1.

CE Board May 2022

A water tank has a sloping inclined at 45 with

the horizontal. The total depth of water in the
tank is 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 orifice is
located 3 m. vertically above the bottom of the
tank. Coefficient of velocity is 1.0. Negcting air
resistance on the jet.

Determine the maximum height of the

issuing jet arises above the level of the
center of orifice in meters.
Determine the time it takes for ihis particle
of the jet to sit the ground that is i.20 m.
below the bottom of. the tank in seconds.
Determine the horizontal distance on the
ground traveled by the jet from the center
of the orifice in meters.

Solution:
OMax. height the jet arises above the center
of orifice:

V2=0 VI
5m
- -

45 45
3m
45

,2m
45

V C,2gH
V1.0,/2(9.81)M5)
V 9.9 ms
V1 9.9 Sin 45 7
V22 = V12-2gh

0 (7)2-2(9.81)h
h= 2.5 m.
 Time for the particle to sitthe ground:
V2=V1-gt
0=7-9.81t
t 0.71 sec.
Time to travel from A to B is ti 0.71 sec
VI
V
V2-0
Sm

A45 h=2.5
V3
3m 45 6.7

1.2m

C
Time to travel from B to C:
6.7 % gta2
6.7 % (9.81)th2
t2 1.17 sec.
Total time for the particle to sit the ground
0.71+1.17 1.88 sec.
Horizontal distancs:
V 9.9 Cos 45 7 m/s
D=Vat
D 7(1.88)
13.16 m.

2. CE Board May 2022

A trapezoidal canal has a bottom width of o
and a side slope 2 horizontal to 1 vertical.
When the depth of the flow is 1.2 m. aand the
rate of flow is 20.4
m3/sec.
Compute the specific energy in meters.
2 f the roughness coefficient n = 0.015,
obtain the slope of the using
cana
Manning's Formula. a
3Compute the average shearng
ess

the
the of
boundary over the surtac
channel in N/m3.
 -10.8-
6 2.4
24
1.2 1.2

2.683 6
2,683

V2/2g

Solution:
Speciic energy:
(10.8 +61.2)
A 2
A 10.08 m2
Q=AV
20.40 10.08 V
V 2.02 m/s

y2
Specific energy 2 td

Specific energy (2.02)2

29.81)+ 1.2
Specific energy = 1.41 m.

Slope of channel:
VRs1/2
n

P 2(2.683) +6
P11.366
R-
R10.08
11.366
R 0.887
 VRs1/2
V

2.02 0.887)23(S)1/2
0.014
S 0.00094

Average shearing stress:

T Yw RS
T 9.81(0.887) 0.00094)
T 0.0082 kPa
T 8.2 N/m2

3. CE Board May 2022

What is the friction angle of the soil when the
coefficient of passive resistance is 4?

Solution:
K 1+ Sin 9
1-Sin &
1+ Sin e
4
1-Sin9
4-4Sin 0=1+Sin 9
5 Sin 9 3
0 36.87

4. CE Board May 2022

A woman with a glass of water having a height
of 300 mm is inside the elevator with an
upward acceleration of 3 m/s2. Determine the
pressure at the bottom of the glass.

Solution:

p-981(0.3 1+ 39.81 3.84 kPa

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5. CE Board May
meters of a column of special
What height in exert
a sp.gr. of 2.90 would
gage liquid having
a column of oil 6 m.
the same pressure as
0.80?
high having a sp.gr. of

Solution:

Oil m

sp.gr.= (2.90) (0.80)

P 9.81(0.8)(6)
P 47.09
P=y (sp.gr.h
47.09 9.81(2.90)h
h 1.66 m.

6. CE Board May 2022

Section 302.2.2 of the Nationai Structural
Code of the Philippines provides that the slope
of cut surfaces shall be no
steeper than is safe
for intended use and shall be
no steeper than
a) 1 to 2
b) 1 to 1
c 1 to 3
d 1 to 1.5

7. CE Board May 2022

A cohesive soil
deposit is
unconfined compression consideredinsoft if the
between: strength kPa is
a) 0 to 24
b) 48 to 96
c) 96 to 192
d) 24 to 48
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May2022
8.
rectangulargate
1.5 m. wide and 3 m
m. high
A SuDmerged
in water with its top
is vertically
edge horizontal and 2 m. below the water
Surface.

Evaluate the
total force acting on one side
kN.
of the gate, in
Obtain the location of force from the
center of gravity of the plate in m.
Obtain the location of force from the liquid
surface in meters.

Solution:
Total force acting on one side ofthe gate
w.S.

2 m
1.5 m

1.5 m

31m 3 m
p

P=y hA
P 9.81(2+1.5)(1.5)(3)
P 154.51 kN

Location of force from the center of graviy

of the plate

1513)
12
3.375
S, Ay
S.1.5(3)(3.5) =15.75
e 3.375
15.75 U.214 m
 ocation offorce from the liquid surface
D=
2 +1.5+0.214

D 3.714m

May 2022
CE Board
of soft clay having an initial void ratio
A layer
6 m thick under compression
a load
is
of 1.2 void
the ratio is decreased
it, by
plied above
one-third. Evaluate the reduction in the
of the clay layer.
thickness

Solution:

e,-12
2
e,

,(12)=08
3

,H(e,-e,)
4-1+e

6(1.2-0.8)-1.09
1+1.2

10CEBoard May 2022

According to the Westerguard Theory, the
erical stress at a point below the surtace or a
semi-infinite, homogeneous, isotropic soil
load A applied at tne
ass
9round
due to appoint
surface is given by the equati0
P: 0.318QN

Where N 1

horizontal distance of the point fromor

une vertical ine of application
the load
depth of point below ground surface
Evaluate the vertical stress, in kPa, at a point
below the ground for Q 1500 kN
=
if
O the point is 3 m.
directly below the point of
application of the load.
the point is 6 m. directly below the point of
application of the load.
the point is 6 m. below the load but 3 m.
horizontally from the application of the
load.

Solution:
OVertical stress if the point is 3 m. directly
below the point of application of the load

0.318(1500) 1
P
(3)2
P 53 kPa

Vertical stress if the point is 6 m.

below the point of application of the
directly
load

0.318(1500) 1
P T
(6)2
|
P 13.3 kPa

Vertical stress if the point is

the load but 3
6 m. below
application of the loadhorizontally
m.
from the

1
0.318(1500)
P
(6)
P 7.2 kPa
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May
11. floats
a sp.gr.
of 0.75
buoy having
A wooden gr. of 0.85.
having a sp.
in a liquid
volume of
is the
percentage ofthe to the
OWhat surface
below the liquid
the buoy
the body?
total volume of is
volume above the liquid surface
I f the of the buoy?
0.024 m, what is the weight
will cause the buoy
What is the load that
to be fully submerged.

Solution:

V2

% of vol. below the liquid surface to tota

volume:
W= BF
0.75(9.81) V= 0.85(9.81)(V)
V 1.133 V2
V2 0.88 V
0.88 V0.88 88%
V

Weight of object:
V= V-V2
V= V-0.88 V
V, 0.12 V
0.024 0.12 V
V= 0.2 m
W 0.2(9.81)(0.75)
W=1.47 kN
 to cause the
Load object to be
submerged full
P 0.85(9.81)(0.024)
P 0.2 kN

12. CE BOard May 2022

A niece of wood having a specific gravitv
of
0.65 is 70 mm square and 1.5 m long. 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 loating in water? Specific
gravity oflead 11.2.
=

Solution:
-0.07

W=4.78 kg s30
1.50m
1.20 m
S ).65

BF,
w
SP-gr=11.2

BF2
W 0.07(0.07)(1.5)/0.65)(1000)
W 4.78 kg
W2= V(1000)(11.2)
W2 11200V kg
BF 0.07(0.07)(1.2)(1000)
BF1 5.88 kg
BF2 V(1000)
BF2 1000V
Wi +W2= BF1+BF2
4.78+11200V 5.88 +1000V
10200V 1.1
V 0.0001078
W2= 11200(0.0001078)
W2 1.21 kg
 CE Board May 2022
Alayer of Clay 8.6 m thick is overlain by
a
of sand 15.2 m hick to
deposit
Wihen the water table is
at
ground
surface leve the saturated unit weightground
Surface.
of the
nd was
sand w a s determined to be 21.2 kN/m3 for
ich its dry unit weight 18.2 kN/m. The
Which

turated unit weight of the clay is 18.8 kN/m

When the ground water table
owered by
7.6 m, the degree of saturation of the
sand
above the water table was lowered to
30%. At
the mid-height of the clay layer,

Evaluate the ffective pressure, in kPa,

before lowering of the water table.

Evaluate the effective pressure, in

kPa,
after the lowering of the water table.

Evluate the effective pressure, in

kPa,
when there is no water in the sand
but remain in moist condition at the
layer
same
degree of saturation.

Solution:
Effective pressure before
water table lowering of the

VWater table
.

Sand
15.2m
Ysa21.2 kN/m3
dry=18.2 kN/m3

8.6m Clay A
4.3
sa18.8 kN/m3 4.3

15.2(21.2-9.81) +4.3(18.8-9.81)
212 kPa
Effective pressure after the lowering of the
water table

7.6m Sand
30%
er table

7.6m

8.6m Clay A-
4.3
4.3

=G+ey,
Ysat
1+e

Ysat 1+e 1+e

+Yw
YsYary 1+e
21.2 18.2 + 981)
1+e
e0.4405

Yary 1+e
18.2 (9.81)
10.4 1+0.4405
G 2.673

G+Se)y
1+e
2.673 +0.3 (0.4405) |9.81
Ywet
1+0.4405
Ywe19.1 kN/m3

o7.6(19.1)+7.6(21.2-9.81)
+4.3(18.8-9.81)
O 270 kPa
 there is no water
when
Effective pressure moist
but remain in
in the sand layer
of saturation
condition at the same degree

Sand
15.2m
S=30%
=18.803 kN/m3
wet

4.3
8.6m Clay A
Y sa18.8 kN/m3 4.3

19.1(15.2) +4.3(18.8-9.81)
329 kPa

14. CE Board May 2022

A barge weighing 350 kN when empty is 6 m.
wide, 15 m. long and 3 m. high. Flcating
upright, evaluate the draft of the barge in
meters when transporting 5000
cement along a river, each bag
bags oi
having a mass
of 40 kg. Assume the specific gravity of the
water in the river to be 1.02.

Solution:

W.S.
3m
bags of cement

6m

W wt. of
barge +
wt. of cement
W=350+ 00(40)(9.81)
1000
W 2312 kN
W BF

2312=6(15) dy9.81)(1.02)
d 2.57 m.
15. CE Board iay 2022
An airplane flying at an altitude of 0 km
dropped to a height of 6 km. What is the
corresponding chang in pressure?
is 12 kN/m3
Unit
weight of air

Solution:
Changein pressure = (10-6)(12)

Change in pressure
=
48 kPa

16. CE Board May 2022

A square plate having one of its side
3 m. is immerse in a waler surtace in a equal
to
vertical
position such that the tWO edges of the square
would be horizontal in order that the center of
pressure shall be 8 cm. from the center of
gravity
How far below the water surface should
the upper plate be submerged?
What is the distance of the
center of
pressure from the water surface.
Determine the hydrostatic force acting on
the plate at this
position.
Solution:
OLocation of upper plate from waler
Surface:

12
lg= 6.75
Ss Ay CG
=0.08
e Ss P
CP

3m

0.08 F6.75
h 9.375
y+ 1.5 9.375
y 7.875 m.
 D i s t a n c e
of enter of pressure from the
watersurface

= 9.375 + 0.08
Distance
Distance = 9455

torce on the plate:

a
Hydrostatic
P=yh A

P9.81(9.375}3(3)
p:827.72 kN

17. CEBoard May 2022

An isosceles triangular plate of height 480 mm
and base 200 mm is vertically submeged in
wwater with its vertex at the liquid surface and
the base is parallel to the liquid surface.

oEvaluate the total force acting on one side of

the plate in kN
Obtain the location of the force from the
center of the gravity of the plate in mm.
Obtain the location of the force from the
lquid surface in mm.

Solution:

480

p
200

Totalforce acting on one side of the

In kN. plate

480)
h- 320
 P yhA

P 9810(0.320)(0.200)(0.480)
P 150.68 N

Location of the force from the center of the

gravity of the plate in mm.

e
Ay
200(480)
e 36
1
480)(200)(320)
e 40 mm

Location of the force from the

surface in mm.
liquid
d h+e
d 320+ 40
d 360 mm

18. CE Board May 2022

A jet of water 75 mmø and moving to the right
impinges on a flat plate held normal to its axis.
If the velocity of the jet is 25 m/s.

OWhat force will keep the plate in

equilibrium?
I the plate were moving to the right with a
velocity of 9 m/s, what force would the jet
exert on the plate?
Had the plate been moving to the left at 9
m/s, what force would the jet exert on the
plate?
Civil Engineering Licensure Exam

Solution:
Force to keep the plate in equilibrium:

flat plate
V=25
V2=0

F pAV

F 1000(0.075)2(25)2
F 2761 NN

Force of the jet exerted on the plate:

V=25 m/s
V 9nm/s
F

FPA(V1-Vp
F10000.075)(25-92
F 1131 N

Force exerted on the

plate by the jet:

V=25 m/s
V2=-9 m/s
F
 F pA(V-V>}?
F 1000(0075)2(25a

F 1000 (0.075) (25+g2

F 5107 N

19. CE Board May 2022

A rectangular plate of dim
0.60 m x 1.2 m. is
Submerged dimenson
water with its shorter edge at the verticall n
and parallel to it. liquid surfata

Evaluate the total force acting on one

of the plate in kN. side
Obtain the location of the force
center of gravity of the
from the
plate in mm.
3 Obtain the location of the force from the
liquid surface irn mm.

Solution:
Total force acting on the plate

h-0
1.20 m
Pei

0.6 m
Center of pressure

Py hA

P 981(06)(0.6)(1.2)
P 4.24 kN
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Engineeri
Llicensu Exa
Location of the force fror the center of
ofthe plate
gravity

g
e

0.6(1.2)
12
0.08640

SAY
S 0.6(1.2)0.6)
S 0.432

0.08640
e
0.432
e 0.2 m

e 200 mm

Location of the force from the liquid

surface
h0.60+0.2
h 0.80 m
h 800 mm

20. CE Board May 2022

ven that the field unit weight of a soil sample
S 1600 kg per cubic meter and the unit welgnt
of the soil articles is 2000 kg per cubic meter
soil Is 12
the moisture content of the
percent.
0Evaluate the void ratio.
Evaluate its dry unit.in kN/m°
in
Evaluate the egree of saturation,
percent.
 Solution:
Void ratio
OWet (1+25)
1+e
G 2000 kg/m 2
1000 kg/m

180021000).
14e(1+0.12)

e 0.244

Dry unit.in kN/m

,Y
1+e

Y 2(9.81)
Tdry 1+0.244
Y15.77,kN/m

Degree of saturation, in percent:

S

S 112)
0.244
S 98.36%

21. CE Board May 2022

According to the Westerguard Theory, the
vertical stress at a point below the surface of a
semi-infinite, homogeneous, isotropic soil
mass due to appoint load A applied at the
ground surtace is given by the equation:
P 0.318QN

where N . 1
 Vertical stress if the point is 4 m
3 m belcw
the load but 2
application of the load
horizontally from the
N
1 1
Ts07155
1(61(
0.318
P
QN

0.318(1500)(0.7155)
P
(4)
P 21.33 kPa

22. CE BoardMay 2022

Evaluate the plastic settlement, in meters (m)
on a layer of plastic clay due to an increase of
pressure caused by loads above it under the
following conditions
Intergranular press = 180 kPa
Increase in intergr ar pressure =120kPa

Thickness of clay
Coefficient of corsaton 0.315
Void ratio of ciay

Solution:
(P +AP
1+e P
S 0(0.315) 180+120
1+1.5 180
S 0.28 m

23. CE Board May 2022

It occurs in soils of saturated cohesíoni
paricles such as sand and causes a
Sudoe
Sudde

bearn

drop in shear strength and t s iu

a liquic
capacity. In effect, the soil turns into rtedto
allowing everything it previousiy
sink
Ans: Liquefaction