What unit of quantity is

being described by ML^2

T^(-2), where M is the
mass, L is the length and T
is time elapse?
 What is the capillary
depression of mercury in
inches at 68°F
(σ = 0.032 lb/ft) to be
expected in a 0.05-in-
diameter tube?
 A 6 m high tank is moved
up with a=3.05 m/s2. The water
flows at the rate of 3.5L/s
through a 25 mm orifice at the
bottom of the tank. How deep
is the water in the tank.
( C= 0.60; g = 9.81 m/s2)
 Oil having a specific
gravity of 0.85 has a kinematic
viscosity of 1.243 x 10-6 m2/s.
a) What is the value of the absolute
viscosity in Pa-s?
b) How many stokes is equivalent
to 1.243 x 10-6 m2/s.
c) If the viscosity is 0.0154 stokes,
what is the equivalent
kinematic viscosity in m2/s.
 A pipe has diameter of 20 mm
and a length of 80 m. A liquid having a
kinematic viscosity of 4 x 10-5 m2/s is
flowing through the pipe at a velocity of
3 m/s.
a) Compute the Reynold’s Number.
b) Compute the friction factor.
c) Compute the head loss of pipe.
 If the velocity distribution of
a viscous liquid (μ = 0.9 N-s/m2)
over a fixed boundary is given by

in which u is the velocity in m/s

at a distance y meters above the
boundary surface, determine the
shear stress at the surface and at
y = 0.34 m
 A vertical gate is
submerged in a liquid so that
its top edge is flushed on the
liquid surface. Find the ratio of
the total force acting on lower
half to that acting on the upper
half.
 A tank contains oil with
specific gravity of 0.88. If the tank
is 10 m long the initial depth of oil
is 2 m and the tank accelerates to
the right at 2.45 m/sec2. Assume
the tank walls are sufficiently high
so that there is no spillage.
Determine the maximum pressure
at bottom of the tank.
 An open cylindrical vessel 1 meter
in diameter contains water at depth
of 3.56 m.
a) If it’s rotated at a speed of 80 rpm
about its vertical axis, determine
the least depth of the vessel so that
no water will be spilled out.
b) If the vessel is rotated at 120 rpm,
how much water in liters will be
spilled out?
c) If the vessel is rotated at 140 rpm,
what would be the pressure at the
center bottom of the tank?
 An object weighs 4 N in water
and 5 N in an alcohol having a
specific gravity of 0.80. Assume
unit weight of water is 9.79 kN/m3.
a) Find the volume of the object.
b) Find the weight of the object.
c) Find the density of object.
 An oil having a Reynolds
number of 2000 flows through a
20 mm diameter pipe, 150 m
long. The head loss of the due
to friction is 21 m. Compute the
rate of flow in barrels/hr.
 An air bubble from the
bottom of a swimming pool will
increase its original volume by 20%
when it reaches the free surface.
How deep is the water in the pool in
feet?
(Atmospheric reading is 98.1 KPa.)
 A block of wood if
placed in water will float with 6”
projecting above the water
surface and if placed in alcohol
(S = 0.82) will float with 4”
projecting above the alcohol
surface. Find the specific
gravity of the wood.
 A block of wood 0.10 in
thick is floating in sea water.
The specific gravity of wood is
0.63 while that of seawater is
1.03. Find the minimum area of
a block which will support a
man weighing 80 kg.
 A cylindrical container 8 ft high
and 3 ft in diameter is reinforced with
two hoops a foot from each end.
a) Compute the hydrostatic
pressure.
b) What is the tension of hoop at
the bottom?
c) What is the tension of hoop at
the top?
 A rectangular scow 9 m
wide 15 m long and 3.6 m high
has a draft of in sea water of 2.4
m. Its center of gravity is 2.7 m
above the bottom of the scow.
Determine the initial
metacentric height.
 Two reservoirs A and B have
elevations of 250 m and 100 m
respectively. It is connected by a pipe having
a diameter of 250 mm and a length of 100 m.
A turbine is installed at point in between the
reservoirs A and B. If C= 120, compute the
following if the discharge flowing in the pipe
is 150 liters/sec:
a) Head loss of pipe due to friction.
b) The head extracted by the turbine.
c) The power generated by the turbine.
 A single pipeline x joins pipelines
1, 2 , 3 at the junction A, and merges
again at junction B to form a single pipeline y.
Pipelines 1, 2 and 3 are parallel to each other.
The pressure heads at A and B are 70m and 46 m
respectively. Assuming C = 120 for all pipelines,
compute the following:
Pipes Length Diameter
1 3000 m 300 mm
2 1300 m 200 mm
3 2600 m 250 mm
a) Rate of flow of pipeline 1.
b) Rate of flow of pipeline 2.
c) Rate of flow of pipeline 3.
 The discharge over a
trapezoidal weir is 1.315 m3/s.
The crest’s length is 2 m and
the sides are inclined 75°57’40”
with the horizontal. Find the
head over the weir in meters.
 A spillway controls
reservoir 4.6 hectares in area.
The permanent crest is at
elevation 75 m. Water can be
drawn from elevation 75.6 to
75.5 m in 42 minutes. Find the
length of the spillway in m. Use
Francis Formula.
 The error in the measured head in a
channel is equal to 0.018 m. If the discharge
flowing in the channel is 0.60 m3/s. Compute
the following:
a) % of error if a suppressed
rectangular weir is used with length of weir
equal to 4.2 m.
b) % of error if a Cipolletti weir having a
length of 4.2 m.
c) % of error if a right triangular weir is
used.
 Theoretical velocity
generated by a 3 m hydraulic
head is :
 A 1.25 cm diameter orifice,
in a vertical wall of a tank under
a constant head of 5.5 m
discharged 0.45 cubic meters in
9 minutes. Find the coefficient
of discharge.
The head causing the flow
through a 50 mm diameter
orifice is 4 m and the velocity of
the water in the jet is 8 m/s.
Compute the lost head.
 An orifice 150 mm in diameter
having a coefficient of contraction of 0.62
discharges oil (S= 0.80) under a head of
7.50 m. The average actual velocity of the
jet is 11.65 m/s.
a) Compute the coefficient of velocity.
b) Compute the head loss of the
orifice.
c) Compute the diameter of the jet at
the vena contracta.
 Two open cylindrical tanks are
connected by an orifice having a
cross-sectional area of 0.004 m2. Tank A is 8
m in diameter and its water level is 10 m
above of B whose diameter is 5 m. If the
coefficient of discharge is 0.60.
a) Find the discharge flowing in the
orifice.
b) How long in hours will it be before
the water surfaces are at the same level?
c) How soon in minutes after will the
water surfaces be 4 m apart?
 A circular concrete
sewer pipe with
coefficient of roughness
n= 0.013 is 160 m in diameter
and flowing half-full has a slope
of 4 m per 5 km. Compute the
discharge on the sewer pipe in
cubic meter per second.
 A 20 –cm diameter pipe
of length 100 m connects two
reservoirs whose difference
water surface elevation is 60 m.
If f=0.02 and coefficient of
entrance loss k=0.50, what is
flow rate?
 A 24” diameter new cast
iron pipe is 1 km long and has a
head loss of 1.5 m. Find the
discharge capacity of water for
this pipe by the Manning’s
Formula where n = 0.013 for
new cast iron.
 A 1 m diameter pipe 1400 m
long has a discharge of
600 liters/sec.
a) Compute the head loss
using f = 0.018.
b) Compute the head loss
using n = 0.015.
c) Compute the head loss
using C = 100.
 Water flows on a 300
mm diameter pipe which
causes a measured head loss
of 4.5 m in 90 m length of pipe.
a) Compute the shear
stress 50 mm from the
centerline of the pipe.
b) Compute the shear
velocity
 Air flows through a pipe
whose mass is 1.2 kg/m3. The
differential gauge attached to
the Pitot-static tube shows a
0.35 mm deflection of mercury.
Assuming Ct =1.00, find the
velocity of air.
 A small ingot and
platform rest on a steady water
jet 60 mm diameter. If the total
weight supported is 826 N and
the platform rises
6.35 m above the outlet, what is
the jet velocity?
 A triangular channel is to
be designed to carry 700 L/s on a
slope of 0.0001. Determine what
vertex angle and depth of water
over the vertex will be necessary to
give a section with a minimum
perimeter, assuming the channel is
made of timber, n = 0.012. Use
Manning’s Formula.
 A trapezoidal flume of
most efficient section
proportion has a base width of
1.5 m. Its full discharge is 3
m3/s. If the same material were
used for the most efficient
rectangular section, by how
much would the discharge
decrease in m3/s.
 The side’s slope of a
trapezoidal open channel are
1H to 1.732V. The bottom width
is 2.5 m and the depth of flow
is 3m. n=0.015 and S = 0.0004.
Find the velocity of flow in m/s
using the Manning’s Formula.
 A The bottom width of a
trapezoidal canal is 2.5 m and
its sides are both inclined at 60°
with the horizontal. Water flows
at a depth of 3 m. Find the
discharge in m3/s is S = 0.0008
and n=0.03. Use Kutter
Formula.
 After a flood had passed an
observation on a river, an engineer
visited the site and by locating flood marks,
performing appropriate surveying, and doing
necessary computations, determined that the
cross-sectional area, wetted perimeter, and
water surface slope at the time of the peak
flooding were 5,000 m2, 350 m, and 0.0002,
respectively. The engineer also noted that the
channel bottom was earth with grass and
weeds (n = 0.025). Estimate the peak flood
discharge.
A rectangular flume, 4 m wide,
carries water at the rate of 5
m3/s. Determine the critical
depth. Use g =9.81 m/s2.
 The velocity along a
circular streamline of radius
1.5 m is 0.75 m/s. Find the
normal and tangential
components of the acceleration
if the flow is steady.
 A rectangular channel 6 m
wide has a constant specific
energy of 2.2 m.
a) Calculate the critical depth.
b) Calculate the critical
velocity.
c) Calculate the critical slope if
n = 0.012
 A rectangular channel 5.4 m wide by
1.2 m deep is lined with a smooth stone,
well laid and has a hydraulic slope 0.001.
Using n =0.013.
a) What is the capacity of the channel?
b) What savings in earth excavation could
have been offered by using more favorable
proportions but adhering to the same delivery
and slope?
c) What savings in lining per meter length
by using more favorable proportions but
adhering to the same delivery and
slope?
 Water jump from a
depth of 30 cm to 70 cm in
rectangular flume. Determine
the discharge in m3/s if the
flume is 2.75 m wide.
Use g =9.81 m/s2.
 Water flows in a 2-m
wide rectangular flume at the
rate of 2.75 m3/s with a mean
velocity of 3.5 m/s. To what
depth, in cm, can the water
jump?
 A hydraulic jump occurs in a
rectangular channel having a
discharge of 3.72 m3/s of water per
meter width. The approach depth is
0.718 m.
a) Calculate the depth in the
channel after the jump.
b) Compute the Froude No. in the
channel after the jump.
c) Compute the energy dissipated
in watts.
 The distribution of
velocity in a rectangular
channel of width b=800mm and
depth h=200mm is given by
,where:
Compute for the following:
a) Quantity of flow
b) Average velocity
 Water is flowing at 2.2 m/sec in a cast
iron pipe with diameter of 600 mm and
a wall thickness of 20 mm. A pipeline is 350 m
long. The pipe has a thickness of 20 mm and bulk
modulus of water is 2.2 x 109 N/m2 and a modulus of
elasticity of steel is
1.4 x1011 N/m2.
a) What is the speed of sound in the pipe?
b) If the valve is closed simultaneously, what
will be the water hammer pressure experienced in
the pipe?
c) Over what length of time should be allowed
for closing the valve to avoid water hammer
pressure.
 A jet of water 250 mm in diameter
impinges normally on a flat steel
plate. If the discharge is 0.491 m3/s.
a) Find the force exerted by the jet on
the stationary plate.
b) If the flat plate is moving at 2 m/s
in the same direction as that of the jet, find
the force exerted by the jet on the plate.
c) If the flat plate moving a 4 m/s in
the same direction as that of the jet, find
the work done on the plate per second.
 The reservoir of the
Municipality of Minglanilla is
designed to be supplied by a 200
mm Ø pipe at a rate of 15 m/s. If the
capita per day consumption of
water amounts to 340 liters ,
compute the population of
Minglanilla that could be served by
the reservoir.
 A water shed covering
80 hectares had a storm in
which fell at the rate of 12.5
mm/hr for the first 2 hour, 7.5
mm/hr for the next 5 hours and
10 mm/hr for the following hour.
Determine the volume of rain
that fell in cu-m.
 If Precipitation is 32 cm
basin recharge is 10 cm, and
groundwater accretion is 6 cm,
what is the direct run-off?
 On average,
a) How many times will a 10-
year flood occur in a 40 year
period?
b) What is the probability that it
will not occur at all in a 40 year
period.
c) What is the probability that it
will occur at least once in a 40 year
period.