient rectangular section were used for the same discharge and slope?
A. 0.287 m2 per meter C. 0.171 m2 per meter
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B. 0.321 m per meter D. 0.522 m2 per meter
Situation 4 :
A pump draws 24 liters per second of water from reservoir C and lifts it to reservoir D. The
head lost from C to 1 is 3 times the velocity head in the 150-mm suction line and the head
1. What is the end bearing capacity of pile in kN? lost from 2 to D is 25 times the velocity head in the 100-mm discharge line.
A. 68.43 C. 73.21 El. 240 m D
B. 64.15 D. 57.93
2. Compute the skin friction in kN expected to develop along the shaft of the pile.
A. 655.8 C. 623.8
B. 783.2 D. 578.5
3. Compute the length of the pile if frictional constant 𝛼 = 0.75? El. 0 m
C 100 mm
A. 12.67 C. 11.04 1 2
B. 10.58 D. 11.04 El -20 m
150 mm
Situation 2 : Pump
A confined aquifer is shown in the figure. This aquifer has a source of recharge located as
shown. The hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer is 45m/day with a porosity of 25%. The 10. What is the power delivered by the pump to the system in hp?.
piezometer (head) surface in the two observation wells 1650m apart are at elevation 65m A. 73.21 C. 83.87
and 60m, respectively from the common datum. The aquifer has an average thickness of 25 B. 65.93 D. 79.62
m and an average width of 4km. 11. What is the pressure head at point 1 in meters of water?
A. 19.62 C. 32.67
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B. 23.56 D. 16.58
El. 65 m
12. What is the pressure head at point 2 in meters of water?
A. 234.89 C. 271.42
Aquifer
B. 321.67 D. 178.43
Situation 5 :
The result of tri-axial test on a cohesive soil is as follows:
25 m Angle of shearing resistance = 29 °
Cohesion = 31 kPa
Maximum shearing stress = 65kPa
13. Compute for the value of the cell pressure at failure in kPa
4. Determine the nearest value to the rate of flow of water through the aquifer, in cubic A. 15.15 C. 12.15
meters per day? B. 13.15 D. 14.15
A. 10,606 C. 7,576 14. Compute for the value of the maximum principal stress at failure, in kPa?
B. 16,667 D. 13,636 A. 165.15 C. 132.15
3m x 3m GWT
40. Determine the effective stress at the midheight of the clay layer, in kPa.
A. 40.45 C. 48.54
B. 43.56 D. 52.12
41. Determine the increase in pressure at the midheight of the clay layer, in kPa.