FLUID MECHANICS

Review (November 2020)

FLUID MECHANICS and HYDRAULICS

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

11. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydrostatic force
MULTIPLE CHOICE acting in the plate?
a. 2604.72 kN c. 2460.27 kN
PART 1: b. 2640.27 kN d. 2406.72 kN

• FLUID PROPERTIES 12. Which of the following most nearly gives the location of the
hydrostatic force from the top surface of the liquid?
Situation 1: An amount of carbon tetrachloride having a mass of a. 8.69 m c. 7.68 m
500 kg and a volume of 0.315 m3 is placed in a b. 9.68 m d. 6.81 m
container.
Situation 4: From the figure shown, determine the following:
1. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of carbon
tetrachloride?
a. 4.90 kN c. 5.16 kN
b. 5.36 kN d. 3.86 kN

2. Which of the following most nearly gives the mass density of

carbon tetrachloride?
a. 1785.30 kg/m3 c. 1758.30 kg/m3
b. 1578.30 kg/m3 d. 1587.30 kg/m3

3. Which of the following most nearly gives the unit weight of carbon
tetrachloride?
a. 12.25 kN/m3 c. 17.02 kN/m3
b. 16.38 kN/m3 d. 15.57 kN/m3

• HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE

4. Assuming specific weight of air to be constant at 12 N/m3, what is

the approximate height of Mt. Banahaw if a mercury barometer at
the base of the mountain reads 654 mm and at the same time 13. Hydrostatic force
another mercury barometer at the top of the mountain reads 480
a. 2,354.4 kN c. 784.8 kN
mm?
b. 2,543.4 kN d. 874.8 kN
a. 1835.62 m c. 1748.03 m
b. 1602.19 m d. 1934.53 m
14. 𝒚
̅
a. 7.56m c. 6.75m
5. A tank contains oil with specific gravity of 0.80, gasoline with
b. 4.48m d. 8.44m
specific gravity of 0.90, and sea water with specific gravity of 1.05.
What is the pressure at a depth of 1.20 m if the depths of the
Situation 5: From the figure shown.
liquids are 0.50 m, 0.60 m, and 0.80 m, respectively?
a. 1812 kg/m2 c. 942 kg/m2
b. 1045 kg/m2 d. 1318 kg/m2

6. A pressure gage at elevation 10 m at the side of a tank containing

a liquid reads 80 kPa. Another gage at elevation 4 m reads 120
kPa. Find the specific gravity of the liquid.
a. 0.62 b. 0.65
b. 0.73 d. 0.68

• HYDROSTATIC FORCES 15. Hydrostatic force along the horizontal direction.

a. 1,764 lb c. 3,121 lb
Situation 2: The tank is shown below. b. 1,123 lb d. 1,467 lb

16. Hydrostatic force along the vertical direction.

a. 1,764 lb c. 3,121 lb
b. 1,123 lb d. 1,467 lb

17. Location of the vertical component horizontally from B.

a. 3.56 ft. c. 2.75 ft.
b. 4.48 ft. d. 2.55 ft.

• BUOYANCY
7. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydrostatic force
acting in liquid 1?
a. 274.68 kN c. 247.86 kN Situation 6: A stone weighs 468 N in air. When submerged in
b. 472.68 kN d. 427.86 kN water it weighs 298 N.

8. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydrostatic force 18. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of the stone?
acting in liquid 2? a. 0.0015 m3 c. 0.0254 m3
a. 705.456 kN c. 750.465 kN b. 0.0173 m3 d. 0.0357 m3
b. 349.78 kN d. 427.86 kN
19. Which of the following most nearly gives the unit weight of the
9. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydrostatic force stone?
acting in liquid 3? a. 24.03 kN/m3 c. 25.00 kN/m3
a. 1758.24 kN c. 247.86 kN b. 26.00 kN/m3 d. 27.05 kN/m3
b. 472.68 kN d. 1785.42 kN
20. Which of the following most nearly gives the specific gravity of the
10. Which of the following most nearly gives the location of the total stone?
hydrostatic force from the bottom of the tank? a. 2.90 c. 2.25
a. 4.56 m c. 3.36 m b. 2.45 d. 2.76
b. 5.46 m d. 6.63 m
Situation 7: A cylindrical tank 1 m in diameter and 3 m tall weighs
Situation 3: The parabolic plate is submerged in water as shown. 3.86 N.

21. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of the lead
(specific wt.= 110 kN/m3) that must be placed inside the tank to
make the tank float vertically with 2.50 m submerged in water?
a. 16.91 kN c. 19.25 kN

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b. 21.14 kN d. 15.40 kN
36. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the
22. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of the lead bottom of the tank?
(specific wt.= 110 kN/m3) that must be fastened to the outside
bottom of the tank to make the tank float vertically with 2.50 m Situation 10: A closed rectangular tank having a dimension of 8m
submerged in water? x 3m x 5m contains water at a depth of 4 m. If an
a. 21.14 kN c. 15.40 kN acceleration of 5 m/s2 is applied horizontally to the
b. 19.25 kN d. 16.91 kN right and the air pressure in the tank is 19.62 kPa,
c.
23. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of the lead 37. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum pressure
(specific wt.= 110 kN/m3) that must be placed inside the tank to in the tank after the translation?
make the top of the tank flushed with the water surface?
a. 19.25 kN c. 16.91 kN 38. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum pressure
b. 15.40 kN d. 21.14 kN in the tank after the translation?

24. A wooden block is placed horizontally in the sea with oil spill as 39. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the
shown. What is the depth o f the block submerged? side with the greatest depth?

40. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the
side with the least depth?

41. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the
bottom of the tank?

42. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the
top of the tank?

ROTATING VESSELS

Situation 11: An open cylindrical tank with 6 m base radius and

a. 2.34 m c. 1.95 m altitude of 5 m is 4 m full of water. The tank is
b. 2.89 m d. 2.23 m subjected to an angular velocity of 2.5 rad/sec.

MOVING VESSELS 43. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of water
remaining?
• VERTICAL TRANSLATION
44. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of water
Situation 8: A tank is shown below. spilled?

45. Which of the following most nearly gives the final volume of air in
the tank?

46. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum pressure
in the tank?

47. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum pressure
in the tank?

25. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure at the 48. Which of the following most nearly gives the force at the bottom
bottom if acceleration is 0 m/s2? of the tank?
a. 19.62 kPa c. 161.796 kPa
b. 113.796 kPa d. 65.796 kPa Situation 12: An closed cylindrical tank with 6 m base radius and
altitude of 5 m is 4 m full of water. The tank is
26. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure at the subjected to an angular velocity of 3 rad/sec and the
bottom if an upward acceleration of 5 m/s2 is applied to the tank? air pressure inside the tank is 19.62 kPa.
a. 19.62 kPa c. 161.796 kPa
b. 113.796 kPa d. 65.796 kPa 49. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum pressure
in the tank?
27. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure at the
bottom if a downward acceleration of 5 m/s 2 is applied to the 50. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum pressure
tank? in the tank?
a. 19.62 kPa c. 161.796 kPa
b. 113.796 kPa d. 65.796 kPa 51. Which of the following most nearly gives the force at the bottom
of the tank?
28. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure at the
bottom if the tank experienced a free fall? 52. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the
a. 19.62 kPa c. 161.796 kPa top of the tank?
b. 113.796 kPa d. 65.796 kPa
• PUMP AND TURBINE
• HORIZONTAL TRANSLATION
Situation 13: A pump draws water at 20 liters per second from
Situation 9: An open rectangular tank having a dimension of 8m reservoir A and lifts it to reservoir B as shown. The
x 3m x 5m contains water at a depth of 4 m. If an head loss from A to 1 is three times the velocity head
acceleration of 5 m/s2 is applied horizontally to the in the 150-mm diameter pipe and the head loss from
right and the mass of the container is neglected, 2 to B is fifteen times the velocity head in the 100mm
diameter pipe.
29. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of water
remaining in the tank? 53. Which of the following most nearly gives the power delivered by
the pump?
30. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of water a. 59.24 kW c. 52.49 kW
spilled? b. 48.10 kW d. 41.80 kW

31. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of air in the 54. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure head at
tank after the horizontal translation? point 1?
a. 19.74 m c. 17.49 m
32. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum pressure b. 24.97 m d. 14.97 m
in the tank after the translation?
55. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure head at
33. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum pressure point 2?
in the tank after the translation? a. 259.86 m c. 269.86 m
b. 262.38 m d. 264.63 m
34. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the
side with the greatest depth? Situation 14: Reservoirs A and B have elevations 250 m and 100 m
respectively, and are connected by a pipe having a
35. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the diameter of 250 mm and a length of 250 m. A turbine
side with the least depth? is installed at a point in between reservoirs A and B.

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The discharge in the pipeline is 140 L/s. Use C=120. • OPEN CHANNEL

56. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss in the pipe Situation 18: A trapezoidal canal with a base of 2 m has its sides
due to friction? sloping at 45° with the horizontal. Water flows at a
a. 9.17 m c. 6.15 m depth of 1m.
b. 7.35 m d. 8.55 m
68. Which of the following most nearly gives the cross sectional area
57. Which of the following most nearly gives the head extracted by of the water?
the turbine? a. 3.00 m2 c. 5.66 m2
a. 149.55 m c. 136.10 m b. 2.83 m2 d. 6.00 m2
b. 141.45 m d. 160.75 m
69. Which of the following most nearly gives the wetted perimeter of
58. Which of the following most nearly gives the power generated by the canal?
the turbine? a. 4.83 m c. 3.41 m
a. 215.65 kW c. 235.18 kW b. 2.83 m d. 5.66 m
b. 194.27 kW d. 180.50 kW
70. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydraulic radius?
• MAJOR HEAD LOSSES a. 0.50 m c. 0.62 m
b. 1.00 m d. 0.68 m
Situation 15: A discharge of 750 L/s flows through a pipe having a
diameter of 400 mm and a length of 65 m. Situation 19: Water flows in a rectangular channel 10 m wide and
1.20 m deep at a rate of 18.40 m3/s. The roughness
59. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss using coefficient of the channel is 0.012.
Manning’s equation with n= 0.013?
a. 8.43 m c. 7.50 m 71. Which of the following most nearly gives the slope of the channel?
b. 8.96 m d. 7.18 m a. 0.000444 c. 0.000534
b. 0.000453 d. 0.000354
60. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss using
Darcy-Weisbach formula with f= 0.012? 72. Which of the following most nearly gives the specific energy?
a. 3.54 m c. 3.17 m a. 1.22 m c. 1.86 m
b. 2.15 m d. 2.75 m b. 1.32 m d. 1.59 m

61. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss using 73. Which of the following most nearly gives the boundary shear
Hazen-Williams formula with C= 100? stress?
a. 7.45 m c. 7.86 m a. 5.07 Pa c. 4.21 Pa
b. 6.12 m d. 7.05 m b. 4.30 Pa d. 3.36 Pa

• PIPE NETWORK Situation 20: Water flows through an almost level channel 3 m wide
at a rate of 12 m3/s. The depth gradually increases
Situation 16: Pipelines 1, 2, and 3 are connected in parallel to from 1 m to 1.10 m over a length of flow of 5 m.
each other. The three pipes carry a combined
discharge of 0.86 m3/s. 74. Which of the following most nearly gives the head lost?
a. 0.0249 m c. 0.0415 m
Pipe Length Diameter Friction Factor b. 0.0829 m d. 0.0671 m
1 1800 m 400 mm 0.020
2 1500 m 350 mm 0.018 75. Which of the following most nearly gives the slope of the energy
grade line?
3 2000 m 300 mm 0.22
a. 0.0083 c. 0.0050
c. 0.0134 d. 0.0166
62. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline
1?
76. Which of the following most nearly gives the roughness
a. 0.3136 m3/s c. 0.2844 m3/s
coefficient?
b. 0.1671 m3/s d. 0.3793 m3/s
a. 0.0134 c. 0.0173
b. 0.0245 d. 0.0220
63. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline
2?
Situation 21: A 90° triangular channel having a roughness
c. 0.1671 m3/s c. 0.3793 m3/s
coefficient of 0.012 carries water at a rate of 6 m3/s.
d. 0.2844 m3/s d. 0.3136 m3/s
77. Which of the following most nearly gives the critical depth?
64. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline
a. 1.16 m c. 1.94 m
3?
b. 1.49 m d. 1.61 m
a. 0.1671 m3/s c. 0.3793 m3/s
e. 0.2844 m3/s d. 0.3136 m3/s
78. Which of the following most nearly gives the critical velocity?
a. 2.07 m/s c. 2.46 m/s
Situation 17: The flow rate for the pipe system shown is 0.050
b. 2.70 m/s d. 2.64 m/s
m3/s with a total head loss of 12 m. Use C= 120 for all
pipes.
79. Which of the following most nearly gives the critical slope?
a. 0.0025 c. 0.0037
b. 0.0073 d. 0.0052

Situation 22: A rectangular channel 5.50 m wide and 1.30 m deep

is laid on a uniform slope of 0.002. The roughness
coefficient of the channel is 0.013.

Pipe Length Diameter 80. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in the
channel?
1 400 m 200 mm
a. 21.04 m3/s c. 22.63 m3/s
2 500 m 180 mm
b. 19.27 m3/s d. 16.28 m3/s
3 300 m
4 620 m 250 81. Which of the following most nearly gives the savings in lining per
meter length of channel that could have been offered by using the
65. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss in pipe 2? most efficient rectangular section but adhering to the same flow
f. 5.56 m c. 2.81 m capacity and slope?
g. 3.71 m d. 1.62 m a. 1.53 m2/m c. 0.87 m2/m
b. 1.10 m2/m d. 0.67 m2/m
66. Which of the following most nearly gives the flow in pipe 3?
a. 0.0278 m3/s c. 0.0451 m3/s 82. Which of the following most nearly gives the savings in earth
b. 0.0124 m3/s d. 0.0208 m3/s excavation per meter length of channel that could have been
offered by using the most efficient rectangular section but
67. Which of the following most nearly gives the diameter of pipe 3? adhering to the same flow capacity and slope?
a. 129.73 mm c. 176.54 mm a. 0.61 m3/m c. 1.75 m3/m
b. 158.12 mm d. 212.15 mm b. 0.24 m3/m d. 1.03 m3/m

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• THREE RESERVOIR PROBLEM • CELERITY AND WATER HAMMER PRESSURE

Situation 23: Three pipes 1, 2, and 3 from three reservoirs A, B, and Situation 2: A 600-mm diameter non-rigid pipe conveys water from
C, respectively, meet at a junction whose elevation is a reservoir with a velocity of 2.50 m/s. The flow is
366 m. Water levels at reservoirs A and B are at suddenly stopped by the closure of a valve situated
elevations 825 m and 716 m, respectively. Useful 400 m from the reservoir. Assume that the pressure
properties of the pipes are given in the following table. increases at a uniform rate and that there is no
damping of the pressure wave. The pipe has a
83. If the pressure at the junction of the pipes is 2730 kPa, find the thickness of 20 mm and a modulus of elasticity
elevation of water at reservoir C. 1.40x1011 Pa. The bulk modulus of elasticity of water
a. 480.33 m c. 462.07 m is 2.20x109 Pa.
b. 544.96 m d. 503.29 m
4. Which of the following most nearly gives the celerity of the
84. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline pressure wave?
2? a. 1366.79 m/s c. 1483.24 m/s
a. 296.50 L/s c. 212.25 L/s b. 1222.76 m/s d. 1616.04 m/s
b. 316.17 L/s d. 192.34 L/s
5. Which of the following most nearly gives the time for the pressure
85. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline wave to travel round trip along the pipe?
3? a. 0.65 s c. 0.59 s
a. 325.98 L/s c. 113.90 L/s b. 0.54 s d. 0.50 s
b. 235.98 L/s d. 261.18 L/s
6. Which of the following most nearly gives the water hammer
• REYNOLD’S NUMBER pressure developed in the pipe due to instantaneous valve
closure?
Situation 24: A liquid having a Reynolds number of 1700 flows a. 4040.11 kPa c. 3415.29 kPa
through a 50-mm diameter pipe that is 1200 m long. b. 3708.12 kpa d. 3056.90 kPa
The head loss in the pipe due to friction is 25 m.
Situation 3: The elasticity and dimension of the pile are such that
86. Which of the following most nearly gives the friction factor? the celerity of the pressure wave is 970 m/s. Suppose
a. 0.0376 c. 0.0458 the pipe has a length of 1,600 m, and a diameter of
b. 0.0173 d. 0.0286 1.20 m and initial flow of 0.85 m3/s.

87. Which of the following most nearly gives the kinematic viscosity 7. Find the water hammer pressure for instantaneous valve closure.
of the liquid? a. 650 kPa c. 810 kPa
a. 1.97x10-5 m2/s c. 3.19x10-5 m2/s b. 550.80 kPa d. 727.50 kPa
b. 2.17x10-5 m2/s d. 2.49x10-5 m2/s c.
8. How much time should be allowed for closing a valve to avoid
88. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow? water hammer pressure.
a. 99.56 L/min c. 86.80 L/min a. 1.20 sec c. 3.30 sec
b. 78.71 L/min d. 127.89 L/min b. 5.10 sec d. 2.10 sec

Situation 25: Crude oil having a density of 856 kg/m3 and dynamic 9. Find the appropriate water hammer pressure of the valve if it is
viscosity of 0.0072 Pa-s flow through a 60 mm closed in 4 seconds?
diameter pipe at a rate of 0.24 m/s. a. 710 kPa c. 510 kPa
b. 600 kPa d. 555 kPa
89. Which of the following most nearly gives the Reynolds number?
a. 1,217 c. 1,127 • MOMENTUM AND FORCES IN FLUID FLOW
b. 1,271 d. 1,712
Situation 4: Water flows through a horizontal bend and a T
90. Which of the following most nearly gives the friction factor? section as shown below. AT section 1, the flow enters
a. 0.0568 c. 0.0504 with a velocity of 6 m/s, and the pressure is 4.80 kPa.
b. 0.0374 d. 0.0526 At both sections 2 and 3, the flow exits the device with
a velocity of 3 m/s, and the pressures at these
91. Which of the following most nearly gives the head lost if the pipe sections are atmospheric. The cross sectional areas
is 1,500 m long? at 1,2, and 3 are all the same at 0.20 m2.
a. 4.17 m c. 3.86 m
b. 2.74 m d. 3.70 m

PART 2:

• RESERVOIR CAPACITY

Situation 1: Water is pumped into a distribution reservoir at a rate of 600 m3

every 4 hours. The estimated water demands every 4
hours are shown below.

Time Demand (m3)

0400H 200
0800h 800
1200H 1,100 10. Which of the following most nearly gives the x component of the
1600H 700 force necessary to restrain the section?
2000H 500 a. 9.96 kN c. 4.44 kN
2400H 300 b. 6.36 kN d. 8.04 kN

At 0800, the reservoir contains 700 m3 of water. 11. Which of the following most nearly gives the y component of the
force necessary to restrain the section?
1. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum reservoir a. 0.84 kN c. 0.96 kN
capacity? b. 2.76 kN d. 1.80 kN
a. 800 m3 c. 900 m3
b. 700 m3 d. 600 m3 12. Which of the following most nearly gives the resultant force
necessary to restrain the section?
2. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum a. 8.50 kN c. 10.12 kN
requirement from the reservoir? b. 9.80 kN d. 10.34 Kn
a. 400 m3 c. 600 m3
b. 200 m3 d. 500 m3 • STABILITY OF FLOATING BODIES

3. Which of the following most nearly gives the water in the reservoir Situation 5: A rectangular scow 9 m wide, 15 m long, and 3.60 m
at 2000H? high, has a draft in seawater of 2.40 m. Its center of
gravity is 2.70 m above the bottom of the scow.
a. 100 m3 c. 500 m3
b. 400 m3 d. 200 m3
13. Which of the following most nearly gives the initial metacentric
height?
a. 1.41 m c. 1.25 m

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b. 1.31 m d. 1.35 m 25. If the discharge over a 45° triangular weir is 0.021 m3/s, what is
the head?
14. If the scow lists until one side is just at the point of submergence, a. 0.37 m c. 0.49 m
which of the following most nearly gives the righting or the b. 0.27 m d. 1.34 m
overturning couple?
a. 1,385.72 kN-m c. 1,033.91 kN-m 26. The discharge over a trapezoidal weir is 1.315 m3/s. The crest’s
b. 1,247.00 kN-m d. 1,190.02 kN-m length is 2 m and the sides are inclined at 75°57’50” with the
horizontal. Find the head over the weir.
• DAMS a. 0.80 m c. 0.60 m
b. 0.70 m d. 0.50 m
Situation 6: The vertical face of a trapezoidal concrete dam
(S= 2.40) supports water to a depth of 16 m. Uplift
• FALLING HEAD
pressure at the base of the dam varies from full
hydrostatic pressure at the heel to zero at the toe. 27. A spillway controls a reservoir 4.60 hectares in area. The
The total height of the dam is 18 m, upper base permanent crest is at elevation 75 m. Water can be drawn from
width is 1.50 m, and the bottom base width is
elevation 76.50 m to 75.50 m in 42 minutes. Find the length of
unknown.
the spillway. Use Francis formula.
a. 13.86 m c. 11.86 m
15. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum safe
b. 14.86 m d. 12.86 m
bottom base of the dam if the factor of safety against overturning
is 1.60?
Situation 9: A V-notch weir is located at one end of a tank having
a. 13.15 m c. 11.06 m
a horizontal square section 12 m x 12 m. The initial
b. 12.03 m d. 10.40 m
head of the water is 1.80 m and it takes 77 seconds
to discharge 144 m3 of water. The coefficient of
16. Which of the following most nearly gives the factor of safety discharge is 0.60.
against sliding if the coefficient of friction between the soil and
the base of the dam is 0.75 using the calculated base in the
28. Which of the following most nearly gives the vertex angle of the
previous question?
weir?
a. 1.15 c. 1.05
a. 72.39° c. 77.04°
b. 1.25 d. 1.00
b. 81.78° d. 87.80°
17. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum stress that 29. Which of the following most nearly gives the initial discharge over
is likely to occur at the toe of the dam?
the weir?
a. 159.90 kPa c. 284.60 kPa
a. 5.33 m3/s c. 4.47 m3/s
b. 34.38 kPa d. 65.20 kPa
b. 5.84 m3/s d. 4.90 m3/s
• ORIFICE
30. Which of the following most nearly gives the instantaneous
discharge after 77 seconds?
• CONSTANT HEAD
a. 0.64 m3/s c. 0.59 m3/s
Situation 7: Two pressurized prismatic tanks A and B are b. 0.70 m3/s d. 0.77 m3/s
connected at their sides by an orifice 140 mm in
diameter. Tank A contains water at a depth of 3 m 31. A reservoir with vertical sides has a plan area of 56,000 m2. If the
above the orifice and a pressure of 50 kPa on the discharge from the reservoir takes place over a trapezoidal weir
water surface. Tank B also contains water at a depth with crest length of 10.50 m, side slope of 1H:2V and average
of 2 m above the orifice and a pressure of 15 kPa on coefficient of discharge of 0.60, find the time for the head to drop
the water surface. The coefficient of discharge is 0.86 from 60 cm to 30 cm.
and the coefficient of velocity of 0.92. a. 4,409.65 s c. 3,168.18 s
b. 1,958.48 s d. 2,136.33 s
18. Which of the following most nearly gives the flow through the
orifice? • HYDRAULIC JUMP
a. 0.2135 m3/s c. 0.1253 m3/s
b. 0.1352 m3/s d. 0.2531 m3/s Situation 10: A hydraulic jump occurs in an efficient triangular
channel carrying 8 𝑚3 /𝑠 on a slope of 0.006. The
19. Which of the following most nearly gives the head lost in the depth after the jump is 2.96 m.
orifice?
a. 0.7061 m c. 0.7610 m 32. What is the depth before the jump?
a. 0.95 m c. 0.65m
b. 0.7160 m d. 0.7016 m
b. 0.84 m d. 0.73m
20. Which of the following most nearly gives the power lost?
33. What is the loss of energy in the jump?
a. 935.42 W c. 862.40 W
a. 3.17 m c. 4.31m
b. 880.10 W d. 867.93 W
b. 5.40 m d. 2.56m
• FALLING HEAD 34. What is the loss of power in the jump?
a. 243.06 kW c. 424.29 kW
Situation 8: An orifice having an area of 0.0003 m2 is located on b. 196.38 kW d. 338.33 kW
the vertical side of a tank. The tank has a constant
cross-sectional area of 0.40 m2. It takes 312 seconds
to lower the head from 1.20 m to 0.60 m.

21. Which of the following most nearly gives the value of the
coefficient of discharge?
a. 0.6258 c. 0.5894
b. 0.6191 d. 0.6017

22. Using c=0.60, which of the following most nearly gives the time
to lower the head from 1.20 m to 0.80 m?
a. 188.05 s c. 201.70 s
b. 232.50 s d. 256.77 s

23. Using c=0.60, which of the following most nearly gives the head
after 240 seconds from an initial head of 1.20 m?
a. 0.73 m c. 0.84 m
b. 0.98 m d. 0.61 m

• WEIRS

• CONSTANT HEAD

24. Find the width of the channel at the back of a suppressed weir
using the following data: H=28.50 cm, d=2.485 m, and Q=0.84
m3/s. Consider the velocity of approach and use Francis formula.
a. 6m c. 3m
b. 5m d. 4m

Engr. Karren May Simplina