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FLUID MECHANICS and HYDRAULICS 8. Hydrostatic force along the horizontal direction.
a. 1,764 lb c. 3,121 lb
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. b. 1,123 lb d. 1,467 lb
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. 9. Hydrostatic force along the vertical direction.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only. a. 1,764 lb c. 3,121 lb
b. 1,123 lb d. 1,467 lb

MULTIPLE CHOICE 10. Location of the vertical component horizontally from B.

a. 3.56 ft. c. 2.75 ft.
PART 1: b. 4.48 ft. d. 2.55 ft.

 HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE  BUOYANCY

1. Assuming specific weight of air to be constant at 12 N/m3, what is Situation 4: A stone weighs 468 N in air. When submerged in
the approximate height of Mt. Banahaw if a mercury barometer at water it weighs 298 N.
the base of the mountain reads 654 mm and at the same time
another mercury barometer at the top of the mountain reads 480 11. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of the stone?
mm?
a. 0.0015 m3 c. 0.0254 m3
a. 1835.62 m c. 1748.03 m
b. 0.0173 m3 d. 0.0357 m3
b. 1602.19 m d. 1934.53 m
12. Which of the following most nearly gives the unit weight of the
2. A tank contains oil with specific gravity of 0.80, gasoline with stone?
specific gravity of 0.90, and sea water with specific gravity of 1.05.
a. 24.03 kN/m3 c. 25.00 kN/m3
What is the pressure at a depth of 1.20 m if the depths of the
b. 26.00 kN/m3 d. 27.05 kN/m3
liquids are 0.50 m, 0.60 m, and 0.80 m, respectively?
a. 1812 kg/m2 c. 942 kg/m2
13. Which of the following most nearly gives the specific gravity of the
b. 1045 kg/m2 d. 1318 kg/m2
stone?
a. 2.90 c. 2.25
3. A pressure gage at elevation 10 m at the side of a tank containing
b. 2.45 d. 2.76
a liquid reads 80 kPa. Another gage at elevation 4 m reads 120
kPa. Find the specific gravity of the liquid.
Situation 5: A cylindrical tank 1 m in diameter and 3 m tall weighs
a. 0.62 b. 0.65
3.86 N.
b. 0.73 d. 0.68
14. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of the lead
 HYDROSTATIC FORCES
(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?
Situation 1: The parabolic plate is submerged in water as shown. a. 16.91 kN c. 19.25 kN
b. 21.14 kN d. 15.40 kN

15. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of the lead
(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
submerged in water?
a. 21.14 kN c. 15.40 kN
b. 19.25 kN d. 16.91 kN
4. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydrostatic force c.
acting in the plate?
16. Which of the following most nearly gives the weight of the lead
a. 2604.72 kN c. 2460.27 kN
(specific wt.= 110 kN/m3) that must be placed inside the tank to
b. 2640.27 kN d. 2406.72 kN make the top of the tank flushed with the water surface?
a. 19.25 kN c. 16.91 kN
5. Which of the following most nearly gives the location of the b. 15.40 kN d. 21.14 kN
hydrostatic force from the top surface of the liquid?
a. 8.69 m c. 7.68 m 17. A wooden block is placed horizontally in the sea with oil spill as
b. 9.68 m d. 6.81 m shown. What is the depth o f the block submerged?

Situation 2: From the figure shown, determine the following:

a. 2.34 m c. 1.95 m
b. 2.89 m d. 2.23 m

MOVING VESSELS

 VERTICAL TRANSLATION

Situation 6: A tank is shown below.

6. Hydrostatic force
a. 2,354.4 kN c. 784.8 kN
b. 2,543.4 kN d. 874.8 kN

7. ̅
𝒚
a. 7.56m c. 6.75m
b. 4.48m d. 8.44m

Situation 3: From the figure shown. 18. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure at the
bottom if acceleration is 0 m/s2?
a. 19.62 kPa c. 161.796 kPa
b. 113.796 kPa d. 65.796 kPa

19. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure at the
bottom if an upward acceleration of 5 m/s2 is applied to the tank?
a. 19.62 kPa c. 161.796 kPa
b. 113.796 kPa d. 65.796 kPa

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20. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure at the 43. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum pressure
bottom if a downward acceleration of 5 m/s2 is applied to the in the tank?
tank?
a. 19.62 kPa c. 161.796 kPa 44. Which of the following most nearly gives the force at the bottom
b. 113.796 kPa d. 65.796 kPa of the tank?

21. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure at the 45. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the
bottom if the tank experienced a free fall? top of the tank?
a. 19.62 kPa c. 161.796 kPa
b. 113.796 kPa d. 65.796 kPa  PUMP AND TURBINE

 HORIZONTAL TRANSLATION Situation 11: A pump draws water at 20 liters per second from
reservoir A and lifts it to reservoir B as shown. The
Situation 7: An open rectangular tank having a dimension of 8m head loss from A to 1 is three times the velocity head
x 3m x 5m contains water at a depth of 4 m. If an in the 150-mm diameter pipe and the head loss from
acceleration of 5 m/s2 is applied horizontally to the 2 to B is fifteen times the velocity head in the 100mm
right and the mass of the container is neglected, diameter pipe.

22. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of water
remaining in the tank?

23. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of water
spilled?

24. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of air in the 46. Which of the following most nearly gives the power delivered by
tank after the horizontal translation? the pump?
a. 59.24 kW c. 52.49 kW
25. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum pressure b. 48.10 kW d. 41.80 kW
in the tank after the translation?
47. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure head at
26. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum pressure point 1?
in the tank after the translation? a. 19.74 m c. 17.49 m
b. 24.97 m d. 14.97 m
27. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the
side with the greatest depth? 48. Which of the following most nearly gives the pressure head at
point 2?
28. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the a. 259.86 m c. 269.86 m
side with the least depth? b. 262.38 m d. 264.63 m

29. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the Situation 12: Reservoirs A and B have elevations 250 m and 100 m
bottom of the tank? respectively, and are connected by a pipe having a
diameter of 250 mm and a length of 250 m. A turbine
Situation 8: A closed rectangular tank having a dimension of 8m is installed at a point in between reservoirs A and B.
x 3m x 5m contains water at a depth of 4 m. If an The discharge in the pipeline is 140 L/s. Use C=120.
acceleration of 5 m/s2 is applied horizontally to the
right and the air pressure in the tank is 19.62 kPa, 49. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss in the pipe
due to friction?
30. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum pressure a. 9.17 m c. 6.15 m
in the tank after the translation? b. 7.35 m d. 8.55 m

31. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum pressure 50. Which of the following most nearly gives the head extracted by
in the tank after the translation? the turbine?
a. 149.55 m c. 136.10 m
32. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the b. 141.45 m d. 160.75 m
side with the greatest depth?
51. Which of the following most nearly gives the power generated by
33. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the the turbine?
side with the least depth? a. 215.65 kW c. 235.18 kW
b. 194.27 kW d. 180.50 kW
34. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the
bottom of the tank?  MAJOR HEAD LOSSES

35. Which of the following most nearly gives the force acting at the Situation 13: A discharge of 750 L/s flows through a pipe having a
top of the tank? diameter of 400 mm and a length of 65 m.

ROTATING VESSELS 52. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss using
Manning’s equation with n= 0.013?
Situation 9: An open cylindrical tank with 6 m base radius and
a. 8.43 m c. 7.50 m
altitude of 5 m is 4 m full of water. The tank is
b. 8.96 m d. 7.18 m
subjected to an angular velocity of 2.5 rad/sec.

36. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of water 53. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss using
remaining? Darcy-Weisbach formula with f= 0.012?
a. 3.54 m c. 3.17 m
37. Which of the following most nearly gives the volume of water b. 2.15 m d. 2.75 m
spilled?
54. Which of the following most nearly gives the head loss using
38. Which of the following most nearly gives the final volume of air in Hazen-Williams formula with C= 100?
the tank? a. 7.45 m c. 7.86 m
b. 6.12 m d. 7.05 m
39. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum pressure
in the tank?  PIPE NETWORK

40. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum pressure Situation 14: Pipelines 1, 2, and 3 are connected in parallel to
in the tank? each other. The three pipes carry a combined
discharge of 0.86 m3/s.
41. Which of the following most nearly gives the force at the bottom
of the tank? Pipe Length Diameter Friction Factor
1 1800 m 400 mm 0.020
Situation 10: An closed cylindrical tank with 6 m base radius and 2 1500 m 350 mm 0.018
altitude of 5 m is 4 m full of water. The tank is 3 2000 m 300 mm 0.22
subjected to an angular velocity of 3 rad/sec and the
air pressure inside the tank is 19.62 kPa.
55. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline
42. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum pressure 1?
in the tank? a. 0.3136 m3/s c. 0.2844 m3/s

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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.

80. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in the
Pipe Length Diameter 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
excavation per meter length of channel that could have been
b. 0.0124 m3/s d. 0.0208 m3/s
offered by using the most efficient rectangular section but
adhering to the same flow capacity and slope?
67. Which of the following most nearly gives the diameter of pipe 3?
a. 0.61 m3/m c. 1.75 m3/m
a. 129.73 mm c. 176.54 mm
b. 0.24 m3/m d. 1.03 m3/m
b. 158.12 mm d. 212.15 mm

 THREE RESERVOIR PROBLEM

 OPEN CHANNEL
Situation 23: Three pipes 1, 2, and 3 from three reservoirs A, B, and
Situation 18: A trapezoidal canal with a base of 2 m has its sides
C, respectively, meet at a junction whose elevation is
sloping at 45° with the horizontal. Water flows at a
366 m. Water levels at reservoirs A and B are at
depth of 1m.
elevations 825 m and 716 m, respectively. Useful
properties of the pipes are given in the following table.
68. Which of the following most nearly gives the cross sectional area
of the water?
83. If the pressure at the junction of the pipes is 2730 kPa, find the
a. 3.00 m2 c. 5.66 m2 elevation of water at reservoir C.
b. 2.83 m2 d. 6.00 m2 a. 480.33 m c. 462.07 m
b. 544.96 m d. 503.29 m
69. Which of the following most nearly gives the wetted perimeter of
the canal? 84. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline
a. 4.83 m c. 3.41 m 2?
b. 2.83 m d. 5.66 m a. 296.50 L/s c. 212.25 L/s
b. 316.17 L/s d. 192.34 L/s
70. Which of the following most nearly gives the hydraulic radius?
a. 0.50 m c. 0.62 m 85. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow in pipeline
b. 1.00 m d. 0.68 m 3?
a. 325.98 L/s c. 113.90 L/s
Situation 19: Water flows in a rectangular channel 10 m wide and b. 235.98 L/s d. 261.18 L/s
1.20 m deep at a rate of 18.40 m3/s. The roughness
coefficient of the channel is 0.012.
 REYNOLD’S NUMBER
71. Which of the following most nearly gives the slope of the channel?
Situation 24: A liquid having a Reynolds number of 1700 flows
a. 0.000444 c. 0.000534
through a 50-mm diameter pipe that is 1200 m long.
b. 0.000453 d. 0.000354
The head loss in the pipe due to friction is 25 m.
72. Which of the following most nearly gives the specific energy?
86. Which of the following most nearly gives the friction factor?
a. 1.22 m c. 1.86 m
a. 0.0376 c. 0.0458
b. 1.32 m d. 1.59 m
b. 0.0173 d. 0.0286
73. Which of the following most nearly gives the boundary shear
87. Which of the following most nearly gives the kinematic viscosity
stress?
of the liquid?
a. 5.07 Pa c. 4.21 Pa
a. 1.97x10-5 m2/s c. 3.19x10-5 m2/s
b. 4.30 Pa d. 3.36 Pa
b. 2.17x10-5 m2/s d. 2.49x10-5 m2/s
Situation 20: Water flows through an almost level channel 3 m wide
88. Which of the following most nearly gives the rate of flow?
at a rate of 12 m3/s. The depth gradually increases
a. 99.56 L/min c. 86.80 L/min
from 1 m to 1.10 m over a length of flow of 5 m.
b. 78.71 L/min d. 127.89 L/min
74. Which of the following most nearly gives the head lost?
Situation 25: Crude oil having a density of 856 kg/m3 and dynamic
a. 0.0249 m c. 0.0415 m
viscosity of 0.0072 Pa-s flow through a 60 mm
b. 0.0829 m d. 0.0671 m diameter pipe at a rate of 0.24 m/s.
75. Which of the following most nearly gives the slope of the energy 89. Which of the following most nearly gives the Reynolds number?
grade line? a. 1,217 c. 1,127
a. 0.0083 c. 0.0050
b. 1,271 d. 1,712
c. 0.0134 d. 0.0166
90. Which of the following most nearly gives the friction factor?
76. Which of the following most nearly gives the roughness a. 0.0568 c. 0.0504
coefficient?

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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 m 2.
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 m 3

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
a. 100 m3 c. 500 m3 gravity is 2.70 m above the bottom of the scow.
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
 CELERITY AND WATER HAMMER PRESSURE
b. 1.31 m d. 1.35 m
Situation 2: A 600-mm diameter non-rigid pipe conveys water from 14. If the scow lists until one side is just at the point of submergence,
a reservoir with a velocity of 2.50 m/s. The flow is which of the following most nearly gives the righting or the
suddenly stopped by the closure of a valve situated overturning couple?
400 m from the reservoir. Assume that the pressure a. 1,385.72 kN-m c. 1,033.91 kN-m
increases at a uniform rate and that there is no b. 1,247.00 kN-m d. 1,190.02 kN-m
damping of the pressure wave. The pipe has a
thickness of 20 mm and a modulus of elasticity  DAMS
1.40x1011 Pa. The bulk modulus of elasticity of water
is 2.20x109 Pa. Situation 6: The vertical face of a trapezoidal concrete dam
(S= 2.40) supports water to a depth of 16 m. Uplift
4. Which of the following most nearly gives the celerity of the pressure at the base of the dam varies from full
pressure wave? hydrostatic pressure at the heel to zero at the toe.
a. 1366.79 m/s c. 1483.24 m/s The total height of the dam is 18 m, upper base
b. 1222.76 m/s d. 1616.04 m/s width is 1.50 m, and the bottom base width is
unknown.
5. Which of the following most nearly gives the time for the pressure
wave to travel round trip along the pipe? 15. Which of the following most nearly gives the minimum safe
a. 0.65 s c. 0.59 s bottom base of the dam if the factor of safety against overturning
b. 0.54 s d. 0.50 s is 1.60?
a. 13.15 m c. 11.06 m
6. Which of the following most nearly gives the water hammer b. 12.03 m d. 10.40 m
pressure developed in the pipe due to instantaneous valve
closure? 16. Which of the following most nearly gives the factor of safety
a. 4040.11 kPa c. 3415.29 kPa against sliding if the coefficient of friction between the soil and
b. 3708.12 kpa d. 3056.90 kPa the base of the dam is 0.75 using the calculated base in the
previous question?
Situation 3: The elasticity and dimension of the pile are such that a. 1.15 c. 1.05
the celerity of the pressure wave is 970 m/s. Suppose b. 1.25 d. 1.00
the pipe has a length of 1,600 m, and a diameter of
1.20 m and initial flow of 0.85 m3/s. 17. Which of the following most nearly gives the maximum stress that
is likely to occur at the toe of the dam?
7. Find the water hammer pressure for instantaneous valve closure. a. 159.90 kPa c. 284.60 kPa
a. 650 kPa c. 810 kPa b. 34.38 kPa d. 65.20 kPa
b. 550.80 kPa d. 727.50 kPa
c.  ORIFICE
8. How much time should be allowed for closing a valve to avoid
water hammer pressure.  CONSTANT HEAD
a. 1.20 sec c. 3.30 sec
b. 5.10 sec d. 2.10 sec Situation 7: Two pressurized prismatic tanks A and B are
connected at their sides by an orifice 140 mm in
9. Find the appropriate water hammer pressure of the valve if it is diameter. Tank A contains water at a depth of 3 m
closed in 4 seconds? above the orifice and a pressure of 50 kPa on the
a. 710 kPa c. 510 kPa water surface. Tank B also contains water at a depth
b. 600 kPa d. 555 kPa of 2 m above the orifice and a pressure of 15 kPa on
the water surface. The coefficient of discharge is 0.86
and the coefficient of velocity of 0.92.
 MOMENTUM AND FORCES IN FLUID FLOW
18. Which of the following most nearly gives the flow through the
Situation 4: Water flows through a horizontal bend and a T
orifice?
section as shown below. AT section 1, the flow enters
a. 0.2135 m3/s c. 0.1253 m3/s
with a velocity of 6 m/s, and the pressure is 4.80 kPa.
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Situation 10: A hydraulic jump occurs in an efficient triangular

19. Which of the following most nearly gives the head lost in the channel carrying 8 𝑚3 /𝑠 on a slope of 0.006. The
orifice? depth after the jump is 2.96 m.
a. 0.7061 m c. 0.7610 m
b. 0.7160 m d. 0.7016 m 32. What is the depth before the jump?
a. 0.95 m c. 0.65m
20. Which of the following most nearly gives the power lost? b. 0.84 m d. 0.73m
a. 935.42 W c. 862.40 W
b. 880.10 W d. 867.93 W 33. What is the loss of energy in the jump?
a. 3.17 m c. 4.31m
 FALLING HEAD b. 5.40 m d. 2.56m

Situation 8: An orifice having an area of 0.0003 m 2 is located on 34. What is the loss of power in the jump?
the vertical side of a tank. The tank has a constant a. 243.06 kW c. 424.29 kW
cross-sectional area of 0.40 m2. It takes 312 seconds b. 196.38 kW d. 338.33 kW
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

25. If the discharge over a 45° triangular weir is 0.021 m 3/s, what is
the head?
a. 0.37 m c. 0.49 m
b. 0.27 m d. 1.34 m

26. The discharge over a trapezoidal weir is 1.315 m3/s. The crest’s
length is 2 m and the sides are inclined at 75°57’50” with the
horizontal. Find the head over the weir.
a. 0.80 m c. 0.60 m
b. 0.70 m d. 0.50 m

 FALLING HEAD

27. A spillway controls a reservoir 4.60 hectares in area. The

permanent crest is at elevation 75 m. Water can be drawn from
elevation 76.50 m to 75.50 m in 42 minutes. Find the length of
the spillway. Use Francis formula.
a. 13.86 m c. 11.86 m
b. 14.86 m d. 12.86 m

Situation 9: A V-notch weir is located at one end of a tank having

a horizontal square section 12 m x 12 m. The initial
head of the water is 1.80 m and it takes 77 seconds
to discharge 144 m3 of water. The coefficient of
discharge is 0.60.

28. Which of the following most nearly gives the vertex angle of the
weir?
a. 72.39° c. 77.04°
b. 81.78° d. 87.80°

29. Which of the following most nearly gives the initial discharge over
the weir?
a. 5.33 m3/s c. 4.47 m3/s
b. 5.84 m3/s d. 4.90 m3/s

30. Which of the following most nearly gives the instantaneous

discharge after 77 seconds?
a. 0.64 m3/s c. 0.59 m3/s
b. 0.70 m3/s d. 0.77 m3/s

31. A reservoir with vertical sides has a plan area of 56,000 m2. If the
discharge from the reservoir takes place over a trapezoidal weir
with crest length of 10.50 m, side slope of 1H:2V and average
coefficient of discharge of 0.60, find the time for the head to drop
from 60 cm to 30 cm.
a. 4,409.65 s c. 3,168.18 s
b. 1,958.48 s d. 2,136.33 s

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Engr. Karren May Simplina