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8. Determine the location of the
HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING hydrostatic force from the hinge SITUATION V:
support. Water table is located 8 m below the
INSTRUCTION: Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one a. 3.5 m surface of a silty soil. The sieve
answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the b. 4.7 m
answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED. Use pencil No.1 only analysis indicates that the effective
c. 2.3 m diameter D10 of the soil mass is 10
d. 1.8 m μm. Due to capillary action, the layer
SITUATION I: 4. Determine the nearest value of
A hollow cylindrical tank with 1.10 m the total earth thrust on the wall in KN at the zone of capillary rise is 50%
9. Determine the force to be exerted at saturated. Saturated unit weight of soil
diameter has a height of 2.4 m. It per lineal meter if the soil is dry.
the stop to open the gate. is 21.6 kN/m3 and void ratio is 0.3. The
weighs 3625 N in air. a. 107 kN
a. 135 kN maximum height to which water can
b. 230 kN
b. 148 kN be lifted by capillary action may be
1. Determine the weight of lead c. 95.1 kN
c. 155 kN C
attached to the outside bottom so that d. 165 kN written as; h = ; use C = 0.2 sq.
d. 185 kN
the tank will submerge vertically 1.9 m eD10
in fresh water. Density of lead = 110 5. Find the nearest value of the thrust
SITUATION IV: cm.
kN/m3. on the wall in KN per lineal meter if 13. Determine the capillary rise.
A layer of soil profile consists of 3.6 m
a. 12.5 kN owing to inadequate drainage, it is a. 6.7m
upper layer of sand having a saturated
b. 15.5 kN waterlogged to a level of 3 m below 3
b. 5.7 m
unit weight of 18.88 kN/m and a lower
c. 18.6 kN the surface. c. 4.6 m
clay layer 16m deep with a saturated
d. 21.5 kN a. 120.5 kN 3
d. 3.2 m
unit weight of 17.31 kN/m . The clay
b. 185.2 kN
layer has a void ratio of 1.27. The
2. Determine the weight of the lead c. 171.2 kN 14. Determine the effective stress at a
sand layer has liquidity index of 64.5%
loaded inside so that the tank will d. 205.6 kN depth of 5 m below the ground
and moisture content of 40%.Plastic
submerge vertically 1.9 m in fresh surface.
limit is 20%. Water is located at the
water. 6. Find at what height above the base a. 115.5 kPa
ground surface. A large tank 12 m
a. 14.1 kN of the wall the thrust acts during the b. 125.5 kPa
high is located at the ground and
b. 9.81 kN waterlogged condition. c. 130.5 kPa
contains oil with specific gravity of
c. 10.6 kN a. 1.25 m d. 110.5 kPa
0.81.
d. 16.2 kN b. 1.95 m
10. Determine the effective vertical
c. 2.51 m 15. Determine the effective stress at a
stress at the mid height of clay layer.
3. Determine the maximum weight of d. 3.12 m depth of 10 m below the ground
a. 65.4 kPa
lead loaded inside so that the top of surface.
b. 92.65 kPa
the cylinder flush with the water SITUATION III: a. 205 kPa
c. 81.3 kPa
surface . A vertical gate 2m wide and 6 m high b. 186 kPa
d. 55.6 kPa
a. 20.50 kN is located at the side of a large tank c. 145 kPa
b. 22.35 kN and hinged at the upper edge and d. 130 kPa
11. Determine the consolidation
c. 16.85 kN stopped at the lower end. It is used to
settlement of the clay layer.
d. 18.75 kN support oil (sg. = 0.84) with its top SITUATION VI:
a. 25 cm
edge 1m from the oil surface. The A footing is supported by soil having a
b. 80 cm
SITUATION II: remainder of the tank is filled with air cohesion of 50 kPa. The unit weight of
c. 43 cm
A retaining wall 7 m high supports under a gage pressure of -18.75 kPa. 3
soil is 19 kN/m and the depth of
d. 20 cm
cohesionless soil having a dry density 7. Determine the total hydrostatic footing is 3 m below the ground
of 1570 kg/m3,angle of resistance 34° force acting on the gate.
12. Determine the maximum depth surface. The angle of internal friction
and void ratio of 0.60. The surface of a. 180.5 kN is 10°.
that the cylinder be buried so that the
the soil is horizontal and level with the b. 170.5 kN
settlement is minimized.
top of the wall. Neglecting wall friction c. 140.5 kN 16. Assuming a local shear failure,
a. 5.2 m
and using Rankine’s formula for active d. 120.5 kN which of the following most nearly
b. 4.5 m
pressure of a cohesionless soil. c. 6.1 m gives the net ultimate bearing capacity
d. 3.7 m per meter for a strip footing having a

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width of 1.25 m? Use the equation of 19. Which of the following most k1 = 8.36 x 10-4 ft/min , H1 = 0.2 ft 26. Determine the discharge in the
Terzaghi’s ultimate bearing capacity nearly gives the buoyant unit weight of k2 = 2.7 x 10-3 ft/min , H2 = 0.3 ft pipe connected to reservoir C.
for strip footing. clay? h = 1.25 ft a. 2.50 m3/sec
qu = c’Nc’ + qNq’ + (1/2)γBNγ’ a. 9.42 kN/m3 d = 1.5 inches diameter b. 1.50 m3/sec
q = γDf b. 8.43 kN/m3 D = 4 inches diameter c. 0.36 m3/sec
a. 314 kPa c. 7.81 kN/m3 d. 0.61 m3/sec
b. 380 kPa d. 10.5 kN/m3 22. Which of the following most
c. 265 kPa nearly gives the total amount flow of 27. Determine the elevation of water
d. 280 kPa 20. Which of the following most nearly water through the soil? surface of reservoir B.
gives the effective stress at mid height a. 3.01 x 10-5 ft3/min a. 192.7 m
17. If factor of safety is 2.5, which of of clay? b. 2.06 x 10-2 ft3/min b. 181.3 m
the following most nearly gives the a. 175.4 kPa c. 2.53 x 10-4 ft3/min c. 170.9 m
allowable bearing pressure for a b. 186.1 kPa d. 2.01 x 10-4 ft3/min d. 175.6 m
footing 1.25 m wide and 6 m long c. 152.2 kPa
assuming a general shear failure? Use d. 132.4 kPa 23. Which of the following most SITUATION X:
the equation. nearly gives the equivalent coefficient In a tri –axial compression test on a
21. Which of the following most of flow kf? normally consolidated clay sample, it
qu = cNc ⎛⎜1 + 0.3 ⎞⎟ + γDf Nq
B
nearly gives the average settlement of a. 2.814 x 10-4 ft/min was found out that the sample failed at
⎝ L⎠ the clay? Compression index is b. 3.886 x 10-4 ft/min deviator stress of 258 kPa when the
1 ⎛ B⎞ 0.009(LL – 10). c. 1.381 x 10-3 ft/min chamber confining pressure is 138
+ γBNγ ⎜1 − 0.2 ⎟ a. 38.5 cm d. 4.812 x 10-3 ft/min
2 ⎝ L⎠ kPa.
b. 15.6 cm 28. Compute the angle of internal
a. 209 kPa
c. 36.4 cm 24. Which of the following most friction.
b. 240 kPa
d. 25.4 cm nearly gives the total volume of flow a. 28.88°
c. 271 KPa
which percolates after 30 minutes? b. 19.51o
d. 180 kPa
SITUATION VIII: a. 320 cm3 c. 35.81o
For the given data in figure shown b. 164 cm3 d. 34.87o
18. What other factor that will affects
below. c. 256 cm3
the condition of the footing?
d. 115 cm3 29. Determine the shearing stress at
a. permeability water surface
failure.
b. Atterberg’s limits
SITUATION IX: a. 112 kPa
c. compressibility d
sand Three reservoirs A, B, and C are b. 134 kPa
d. plasticity
H2
connected by a pipe system with a c. 148 kPa
k2 h common junction at D. The elevations d. 164 kPa
SITUATION VII: silt H
of A and C are 200 m and 178 m
Soil investigation on the site gave the k1 H1
respectively. Reservoir B is higher 30. Determine the normal stress at
following information. Topsoil up to a
D than that of C with an inflow of 0.6 failure.
depth of 10.60 m is fine sand, and
m3/s.The properties of pipes are as a. 301 kPa
below this lays soft clay layer of 7.6 m
follows; from A to D, L = 1200 m, b. 281 kPa
thick. The water table is at 4.60 m Porous stone diameter = 800 mm, f = 0.0158; from c. 349 kPa
below the ground surface. The
D to B; L = 450 m, diameter = 600 d. 205 kPa
submerged unit weight of sand is
mm, f = 0.0168; from D to C; L = 1000
10.40 kN/m3, and wet unit weight Graduated
cylinder m, diameter = 400 mm, f = 0.0168. SITUATION XI:
above water table is 17.60 kN/m3.The
25. Determine the discharge in the Water with kinematic viscosity of 5 x
water content of normally consolidated silt pipe connected to reservoir A. 10-5 m2/s is flowing in a 30 mm
clay is 40% and its liquid limit is 45% sand a. 0.45 m3/sec diameter pipe at a velocity of 2 m/s.
Unit weight of soil solid is 27.8 kN/m3.
d b. 1.014 m3/sec Length of pipe is 120 m.
The proposed construction will
c. 0.96 m3/sec
transmit a net stress of 12 N/cm2. D
d. 0.31 m3/sec
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31. Determine the Reynolds number. ANSWER KEY:

a. 8000
b. 5600 1. B 16. C 31. C 1500
c. 1200 2. A 17. C 32. C
d. 2400 3. D 18. C 33. A 1000
4. A 19. B 34. B 900
800
5. C 20. A 35. D 700
32. Determine the friction factor, f.
6. B 21. A 36. B 600
a. 0.008 7. B 22. A 500
b. 0.026 8. B 23. C 400
c. 0.053 9. A 24. C
d. 0.035 10. B 25. C 300
11. B 26. C
33. Determine the head loss. 12. A 27. A 200
a. 43.22 m 13. A 28. A
14. A 29. A
b. 23.51 m
c. 18.52 m 15. B 30. D
100
d. 10.41 m 90
80
70
SITUATION XII: 60
A circular pipe with diameter of 600 50
mm is filled with water. The pipe is 40

Nc , Nq, Nγ
made up of 10 mm thick steel plate.
30
34. Determine the actual stress when
20 Nc
the head is 325 m.
a. 63.54 MPa
b. 95.65 MPa
c. 88.51 MPa 10
d. 75.41 MPa 9
8
7 Nq
35. Determine the actual stress when 6 For φ = 0
the head increases to 500 m. 5
a. 201.41 MPa Nc = 5.7
4
b. 163.45 MPa Nq = 1
c. 155.47 MPa 3 Nγ = 0
d. 147.15 MPa Nγ
2
36. Determine the required wall
thickness due to the increased of head
to 500 m, if maximum tensile stress is 1
110 MPa and efficiency of 80 %. 0 10 20 30 40 50
a. 25.1 mm
b. 16.7 mm
Soil friction angle φ (in degrees)
c. 10.42 mm Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors for general shear failure
d. 8.56 mm
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90
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40
30

20

10
9
8 N’
7
6
N’c , N’q, N’γ

5
4

3
N’q
0 10 20 30 40 50

N’γ For φ = 0
1.0 N’c = 5.7
0.9 N’q = 1
0.8
0.7 N’γ = 0
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2

0.1
0 10 20 30 40 50
Soil friction angle φ (in degrees)
Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors for local shear failure
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