Hydraulics and Geotechnical Engineering upstream side is 6m.

Neglect hydrostatic Floating upright, evaluate the draft of

Subject: 602 Quiz 5 uplift and use unit weight of concrete the barge in meters when transporting
Problem 1: equal to 23 𝑘𝑁/𝑚3 . Coefficient of friction 5000 bags of cement along a river, each
A cylindrical water tank used in lifting between the base of the dam and the bag having a mass of 40 kg. Assume the
water to the top of a tower is 1.5m high. foundation is 0.6. Determine the specific gravity of the water in the river
If the pressure at the bottom of the tank following: to be 1.02.
must not exceed 16 kPa, what maximum a. 3.81 b. 1.40
vertical acceleration can be imposed in c. 2.57 d. 4.12
the cylinder when it is filled with water. SITUATION 4: (For Problems 13 - 14) A
a. 0.901 b. 0.224 vessel 3m in diameter containing 2.4m
c. 0.857 d. 0.753 of water is being raised.
SITUATION 1: (For Problems 2 - 5) An Problem 13:
open cylindrical tank, 2m in diameter Find the pressure at the bottom of the
and 4m high contains water to a depth vessel in kPa when the velocity is
of 3m. constant.
Problem 2: a. 32.561 b. 20.098
If it is rotated about its own vertical axis c. 29.004 d. 23.544
Problem 14: the pressure at the bottom
with a constant angular speed 𝜔=
of the vessel when it is accelerating
3 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠𝑒𝑐 how much water is spilled in Problem 7: 0.6 𝑚/𝑠 2 upwards.
𝑚3 Factor of safety against sliding. a. 32.561 b. 29.004
a. 0 b. 10.89 a. 2.091 b. 1.916 c. 24.984 d. 40.901
c. 2.98 d. 5.22 c. 1.067 d. 3.019 Problem 15:
Problem 3: Problem 8: A woman with a glass of water having a
What is the maximum value of 𝜔 (in Factor of safety against overturning. height of 300mm is inside the elevator
rpm) can be imposed without spilling a. 1.067 b. 2.091 with an upward acceleration of 3 𝑚/𝑠 2 .
any liquid? c. 3.904 d. 1.701 Determine the pressure at the bottom of
a. 44.29 b. 89.23 Problem 9: the glass.
c. 59.78 d. 22.19 The overturning moment acting against a. 3.84 kPa b. 2.41 kPa
Problem 4: the dam in kN-m. c. 4.51 kPa d. 1.98 kPa
What angular speed (in rpm) will just a. 235.11 b. 409.13 SITUATION 5: (For Problems 16 - 17)
zero the depth of water at the center of c. 353.16 d. 229.09 An open cylindrical tank 1.2m in
the tank? SITUATION 3: (For Problems 10 -11) A diameter and 1.8m deep is filled with
a. 67.2 b. 25.1 rectangular scow 9m wide, 15m long water and rotated about its own axis at
c. 78.0 d. 84.6 and 3.6m high has a draft in sea water 60 revolutions per minute.
Problem 5: of 2.4m. Its center of gravity is 2.7m Problem 16:
If 𝜔 = 8 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠, How much water is above the bottom of the scow. Determine the height of the paraboloid
Problem 10: formed when the tank is rotated.
spilled out of the tank in 𝑚3 ?
Determine the initial metacentric height a. 0.724 m b. 0.660 m
a. 1.979 b. 2.018
in meters. c. 1.091 m d. 0.909 m
c. 3.120 d. 0.890
a. 2.25 b. 4.90 Problem 17:
Problem 6:
A block of wood 0.20m. thick is floating c. 3.19 d. 1.31 How much liquid is spilled in 𝑚3 .
in sea water. The specific gravity of wood Problem 11: a. 0.409 b. 1.092
is 0.65 while that of seawater is 1.03. Determine the righting or overturning c. 0.221 d. 1.109
Find the minimum area of a block which moment when the scow tilts until one Problem 18:
will support a man weighing 80kg. side is just at the point of submergence A block of wood floats in water with 20
in (kN-m). cm projecting above the water surface.
a. 1.05 𝑚2 b. 2.01 𝑚2
2 a. 1,189.3 b. 1,098.2 When placed in oil (sg = 0.80), the block
c. 0.95 𝑚 d. 1.93 𝑚2
c. 2,109.1 d. 961.7 projects 18 cm above the oil surface.
Problem 12: Determine the specific gravity of the
SITUATION 2: (For Problems 7 - 9) The
section of a concrete gravity dam shown A barge weighing 350 kN when empty is wood.
in the figure. The depth of water at the 6m. wide , 15m long and 3m high. a. 0.706 b. 0.314
 c. 0.615 d. 0.286
SITUATION 6: (For Problems 19 - 20) A
vessel containing oil is accelerated on a
plane inclined 15° with the horizontal at
1.2 𝑚/𝑠 2.
Problem 19:
Determine the inclination of the oil
surface when the motion is upwards.
a. 4.789° b. 6.533°
c. 2.490° d. 8.781°
Problem 20:
Determine the inclination of the oil
surface when the motion is downwards.
a. 3.248° b. 8.781°
c. 6.955° d. 4.789° FRIENDLY REMINDER:
Problem 21: “A MOMENT OF PAIN IS WORTH A
An open cylindrical tank 1.6m in LIFETIME GLORY”
diameter and 2m high is full of water
when rotated about its vertical axis at 30
rpm, what would be the slope of the
water at the rim of the tank?
a. 0.805 b. 0.093
c. 0.678 d. 0.069
Problem 22:
A glass U-tube whose vertical stems are
600mm apart is filled with mercury to a
depth of 200mm in the vertical stems. It
is rotated about a vertical axis through
its horizontal base 400mm from one
stem. How fast should it be rotated so
that the difference in the mercury levels
in the stems is 200mm?
a. 48.2 rpm b. 29.1 rpm
c. 54.6 rpm d. 19.2 rpm
Problem 23:
AN irregularly shaped object weighs 300
N in air and 230 N in water. What is the
volume of the object in cubic meters?
a. 0.0024 b. 0.0058
c. 0.0071 d. 0.0035
Problem 24:
An iceberg with specific gravity of 0.9
floats in seawater with 500 cubic meters
above the water surface. Evaluate the
total volume of the iceberg if the specific
gravity of seawater is 1.03.
a. 3692 b. 3962
c. 3296 d. 2936

Problem 25:
An open vessel, 500mm in diameter and
filled with water, is rotated about its
vertical axis at such velocity that the
water surface 100mm from the axis
makes an angle of 40° with the
horizontal. Compute the speed of
rotation in rpm.
a. 90.67 b. 86.64
c. 77.81 d. 60.98