1. The document contains 35 multi-part word problems involving calculations of flow through various hydraulic structures such as orifices, weirs, and pipes.
2. The problems cover topics such as flow through orifices, weirs, pipes, and reservoirs and involve calculating variables like discharge, velocity, pressure, and time based on given parameters like diameter, head, length, and flow conditions.
3. The parameters and structures involved include orifices, weirs, reservoirs, dams, and other hydraulic infrastructure.
1. The document contains 35 multi-part word problems involving calculations of flow through various hydraulic structures such as orifices, weirs, and pipes.
2. The problems cover topics such as flow through orifices, weirs, pipes, and reservoirs and involve calculating variables like discharge, velocity, pressure, and time based on given parameters like diameter, head, length, and flow conditions.
3. The parameters and structures involved include orifices, weirs, reservoirs, dams, and other hydraulic infrastructure.
1. The document contains 35 multi-part word problems involving calculations of flow through various hydraulic structures such as orifices, weirs, and pipes.
2. The problems cover topics such as flow through orifices, weirs, pipes, and reservoirs and involve calculating variables like discharge, velocity, pressure, and time based on given parameters like diameter, head, length, and flow conditions.
3. The parameters and structures involved include orifices, weirs, reservoirs, dams, and other hydraulic infrastructure.
1. The document contains 35 multi-part word problems involving calculations of flow through various hydraulic structures such as orifices, weirs, and pipes.
2. The problems cover topics such as flow through orifices, weirs, pipes, and reservoirs and involve calculating variables like discharge, velocity, pressure, and time based on given parameters like diameter, head, length, and flow conditions.
3. The parameters and structures involved include orifices, weirs, reservoirs, dams, and other hydraulic infrastructure.
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1.Oil of specific gravity of 0.72 flows through a 7.
5 cm diameter orifice with Cv
= 0.95, Cc = 0.65. What must be the pressure of the air on the surface so that the jets available power is 6 KW? See Fig. D. 2. A cylindrical tank 1m in diameter and 3m high contains 1m of water, 1.20m of oil (s=0.80) and air under a pressure of 16KPa. Find the theoretical velocity of the jet through a 5cm diameter orifice 30cm above the bottom of the tank. 3.What will be the discharge through a 2.5cm orifice (C=0.61) in the bottom of a tank moving upward with an acceleration of 3/2 if the water stands 2.50m over the orifice? 4.In Fig. A, P1 = 70KPa, P2 = 5KPa, Cc= 1.00, Cv= 0.95, Do= 6cm, h=1.80m (liquid with s=2.5). Find the actual flow through the orifice, to double the discharge, what must be P1 assuming P2 is unchanged? 5. The horizontal orifice of Fig. B has a diameter of 10cm with Cc=0.60, Cv= 0.97. When h=2.50m. What pressure, applied on the surface, will cause the jet to rise 20cm higher than the free surface? 6.In Fig. C, Do= 5cm and Cc= 0.62, Cv= 0.98. the liquid is oil(s=0.80) and stands 4m in the piezometer above the pipes centerline. Compute the flow and the velocity of the jet. 7.A sharp-edged orifice in a 30 plane has its vena contracta at EL 10.7m. If the W.S. in the tank is at EL 15.25m and the top of the jet is at EL 14m, find the velocity and the coefficient of velocity. 8.In Fig. E is a submerged orifice. Find the theoretical velocity of the jet. 9.Fig. F shows a cylinder weighing 780N and is empty at the time the orifice is opened. Neglecting the thickness of the cylinder walls, determine the weight of the anchor if the cylinder sinks 1m in 2minutes. The specific weight of the anchor is 23.54 KN/m3. 10.A cylindrical vessel 1.20m in diameter and 2m high has a rounded circular orifice 5cm in diameter in the bottom with C= 0.95. If the vessel is full of water, how long will it take to lower the surface 1.50m? 11.A vertical cylindrical tank has orifice for its outlet. When the water surface in the tank is 5m above the orifice, the surface can be lowered 4m in 20minutes, the pressure on the surface being atmospheric. What uniform air pressure must be applied to the surface if the same volume of water is to be discharged in 10minutes? 12.A swimming pool with plan and section shown in Fig. G is filled with water . It has two short tubes both with diameter 20cm and C= 0.80 located at the lowest point. Find the time needed to empty the pool through these tubes. 13.In Fig. H is shown a tank 1.5 by 1.5m horizontal section and 3m high with two orifices (C=0.60) both 10cm in diameter and 60cm apart. (a) How much water must be supplied to the tank to keep it always full? (b) If this supply is cut off, how long 14.A rectangular suppressed weir 1.20m high extends across a rectangular channel 3m wide. If the measured head is 40cm, determine the discharge using the Francis formula. 15.A rectangular channel 6m wide has a depth of 1m flowing with a mean velocity of 0.75/. Determine the height of a rectangular suppressed weir that will increase the depth of water in the channel 60 1.60m. 16.A rectangular suppressed weir 1m high extend across a rectangular channel 6m wide in which the flow is 2.803/. Determine the depth of water upstream from the weir. 17.A rectangular contracted weir 2m long discharges water under a head of 0.50m. Compute the discharge using the Francis correction. 18.In a river 20m wide, having an average depth of 1m and a mean velocity of 0.35/, a contracted rectangular weir 10m long is to be constructed. Determine the head over the weir. 19.A rectangular contracted weir 3m long is built in the center of a rectangular channel 6m wide. How high is the weir if the depth of water upstream is 1m when the discharge is 1.153/? 20.A trapezoidal canal, 6m at the bottom and having side slopes 2:1 carries water to a depth of 40cm and mean velocity of 0.60/. what length of a rectangular contracted weir 85cm high should be placed in the middle of the canal if the depth of water upstream is to be 1.20m? 21.Determine the discharge of water over 60 triangular weir if the measured head is 19cm. 22.The discharge of water over a 45 triangular weir is 20 liters/s. What is the head? 23.Compute the discharge of water over a Cipolletti weir 1.60m long under a head of 26cm. 24.A stream 24m wide carries 1.843/ of water. Determine the resulting head over a Cipolletti weir 1m high and 4m long. 25.What length of Cipolletti weir should be constructed if the measured head will not exceed 50cm when the discharge is 3.403/? 26.A rectangular suppressed weir under a constant head of 10cm feeds a tank containing a 7.5cm diameter orifice. The weir is 60cm long. The head lost in the orifice is 0.60J/N and Cc = 0.65. Determine the head to which the water will rise above the orifice. Also find the value of Cv. 27.A rectangular suppressed weir 80cm high is built across a rectangular flume 10m wide. The measured head is 40cm of water. Some distance upstream is another rectangular weir having a height of 1.10m. The measured head on the second weir is 50cm. Find the length of the second weir. 28.During a test on a 245cm long rectangular suppressed weir which was 100cm high, the head was maintained constant at 30cm. In 38sec, 28.803 of water were collected. Find the correction factor C . 29.The flow in a rectangular channel 3m wide is constant. A depth of 2m is maintained by a rectangular weir 1m long by 1.60m high. This weir is to be replaced by a rectangular suppressed weir which will maintain the same depth. What height of weir is required assuming C = 0.62 for both weirs? 30.A concrete spillway with permanent cress elevation at 100m controls a reservoir 4.65 hectares in area. Determine the length of the spillway if, by removing flashboards, water can be lowered from EL 102m to EL 101m in 30minutes. Use C = 1.94. 31. A 90 V-notch weir is located at one end of a tank having a square section 10m by 10m. If the initial head on the weir is 1.20m, how long will it take to discharge 1003 of water over the weir? 32.A reservoir having a constant horizontal sectional area of 1860 m 2 discharges water over a Cipolletti weir, the initial head being 40cm. How long is the crest if 1800sec are required to lower the water level in the reservoir by 35cm? 33. Determine the probable capacity of a concrete pipe culvert 1.20m in diameter and 12m long discharging under a head of 1.60m. The entrance is square=cornered. 34. What diameter of a concrete pipe culvert 16m long with beveled-lip entrance should be installed to carry 143/ of water if the difference in water surface elevations at the two ends of the culvert is 2.5m? 35. An overflow masonry dam is to be constructed across a stream. The stream is estimated to have a maximum flood discharge of 8503/ when the elevation of the water surface is 345m at the dam site. Six sluice gates each 2.5m high and 2m wide are to be constructed in the dam with their sills at elevation 342m. The main overflow weir for which C = 1.45 will be 60m long with a crest elevation at 360m. An auxillary weir 180m long with a crest elevation at 361m will operate during floods. For this weir C = 1.88. With all the sluice gates open, what will be the surface elevation upstream of the dam when the discharge is 8503/s ?
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