CIE 095

Professional Integration 3
(Hydraulics and Geotechnical)
Problem Sets
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B. 0.252 D. 0.241
1. Soils having size larger than 75 mm.
A. Gravel C. Loam 8. A layer of soft clay having an initial void ratio of 0.90 is 10.45
B. Rock D. Boulders & Cobbles m thick. Under a compressive load applied above it, the void
ratio is decreased by 1/3. Evaluate the reduction in the
2. A tank containing 0.6 m deep of water is transported by an thickness of the clay layers.
elevator. What is the pressure at the bottom of the tank when A. 1.34 m C. 1.23 m
the elevator accelerates 2 m/s2 downward? B. 1.65 m D. 1.25 m
A. 7.09 kPa C. 4.69 kPa 9. A right cylindrical container of diameter D (meter) and H
B. 6.32 kPa D. 5.25 kPa (meter) high is filled with water Z (meter) deep. A piece of
timber, having a cross – sectional dimension b x t (mm) and L
3. Given the unit of air to be constant at 12 N/m^3, determine (meter) long is freely allowed to submerge and float in a
the approximate height of a mountain, in meters, if a mercury vertical position inside the container. The portion of the wood
barometer at its base reads 760 mm and at the same instant above the water surface is observed to be 2/3 the length of
another barometer at the top of the mountain reads 300 mm. the timber.
A. 5085 C. 5736
B. 5670 D. 5114 Given the following information, evaluate the specific weight of
the timber, in kN/m^3.
4. A cube, 270 mm on each side is to be held in equilibrium D = 1.00 m b = 250 mm
under water by attaching a lightweight foam buoy to it. The H = 5.00 m t = 250 mm
specific weight of the cube and foam are 20 kN/m 3 and 0.81 Z = 3.00 m L = 3.00 m
kN/m3, respectively. Evaluate the minimum volume of the A. 3.35 C. 3.27
foam required, in m3. Neglect the attachments in the B. 3.72 D. 3.44
calculations.
A. 0.0432 C. 0.0337 10. A cubic meter of water is subjected to a pressure increase of
B. 0.0223 D. 0.0248 20 MPa. If the bulk modulus of elasticity of the water is 2200
MPa, evaluate the change in volume in m^3.
5. Into a bakery dough mixing chamber water enters at the rate A. 0.0136 C. 0.0146
of 300 liters per sec through pipe A. Cooking oil with specific B. 0.0178 D. 0.00909
gravity of 0.80 is forced in at 60 liters per sec through pipe B.
Assuming the liquids are incompressible and form a 11. An unconfined compression test was conducted on a sample
homogenous mixture of oil globules in water, evaluate the of clay having a diameter of 50 mm. The failure load was
average velocity of the mixture leaving through a pipe C of recorded at 250 N. The cohesion strength of the clay, in kPa, is
diameter 300 mm in m/sec. nearest to a value of
A. 3.53 C. 3.68 A. 45.0 C. 63.7
B. 3.11 D. 5.09 B. 127.0 D. 101.0

6. Evaluate the kinetic energy of a unit weight of water, in 12. The velocity head of the flow at one section of a pipeline is 5
meters, flowing at 4.3 m/sec? m. Evaluate the velocity head, in meter(s), at the next section
A. 0.634 m C. 0.139 m if the velocity of flow increases by one – half that of the
B. 0.821 m D. 0.943 m previous section.
A. 20 C. 11.3
7. Evaluate the plastic settlement, in meter(s), on a layer of B. 15.0 D. 7.50
plastic clay due to an increase of the pressure caused by loads
above it under the following conditions: 13. Evaluate the dry unit weight of a soil mass having a void ratio
Initial intergranular pressure = 220 kPa of 0.50 with specific gravity of 2.5 for its solid grains, in
Increase in intergranular pressure = 120 kPa kN/m^3.
Thickness of the clay layer = 7.5 m A. 14.9 C. 16.4
Coefficient of consolidation = 0.315 B. 14.6 D. 17.3
Void ratio of the clay = 1.132
A. 0.210 C. 0.215
14. A manometer is attached to a conduit as shown in FIGURE HP
– 1. Calculate the pressure at A in kPa given the following: 21. The initial void ratio of a layer of soft clay that is 6 m thick is
Specific gravity of Liquid B = 13.6 0.50. Under a pressure of surcharge load above it, the void
h =125 mm ratio decreased by one – half. Evaluate the reduction in the
d = 375 mm thickness of the clay layer.
A. 38.5 C. 18.6 A. 2.50 B. 1.00 C. 3.50 D. 3.00
B. 45.1 D. 29.5
22. A cohesionless specimen of soil under triaxial test was
consolidated under a chamber confining pressure of 60 kPa.
The axial stress on the specimen was then increased and
failure stress occurred when the axial stress reached 120 kPa.
Estimate the angle of internal friction of the soil, in degrees.
A. 19.5 B. 25.0 C. 35.1 D. 20.2

23. A rigid gate of a flood control structure in a river is 6 m wide

by 4 m high and weighs 10 kN. With its longer edge
horizontal, it is moved up and down with its short edges
sliding in vertical channel guides. Evaluate the force, in kN,
15. A cohesive soil sample was taken from an SPT and taken to needed to raise the gate when the surface of the water is 2 m
the laboratory in a glass jar. It was found to weigh 145 grams. above its top edge. There is no water on the downstream side
The sample was then placed in a container having a volume V of the gate. The coefficient of friction between the gate and
= 500 cm^3 and 420 cm^3 of water ware added to fill the the channel guides is 0.10. Neglect the buoyant effect of the
container. water on the gate and the weight of the cables connected to
Evaluate the unit weight of the soil in kN/m^3. the gate.
A. 14.1 B. 16.5 C. 17.8 D. 15.3 A. 92 B. 110 C. 94 D. 104

16. In accordance with the Unified Soils Classification System, a 24. A tank containing water has a total weight of 80 kg when
soil grain having a size greater than No. 200 sieve opening weighed. Obtain the new reading on the weighing scale if a 50
(0.074 mm) but less than that of a No. 4 sieve (4.75 mm mm by 50 mm piece is wood is held vertically in the water to
opening) is called a depth of 600 mm.
A. gravel C. cobble A. 84.5 B. 86.0 C. 81.5 D. 83.0
B. pebble D. sand
25. In order to provide water from a nearby spring, a triangular
17. An experiment to determine the permeability of a soil sample flume of efficient cross section was provided on a slope of
was conducted. The permeameter in a falling head 0.15 percent. Assuming the roughness coefficient of the
permeability test setup involves a cylindrical soil sample 100 channel equal to 0.020, obtain the depth of flow in meter(s) of
mm in diameter and a height of 200 mm. The hydraulic head the water in the flume if it is discharging at the rate of 2
in the 10-mm diameter standpipe through which the test cu.m./sec.
water passed dropped from 1 meter to 600 mm in one minute Utilize the formula V = (1/n)R^2/3 s^1/2 for the velocity of
of observation. In that duration the water collected in the flow.
graduate was recorded at 2.0 liters. From these data evaluate A. 1.31 B. 1.85 C. 1.77 D. 1.69
the coefficient of permeability of the soil sample, in cm/sec.
A. 0.001703 B. 0.00224 C. 0.001910 D. 0.001890 26. The sector gate shown in FIGURE HHF-1 consists of a
cylindrical surface, of which AB is the trace. The length of the
18. Evaluate the resisting capacity, in kN, against axial load due to gate, perpendicular to the paper, is 10 m. Evaluate the total
skin friction of a concrete pile embedded into a layer of plastic horizontal force on the gate, in kN. Ɵ = 60 deg, r = 5.51 m.
clay given the following conditions: A. 1180 B. 1080 C. 1320 D. 1490

Size of pile: D = 0.40 m square

Depth of penetration into the clay layer: L = 30 m
Unconfined compression strength qu of the clay: qu = 200 kP

A. 9600 B. 3270 C. 4800 D. 4100

19. If the ground water table in a soil formation rises as a

resulting of flooding, the bearing capacity of the soil
A. decreases FIGURE HHF-1
B. depends on the footing load
C. increases
D. unaffected
27. Into a bakery dough mining chamber water antext at the rate
of 200 liters per sec through pipe A. Cooking oil with specific
20. A granular soil deposit is considered medium dense if the gravity of 0.80 is forced in at 50 liters per sec through pipe B.
blow count of Assuming the liquids are incompressible form a
A. Over 50 C. 30 to 50 homogeneous mixture of oil globules in water, evaluate the
B. 10 to 30 D. 4 to 10
 averaga velocity of tha mixture leaving through pipe C of 36. A barge weighing 250 kN when empty is 5 m wide, 20 m long,
diameter 300 mm in m/sec. and 4 m high. Floating upright, evaluate the draft of the barge
A. 3.12 B. 3.76 C. 3.54 D. 2.14 in meters when transporting 4000 bags of cement along a
river, each bag having a mass of 42 kg. Assume the specific
28. Determine the weight W that can be equilibrated by the force gravity of the water in the river to be 0.98.
acting on the piston in the figure.. A. 1.89 m C. 1.97 m
A. 74.88 kN B. 24.5 kN C. 50.25 kN D. 63.78 kN B. 3.33 m D. 2.57 m

37. An airplane flying at an altitude of 10 km dropped to a height

of 4 km. What is the corresponding change in pressure? Unit
weight of air is 12 N/m3?
A. 67 kPa C. 43 kPa
B. 72 kPa D. 12 kPa

29. At 20°C, gage A in the figure reads 290 kPa abs. What is the 38. An underground tunnel is to be constructed at a depth of 10
height h of water? Hint: γw = 9.79 kN/m3. meters below ground surface for a subway in Metro Manila.
A. 1.8 m B. 2.2 m C. 0.60 m D. 4.2 m On ground surface and radically located from the line of the
tunnel is a vertical load of 10 MN. Design specifications
require that the vertical stress due to the load at the level of
the tunnel should not exceed five (5) percent the vertical
stress at the same depth directly below the load.

Obtain the minimum distance, in meters, at which the alignment

of the tunnel be located from the line of application of the
load.

Hint: According to the Boussinesq theory, the vertical stress at a

point below the surface of a semi – infinite, homogeneous,
30. What is the friction angle of the soil when the coefficient of isotropic soil mass due to a point load Q applied at the ground
passive resistance is 4? surface is given by the equation
A. 36.9 deg C. 25.4 deg
B. -36.9 deg D. 32.6 deg p = 0.477
QN/z2 where
N = 1/[1+(r/z)2]^2.5
31. A woman with a glass of water having a height of 250 mm is r = horizontal distance of the point from the vertical line of
inside the elevator with an upward acceleration of 4 m/s2. application of the load
Determine the pressure at the bottom of the glass. z = depth of point below ground surface
A. 3.54 kPa C. 3.45 kPa A. 14 C. 16
B. 4.14 kPa D. 3.84 kPa B. 13 D. 15

32. What height in meters of a column of special gage liquid 39. A 2.1-m-diameter vertical cylindrical tank 3 m high contains
having a sp. gr. of 2.82 would exert the same pressure as a 2.5 m of water. A 150-mm-diameter circular sharp-edged
column of oil 7.2 m high having a sp. gr. of 0.86? orifice is located at its bottom. Assume C = 0.60. How long will
A. 2.7 m C. 2.4 m it take to empty the tank?
B. 7.2 m D. 2.2 m A. 211.53 s C. 524.73 s
B. 314.84 s D. 475.95 s
33. Section 302.2.2. of the National Structural Code of the
Philippines provides that the slope of cut surface shall be no 40. If water is used to measure the atmospheric pressure, how
steeper than is safe for intended use and shall be no steeper high would it be?
than ____. A. 9.81 m C. 10.33 m
A. 1:1 C. 1:2 B. 11.25 m D. 10.00 m
B. 1:1.5 D. 1:3
41. The weight density of a mud is given by γ = 10 + 0.5h, where γ
34. A cohesive soil deposit is considered soft if the unconfined is in kN/m3 and h is in meters. Determine the pressure, in kPa,
compression strength in kPa is between: at a depth of 5 m.
A. 0 to 24 C. 48 to 96 A. 56.25 kPa C. 58.65 kPa
B. 24 to 48 D. 96 to 192 B. 62.50 kPa D. 60.15 kPa

35. A layer of soft clay having an initial void ratio of 1.2 is 5 m 42. A vertical square plate 1.20 m in each side is submerged half
thick under a compression load applied above it, the void in oil and half in water. If the top of the plate is flushed with
ratio is decreased by one – fourth. Evaluate the reduction in the oil surface, what is the ratio of the force of water to oil.
the thickness of the clay layer. Specific gravity of oil is 0.80.
A. 1.09 m C. 2.05 m A. 3.00 C. 3.25
B. 0.68 m D. 3.45 m B. 3.75 D. 3.50
43. A spherical ball one meter in diameter floats half submerged
in a tank of oil with a specific gravity of 0.82. Find the
minimum weight of an anchor made of lead with a specific
gravity of 11.3 that will be required to submerge the ball 49. A rectangular footing 3 m x 2 m carries an eccentric load P =
completely. 750 kN acting at d1 = 1.5 m, d2 = 1.0 m. Determine the
A. 737.38 N C. 2,269.91 N maximum soil pressure. Neglecting the weight of the footing.
B. 734.82 N D. 2,246.59 N A. 116 kPa C. 110 kPa
B. 125 kPa D. 315 kPa
44. Water flows at the rate of 0.003 m^3/s in a 100 – mm
3m
diameter pipe. Assuming n = 0.025, find the head lost per
kilometer length of pipe.
A. 4.49 m C. 12.47 m d2 d1
B. 7.98 m D. 17.96 m

45. A prestressed concrete pile 400 mm x 400 mm in cross – 2m

section and 20 m long is driven in clayey soil with unconfined
compression strength qu = 110 kPa. Compute the skin friction
using an adhesion factor of 0.75.
A. 2640 kN C. 960 kN
B. 860 kN D. 1320 kN

46. In an unconfined compression test, a sample of sandy clay 50

mm in diameter fails under a load of 120 N. What is the 50. A rectangular footing 4.5 m x 2 m carries an eccentric load P
cohesion of the soil if the sample fail at 15% strain? acting at d1 = 1.5 m, d2 = 0.60 m. What is the area still in
A. 28 C. 26
B. 25 D. 27 4.5 m
d1
47. A rectangular footing 3 m x 2 m has a thickness of 0.40 m. If P d2
= 670 kN is acting at d 1 = 1.50 m and d2 = 0.50 m, find the
maximum soil pressure, neglecting the weight of the footing.
A. 234.12 kPa C. 134.24 kPa
B. B. 311.11 kPa D. 297.78 kPa contact with the soil?
A. 4.5 m^2 C. 5.4 m^2
3m B. 6.7 m^2 D. 8.1 m^2
d1
d2

51. A ship having a displacement of 27,000 tons and a draft of

12.6 m in the ocean enters a harbor of fresh water. If the
horizontal cross – section of the ship at the water line is 3,500
m^2, what depth of fresh water is required to float the ship?
Assume a marine ton is 1000 kg and that seawater and fresh
water weighs 10.1 kN/m^3 and 9.81 kN/m^3 respectively.
48. A rectangular footing 3 m x 2 m has a thickness of 0.55 m. An
eccentric load P = 750 kN is acting
1 = 1.0at
mdand
2 =d1.0 m,
A. 12.73 m C. 11.24 m
determine the maximum soil pressure considering the weight B. 12.24 m D. 12.82 m
of the footing. Assume concrete to weigh 24 kN/m^3.
A. 276.87 kPa C. 263.20 kPa
B. 245.51 kPa D. 245.55 kPa
52. A soil sample has a water content of 56.78% and a degree of
saturation of 90%. Find the void ratio of it has a sp. gr. of 2.67.
3m A. 3.45 C. 1.24
B. 2.37 D. 1.68
d2 d1
53. A fireman has to put out a fire is blocked by a firewall. To
reach over the wall, he directed the water jet from the nozzle
2m at an angle of 37.5 deg to the horizontal. Evaluate the velocity
of the water in meters per second, leaving the nozzle of his
hose to reach over the wall if he stands 52.3 m away from the
wall and the wall is standing 2.53 m higher than the nozzle of
the hose.
Neglect friction in the jet.
A. 23.80 C. 21.40
B. 19.60 D. 25.20
54. A right circular cone having a diameter of 3.66 m and a height
of 3.66 m and a cylinder on top having the same diameter and
height. Area of the orifice at the tip of the cone is 0.0929 m 2
and the coefficient of discharge is 0.60. Estimate the total time
to empty the water of the assemble in sec.
A. 100.16 s C. 32.61 s
B. 67.55 s D. 223.3 s
Situation 2 – In order to provide irrigation, water has to be
55. The ratio between the volume of water and the volume of pumped to an elevation 150 m through a 650-mm pipe where the
voids: pressure required at the higher elevation is 178 kPa. The source
A. degree of saturation C. void ratio of the water and the discharge point are at atmospheric pressure.
B. moisture content D. porosity Irrigation requirements dictate that water must be pumped at the
rate of 1.5 m^3/sec. The loss of head due to friction and other
factors is estimated to be 3.79 m.
56. The ratio between the volume of voids and the volume of the
soil mass: 63. Determine the velocity of the water inside the pipe for the
required discharge.
A. void ratio C. degree of saturation
A. 3.32 m/s C. 52.18 m/s
B. porosity D. moisture content
B. 4.52 m/s D. 5.31 m/s
64. Determine the amount of energy, in meters, that the
pump must furnish.
A. 266 m C. 173 m
57. The ratio between the weight of water and the weight of B. 254 m D. 232 m
solids particles:
65. The rating of the pump in horsepower if it is only 80%
A. porosity C. moisture content efficient.
B. degree of saturation D. void ratio A. 5735 hp C. 65595 hp
B. 4267 hp D. 6277 hp
58. For a soil having a void ratio of 1.02 and percentage
saturation of 43%, determine the air – voids.
A. 14.23% C. 32.51%
Situation 3 – Given the following data of a circular footing:
B. 16.75% D. 28.78%
Footing diameter = 7 m
Depth of footing = 2 m
59. An iceberg floats in seawater with 532 cubic meters of ice
Unit weight of soil = 18 kN/m^3
above the water surface. If the specific gravity of seawater is
Soil cohesion = 0
1.025 and of ice is 0.917, what is the total volume of ice in m3?
Angel of friction of soil = 20 deg
A. 5697 C. 6189
66. Obtain the contribution of footing of footing embedment
B. 5329 D. 5049
of ultimate bearing capacity.
A. 172.3 kPa C. 210.4 kPa
Situation 1 – A pump draws water from a reservoir M and delivers
B. 238.1 kPa D. 267.8 kPa
it to reservoir A, as shown in the figure. If the losses from M to 67. Obtain the contribution of footing dimension to ultimate
point 1 is five times the velocity head in the 250 – mm pipe and bearing capacity.
from point 2 to A is twenty times the velocity head in the 200 A. 232.9 kPa C. 174.7 kPa
– mm pipe. The discharge is 6,056 liters per minute B. 183.5 kPa D. 137.6 kPa
60. Find the pressure at point 1. 68. Obtain the gross allowable pressure if the factor of safety
A. -12.69 kPa C. 85.34 kPa is 3.0.
B. -28.06 kPa D. 9.33 kP A. 135.1 kPa C. 84.71 kPa
B. 150.4 kPa D. 405.4 kPa
61. Find the pressure at point 2.
A. 943.02 kPa C. 856.07 kPa
B. 845.62 kPa D. 935.44 kPa

62. Find the horsepower of the pump.

A. 103.31 hp C. 118.48 hp
B. 116.50 hp D. 127.68 hp
 Situation 5 – FIGURE SMSC – 1 shows the sieve analysis of soil
samples A, B, and C. See chart UCS 08 – 1 and FIGURE SMSC –
1.
72. Classify soil A in accordance with Unified Soils
Classification System.
A. SW C. SM
B. SP D. SC
73. Classify soil B in accordance with Unified Soils
Classification System.
A. SM C. SP
Situation 4 – A rectangular gate 3.20 m wide rests against a B. SC D. SP
smooth wall at A. It is hinged at B located at 5.2 m below the 74. Classify soil C in accordance with Unified Soils
water surface. A is 2.92 m to the right of B and 2.2 m above B. Classification System.
69. Determine the force on the gate due to sea water A. GP C. CL
pressure. A. 376.46 kN C. 260.96 kN B. SM D. OH
B. 482.07 kN D. 150.17 kN
70. Determine the horizontal force exerted by the wall at
point A.
A. 196.69 kN C. 433.51 kN
B. 387.66 kN D. 364.73 kN
71. Determine the reaction at hinged B.
A. 392.19 kN C. 605.14 kN
B. 406.61 kN D. 243.56 kN