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PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN SET A

INSTRUCTIONS: 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.

1. A woman with a glass of water having a height of 450 mm is inside the elevator with an
upward acceleration of 4.5 m/s^2. Determine the pressure, in kPa, at the bottom of the
glass. [May 2022, May 2015]
A. 6.440 B. 5.497
C. 3.447 D. 4.220

2.
What height in meters of a column of special gage liquid having a specific gravity of
2.85 would exert the same pressure as a column of oil 5.5 m. high having a SG of 0.82?
[May 2022]
A. 2.69 B. 2.47
C. 1.44 D. 1.58

3.
A certain fluid has a specific gravity of 1.25 flows through a 150-mm diameter pipe with
mean velocity of 1.2 m/s. Compute the mass flow rate (kg/s).
A. 212.0625 B. 33.17375
C. 265071.875 D. 26.5125

4. The weight density of a mud is given by γ = 12 + 0.60h, where γ is in kN/m3 and h is in

meters. Determine the pressure, in kPa, at a depth of 8 m.
A. 125.3 kPa B. 104.8 kPa
C. 115.2 kPa D. 98.4 kPa

5.
Water flows at the rate of 0.0750 m^3/s through a 800-m long, 400 mm diameter pipe.
Determine the head lost using Manning’s Equation. (n = 0.013)
A. 2.397 m B. 0.295 m
C. 842.723 m D. 0.0104 m.

6.
A tank filled with water to a depth of 2.4 m. is accelerated upward at a rate of 3 m/s2.
The velocity of the discharge at the orifice 2 cm. in diameter located at the bottom
of the tank is:
A. 8.74 m/s B. 7.84 m/s
C. 7.68 m/s D. 6.86 m/s

7.
Given the unit weight of air to be constant at 12 N/m^3, determine the approximate
height of a mountain, in meters, if a mercury barometer at its base reads 750 mm, and at
the same instant another barometer at the top of the mountain reads 300 m.
A. 5013 B. 5003
C. 5023 D. 5033

8.
A pressure surge or wave caused when a fluid in motion is forced to stop or change
direction suddenly (momentum change) is referred to in hydraulics as: [Nov 2021]
A. Water hammer B. Hydraulic jump
C. Potential Head D. Hydrodynamics

9. A reservoir of carbon tetrachloride (CCL4) has a mass of 500 kg and a volume of 0.315 m3.
Find the specific weight in kN/m^3.
A. 15.71 B. 15.57
C. 14.31 D. 13.00

Situation 1 - A water tank has a sloping inclined at 45° with the horizontal. The total depth
of water in the tank is 7.8 m. A water jet issues from an orifice located on the inclined side
of the tank under a hydrostatic head of 5 m. or that the orifice is located 2.8 m. vertically
above the bottom of the tank. Coefficient of velocity is 0.988. Neglecting air resistance on
the jet,

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10.
Determine the maximum height of the issuing jet arises above the level of the center of
the orifice in meters.
A. 4.881 B. 2.440
C. 5.000 D. 3.487
11.
Determine the time it takes for this particle of the jet to sit the ground that is
1.20 m. below the bottom of the tank in seconds.
A. 1.851 B. 2.343
C. 1.966 D. 2.364

12.
Determine the horizontal distance on the ground traveled by the jet from the center of
the orifice in meters.
A. 22.928 B. 13.407
C. 23.414 D. 12.810

Situation 2 - A piece of metal weighs 450 N in air and when submerged in water, it weighs 310
N. [May 2015]

13. Evaluate the volume of the metal in m^3.

A. 0.0143 B. 0.0775
C. 0.0413 D. 0.0577

14. Evaluate the unit weight of the metal in kN/m^3.

A. 5.809 B. 31.532
C. 5.089 D. 32.531

15. Evaluate the specific gravity of the rock.

A. 0.592 B. 0.519
C. 3.214 D. 3.316

Situation 3 - An open cylindrical vessel, 1.4 m. in diameter and 3.0 m. in depth, is 2/3 full
of water. If rotated about its vertical axis at constant angular speed of 100 rpm, [May 2015]

16. Determine how high is the paraboloid formed from the water surface, in meters.
A. 2.487 B. 2.513
C. 2.669 D. 2.739

17. Determine the amount of water in liters that will be spilled out.
A. 554.123 B. 548.714
C. 568.618 D. 570.480

18.
What should have been the least height of the vessel, in meters, so that no water
will be spilled out?
A. 3.487 B. 3.551
C. 3.369 D. 3.669

Situation 4 - A calibration test of a 0.00800 m2 circular sharp-edged orifice in a vertical

side of a large tank showed a discharge of 20,500 N of water in 1 minute and 50 seconds at a
constant head of 0.65 m. Measurement of the jet showed that it traveled 1.40 m. horizontally
while dropping 0.80 m.

19. Which of the following gives the coefficient of discharge?

A. 0.68501 B. 0.97073
C. 0.94875 D. 0.66496

20. Which of the following gives the coefficient of velocity?

A. 0.97073 B. 0.94875
C. 0.66496 D. 0.68501

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21. Which of the following gives the coefficient of contraction?

A. 0.94875 B. 0.66496
C. 0.68501 D. 0.97073

Situation 5 - A piece of wood having a specific gravity of 0.65 is 70 mm square and 1.5 m.
long floats in water.

22. What is the depth of submergence, in meters, of the wood when placed in water?
A. 0.856 B. 0.806
C. 0.740 D. 0.975

23.
How many kg. of lead placed on top of the wood so
that it will float upright with 0.30 m. projecting out when floating in water? SG of lead
= 11.2.
A. 1.10 B. 1.61
C. 1.42 D. 1.23

24.
How many kg. of lead fastened at one end of the
wood so that it will float upright with 0.30 m. projecting out when floating in
water? [May 2022]
A. 1.21 B. 1.64
C. 1.03 D. 1.55

Situation 6 - The figure shown is the cross section of an earthwork (SG = 2.50) dam. Assuming
the hydrostatic uplift varies linearly from one-half the hydrostatic head at the upstream edge
to zero at the downstream edge, determine the following:
Use a = 97 ft., b = 10 ft., c = 30 ft., d = 90 ft., e = 70 ft.

25. Hydrostatic force (lb) acting on the dam

A. 80 MPa B. 40 MPa
C. 60 MPa D. 20 MPa

26. Find the total change in length (mm) of the eyebar.

A. 0.14 B. 0.42
C. 0.55 D. 0.39

27. If the eyebar is replaced by a steel cable, what should be the cable diameter (mm)
so that the maximum stress does not exceed 124 MPa.
A. 13 mm B. 14 mm
C. 15 mm D. 16 mm

Situation 7 - The triangular channel (n = 0.012) shown is to carry water at a flow rate of
10m^3/s. Find the nearest value of the following: Use H =3, V = 1.

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28. Critical depth, in meters

A. 1.178 B. 1.587
C. 1.204 D. 1.366

29. Critical velocity, in m/s

A. 2.299 B. 1.324
C. 2.403 D. 1.786

30. Critical slope

A. 0.00036 B. 0.00181
C. 0.00082 D. 0.00161

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