DE GUZMAN, CARL JONATHAN VONN M.

BSCE-3A
CORRELATION 1 (5:20 PM-6:50 PM, TTH)

APPLIED MATH

 INTEGRAL CALCULUS
1. It is estimated that t years from now the population of a certain community will be
changing at the rate of 0.6t2+0.2t+0.5 thousand people per year. Environmentalist have
found that the level of population in the lake increases at the rate if approximately 5 units
per 1000 people. by how much will the population in the lake increase during the next 2
years?

2. An object is moving so that its speed after t minutes is v(t)=1+4t+3t 2 meters per minute.
How far does the object during 3rd minute?

3. A function f is said to be even if f(-x)=f(x). use ∫ f (−x ) dx =−F (−b )+ F (−a) to show that if
a
f is even then.
a a

∫ f ( x ) dx=2 ∫ f ( x ) dx
−a 0
 Solution:

4. It is estimated that t days from now a farmer’s crop will be increasing at the rate of 0.3t 2
+ 0.6t + 1 bushels per day. By how much will the value of the crop increase during the
next 5 days if the market price remains fixed at 3 euros per bushel?
 dy x
5. Given that = y e and x=0, y=e. Find the value of y when x=1
dx

Solution:

o DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS.

dy y
6. Find the general solution of the differential equation =
dx x

Solution:

dy y 2
7. Solve the differential equation + =x
dx x
 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS.
o First Order Differential Equation
dy 2 2
1. Solve the differential equation +3 x y=6 x
dx
2. Find the solution of the initial- value
Problem.
x y ' + xy =1. ; x>0 , y(1)=2
2
 3. Solve y '+2 xy=1

o HIGHER ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION

4. Solve the following homogenous equation:

y ' ' +6 y ' +8 y =0 given y(0)=2 and y’(0)=1
5. Solve the following differential equation
t
e
y ' '−2 y '+ y = 2
t +1

6. Solve the following differential equation.

 3 −8 t 4t
y −12 y ' ' + 48 y '−68 y=12−32e +2e

7. Solve the following IVP:

3v
y ' ' ' −4 y ' ' =4 t +3 v ( t) e −5 t

 ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS

1. A certain Hardware store sells ceramic Tiles in 5 different styles, available in 4 distinct
colors. If the store wishes to display this tile showing all of its various styles and
colors, how many different tiles will the store have on display?

2. A class in engineering data analysis for Ce is composed of 10 juniors,30 seniors and 10

graduate students. The final grades show that 3 of the juniors. 10 of the seniors and 5
of the graduate students received 1.00 for the course. If a student is chosen at
random from this class and is found to have earned 1.00. What is the probability that
he/she is a senior?

3. Seven mothers were selected and given a blood pressure check. Their systolic
pressures were recorded below.

135,121,119,116,130,121,131

Find their median.

4. A researcher collects data on the ages of recipients of doctoral degree in science and
engineering, and his study yields the following:
37 37 24 28 43 44 36 41 33 27
Determine the average age of the recipients.

5. Eight novels were randomly selected and the numbers of pages were recorded as
follows
415, 398, 402, 400, 420, 415, 407, 425
Find the median.

6. A machinist produces 22 times during a shift. Three of the 22 itmes are defective and
the rest are not defective and the rest are not defective. In how many different orders
can the 22 items be arranged if all the defective items are considered identical and all
the nondefective items are identical of a different class?
 7. Consider the sample consisting of the following nine results:
2.3, 7.2, 3.7, 4.6, 5.0, 7.0, 3.7, 4.9, 4.2
Find the lower quartile

 NUMERICAL METHODS
1. Perform two iterations using the sixth order method, to find a root of the following
equations.
4
x −x−10=0 , x 0=2.0

2. Perform 2 iterations with the Müller method (Eqs. (1.13), (1.14)) for the following
equations.
3 1 1
x − =0 , x 0 =0 , x 1=1 , x 2=
2 2
3. We consider the multipoint interation method
f (x k )
x k+1 =x k −∝
f ' ¿¿
4. Find the positive root of the equation
2 3
x x x 0.3 x
e =1+ x + + e
2 6
Correct to five decimal places.

5. The equation F(x)=0, where

2 3 4
x x x
f (x)=0.1−x + − + …
(2 !) (3 !) (4 !)
 has one root in the interval (0,1). Calculate this root correct to 5 decimals.

6. Find all the roots of cos(x)-x2-x=0 to five decimal places

7. Show that euler’s method applied to y '= λ y 1 y(0)=1, λ< 0 is stable for step- sizes -2<
λh< 0
 PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERING
1. An airplane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s^2 for 32.8 s until is finally lifts
off the ground. Determine the distance traveled before takeoff.

2. A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 m/s over a distance of
35.4 m. Determine the acceleration of the bike.

3. Renatta Gass is out with her friends. Misfortune occurs and Renatta and her friends
find themselves getting a workout. They apply a cumulative force of 1080 N to push
the car 218 m to the nearest fuel station. Determine the work done on the car.
4. A force of F-20N at an angle of 37° is applied to a 3kg object initially at rest. The
object has displaced a distance of 25m over a frictionless horizontal table.
Determine the work done by the applied force.

5. How much torque is produced by opening a jar of pickles if the lid on the jar has a
radius of 3.8 centimeters and the force exerted tangentially to the lid is 150 N?
Assume that the force is concentrated at one point on the lid.

6. A 20-kg cylinder pulley with a radius of 0.2 m rotates at a constant angular speed
 of 4 rad/s. What is the rotational kinetic energy of the pulley?

7. A merry-go-round has an angular acceleration of 0.30 radians per second squared.

After accelerating from rest for 2.8 seconds, through what angle in radians does the
merry-go-round rotate?

 ENGINEERING ECONOMY
1. When the inflation rate is expected to be 8% per year, what is the market interest
rate likely to be?

2. If a company sets aside $1,000,000 how into a contingency. Fund, how much will
the company have in 2 years, if t does not use any of the money and the account
grows at a rate of 10% per year?
3. To finance a new product line, a company that makes high- temperature call
bearings borrowed $1.8 million at 10% per year interest. If the company repaid the
load in a lump sum amount after 2 years what was the amount of the payment?

4. If interest is compounded at 20% per year, how long will it take for $50,000 to
accumulate to $86,400?

5. At an interest rate of 10% per year, the equivalent amount of $10,000 one year ago
is closest to?

6. The time it would take for a given sum of money to double at 4% per year simple
interest is closest to?
 7. Determine the present worth of a maintenance contract that has a cost of $30,000
in year 1 and annual increases od 6% per year for 10 years. Use an interest rate of
6% per year.

 CONSTRUCTION SURVEYING AND LAYOUT

1. The depth of a mine shaft was measured as 834.66 m using a 1000 m steel tape
having a cross-section of 10 mm2 and a mass of 0.08 kg/m. Calculate the correct
depth of the mine shaft if the tape was standardized at a tension of 182 N. The
Young’s modulus of elasticity of the tape material is 21 × 104 N/mm2 and g =
9.806 m/s2 .
2. The magnetic bearing of a property line was recorded as S 88º42' E in 1875. The
magnetic bearing of the line today is S 84º10' E with a current declination of
1º10' W.
Part (a) What was the declination in 1875?
Part (b) What is the true bearing of the line?
SOLUTION:

3. The bearing of line L to Q is S 23°15' W. The deflection angle at Q to M is 48°15'

L. What is the bearing of the line Q to M?
4. A survey crew using a TSI didn't know the temperature and pressure in the field
so they set a 0 ppm correction in the instrument. They measured and recorded a
horizontal distance as 823.42 feet. Later in the office, they determined the
correction should have been -18 ppm. What is the corrected distance? Compute
to 0.001'.
Solution:

5. The scale of a map is 1in = 200 ft. What is the map scale expressed as a
dimensionless ratio?

6. What is the actual wavelength and velocity of a near-infrared beam ( 0   .899

m) of light modulated at a frequency of 330 MHz through an atmosphere with a
dry bulb temperature, T, of 24° C, a relative humidity, h, of 69%, and an
atmospheric pressure of 933 hPa?

Solution:

7. If an EDM instrument has a purported accuracy capability of ±(3 mm + 3 ppm),

what error can be expected in a measured distance of (a) 30 m (b) 1586.49 ft
(c) 975.468 m? (Assume that the instrument and target miscentering errors are
equal to zero.)
 MATERIAL FOR CONSTRUCTION
1. A metal rod of 12 mm diameter fractures under 470 kgf load. Final diameter
becomes 7.4 mm. Calculate the true strength.
Solution:

2. A steel rod (8x20 mm in cross-section and 250 cm long) carries 60 KN load without
yielding and fractures at 72 KN. Calculate the length after 60 KN load application.
Solution:

3. The sides of a cubic rubber specimen shorten 1.2% when 70 kgf/cm2 hydrostatic
pressure is applied. The same specimen elongates 2.1% when a uniaxial tensile
stress of 12 kgf/cm2 is applied. Calculate the Poisson's ratio of the rubber.
4. Determine E and V of a Hookcan solid from the following data. V (A-100cm2,L-
10cm)
P(kgf) ∆ l(cm) ∆ d (cm)
1000 0.0023 0.00035
2000 0.0028 0.00042

5. σ -ε relationship for a 10x10x10 cm material is given by σ =¿2x1050.3. Calculate

the amount of the dynamic load that just causes fracture by dropping from a
height of 100cm from the top surface of the material. Assume the fracture strain
Et =0.25%.

6. The initial cross-sectional area of a tensile specimen is 0.2cm2. If there is no

volume change, determine the cross-sectional area when the engineering strain
is 30%.
 7. A rigid bin holds three identical cylinders stacked as shown in the figure. Each
cylinder is 0.6m in diameter and weighs 800N. The bin is 1.20m wide. Neglect
friction. determine the total reaction at B in N.

 QUANTITY SURVEYING
1. Find out the quantities in 100 cft cement concrete. Mix ratio (C: FA: CA= 1:2:4) and
shrinkage factor 1.5.
Solution:
2. Find out the quantities in 100 cft brick masonry. Factor of safety= 1.2 for wastage.
Mortar mix ratio (cement: sand) = 1:4 and shrinkage factor 1.5.
Solution:

3. Prepare an approximate estimate or rough cost estimate of a hospital building for

50 beds. The cost of construction altogether for each bed is Rs. 60,000.
Determine the total cost of hospital building.
4. To prepare the rough cost estimate of a hostel building which accommodate 150
students. The cost of construction including all provisions is Rs. 15,000/- per
student. Determine total cost of building.

5. Find the number of 6" x 8" 16" concrete hollow blocks for the construction of fire
wall 8m high and 30m long

Solution:

in=0.15m , 8 in=0.20m , 16in=0.40m

Area=0.20×0.40=0.08sqmhi40sqm/0.08sqm = 3000 pieces

6. Let it be required to find the no. of 6" hollow blocks needed for the work. Blocks are
supported by 8" x 8" concrete post. Area 12m x 3m

Solution:

Area=12 m× 3m=36sqm

Area for occupied by the post

0.20×3=0.60m × 3.0m

A=1.80sqm

=36sqm-1.80sqm

=34.20sqm

=33.20/0.08

=428 pcs

7. In 60m x 2.60m .find the quantity of hollow blocks cement for mortar . Using
4”CHB.

Solution:

Area wall= Perimeter × height

= 60 m × 1.60 m= 156sqm
 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

1. The design speed of overtaking vehicle is 60 Kmph. The rate of accelerate of the
observed vehicle is 3.6 Kmph/sec. The difference in speed between overtaking and
overtaken vehicle is 20Kmph. Calculate OSD as per IRC guidelines for a lane with
two way traffic.

therefore OSD= d1 + d2 + d3 =365.17m

2. A summit curve is formed when an ascending gradient of 1 in 25 meets another

ascending gradient of 1 in 100. Find the length or summit curve to provide the
required SSD for design speed of 80 kmph

3. Determine the warping stresses at the interior, edge and corner in a 20 cm thick
C.C. pavement with transverse joints at 8.5 m interval and longitudinal joints at 3.6
m intervals. The modulus of sub-grade reaction k = 6.9 kg/cm3. The temperature
differential is 0.6°C/cm of the slab thickness. Take a = 15 cm, e = 10 x 10"6/°C, E
= 3 x I05 kg/cm2, i = 0.15.
4. Compare the annual costs of two types of pavement structures) WBM with thin
bituminous surface at total cost of Rs. 2.2 lakhs per km, life of 5 years, interest at
10%, salvage value of Rs. 0.9 lakhs after 5 years, annual average maintenance cost
of Rs. 0.35 lakhs per km and Bituminous macadam base and bituminous concrete
surface, total cost of Rs. 4.2 lakhs per km, life of 15 years, interest at 8%, salvage
value of Rs. 2.0 lakhs at the end of 15 years ; annual average maintenance cost of
Rs. 0.25 lakhs per Ion.
5. The properties of a subgrade soil are given below: Passing 0.074 mm sieve = 55%
Liquid limit = 50% plastic limit = 41% Find group index and classify the soil by HRB
classification and discuss the suitability of soil as subgrade material.

6. A valley curve is formed when a descending gradient of 1 in 40 meets an ascending

gradient of 1 in 30. Design the length of valley curve to fulfill both comfort and
headlight sight distance conditions. Take design speed as 100 kmph. Also find the
position of the lowest point of valley curve to locate a culvert.
 7. Calculate the length of transition curve for a plan, the Design speed - 80 kmph
Radius of curve 250m. Road width = 7.5 m Maxim allowable rate of super elevation
I in 150, Super elevation max introduced to 0.07 Assume pavement is rotated with
respect to center line.

 HYDRAULICS AND PRINCIPLE OF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

o FLUID MECHANICS
1. Determine the pressure in a vessel of mercury, specific gravity 13.6, at a point 20 cm
below the surface. Express the answer in N/m2.

p=γh
=13.6(9810)(0.20)
=26683.2Pa

2. Determine the pressure on the face of a dam at a point 12 m below the water surface,
in (a) kilo Pascal gauge; (b) kilogram per square meter gauge; (c) kilo Pascal absolute;
(d) pounds per square foot gauge
Solution:

3. Take sea water to be 3% heavier than fresh water and assume it is incompressible.
What is the pressure, in metric ton per square meter, at 3.22 km below the surface of
the ocean if fresh water weighs 9.79 kN/m3?
 Solution:

4. What height of mercury column will cause a pressure of 680 kPa? What is the
equivalent height of water column?

Solutions

5. What is the pressure acting on the water at a depth of 3ft at 32°F?

 Solution:

The depth of water column = 3ft

The density of water at 32°F = 1.940 slugs.ft-3

The formula used is: p = ρgh

= (1.940 slugs.ft-3)(32.17405ft.s-2)(3ft)

=187.3lb.ft-2

6. What is the pressure acting on the water at a depth of 1m at 4°C

Solutions:

The depth of water column = 1m

The density of water at 4°C = 1000kg/m3

The formula used is: p = ρgh

= (1000kg/m3)(9.81m.s-2)(1m)

= 9810 Pa.

7. In the piezometers of the figure shown, liquid stands 1.37 m above point M. What is
the pressure at M in kiloPascal if the liquid is (a) water, (b) oil (sp gr 0.90), (c)
mercury, and (d) molasses (sp gr 1.5).

Solution:
o BUOYANCY

1. A piece of wood 305 mm (1 ft) square and 3 m (10 ft) long, weighing 6288.46
N/m3 (40 lb/ft3), is submerged vertically in a body of water, its upper end being
flush with the water surface. What vertical force is required to hold it in position?
2. A spherical body has a diameter of 1.5 m, weighs 8.5 kN, and is anchored to the sea floor
with a cable as is shown in the figure. Calculate the tension of the cable when the body is
completely immersed, assume γ SEA −WATER =10.1 kN /m3.

3. What is the buoyant force on a 0.3 m3 box which is fully submerged in freshwater
(density=1000 kg/m3)?
4. A rectangular boat made out of concrete with a mass of 3000 kg floats on a
freshwater lake (ρ=1000 kg/m3). If the bottom area of the boat is 6 m 2, how
muchof the boat is submerged?

Solution: Because the boat is floating on the lake, the magnitude of the buoyant
force must be equal to the magnitude of the weight of the boat. (F B=mg).
Since the boat is rectangular, you can write its volume (V) as its bottom area (A=6
m2) multiplied by the depth submerged (d).

5. A uniform block of steel (with a specific gravity of 7.85) will “float” at a mercury-
water interface as shown in the figure. What is the ratio of the distances a and b?
6. Consider the system shown below. A wooden sphere of radius R and specific gravity
SGwood is half submerged in an unknown liquid, referred to as liquid A. Liquid A, which
has a depth HA, is separated from a pool of water, which has a depth HH2O, by a hinged
gate tilted at an angle q with respect to the horizontal. The gate has a width b into the
page.What is the density of liquid A, rA, in terms of the specific gravity of the wooden
sphere (SGwood) and the density of water (rH20)?

7. A cube of wood floating in water supports a 300 g mass at the centre of its top
face. When the mass is removed, the cube rises by 3 cm. Determine the volume
of the cube

Solution
Let each side of the cube be l. The volume occupied by 3 cm depth of cube,
V=(3cm) × l2 = 3l2cm
According to the principle of floatation, we have
Vρg = mg ⇒ Vρ = m
ρ is density of water = 1000 kg m-3
 (3l2 × 10-2m) × (1000 kgm-3)=300 × 10-3 kg

l = 10 × 10-2m = 10 cm
Therefore, volume of cube V = l3 = 1000 cm3

o RELATIVE EQUILIBRIUM OF LIQUIDS

1. A cylindrical container has 1.0 m of water at depth 2.0 m. if it accelerated vertically

at 4.0 m3 /sec. compute the pressure and force at bottom of the container.

2. A cylindrical water tank used in lifting water to the top of a tower is 15m high. IF
the pressure at the bottom of the tank is must not exceed 16 kPa, what maximum
vertical acceleration can be imposed in the cylindrical when it is filled with water.

Solution:
3. A U-tube manometer in Fig. is used to measure the gage pressure of a fluid P of
specific weight = 800 kg/m3 . If the specific weight of the liquid Q is = 13.6×103
kg/m3 , what will be the gage pressure at A if,
a) h1 = 0.5 m and D is 0.9 m above BC?

Solution:

4. Calculate the absolute pressure at an ocean depth of 1000 m. Assume that the
density of water is 1000 kg/m3 and that P0 = 1.01 x 105 Pa (N/m2)

Solution:

5. Calculate the total force exerted on the outside of a 30.0 cm diameter circular
submarine window at this depth.

Solution:
 6. A cylindrical water tank used in lifting water to the top of a tower is 15m high. If the
pressure at the bottom of tank is must not exceed 16 kPa, what maximum vertical
acceleration can be imposed in the cylindrical when it is filled with water.

7. A vessel 3m in diameter containing 2.4m of water is being raised. Find the pressure
at the bottom of the vessel is constant.

o HYDRODYNAMICS
1. A container filled with water and there is a hole, as shown in the figure below.
Ifacceleration due to gravity is 10 ms-2, what is the speed of water through that
hole?
SOLUTION:

2. A container filled with water and there is a hole, as shown in figure below.
If acceleration due to gravity is 10 ms-2, what is the speed of water through that
hole

3. A container filled with water and there is a hole, as shown in figure below.
If acceleration due to gravity is 10 ms-2, what is the speed of water through that
hole.
4. A container filled with water and there are two holes, as shown in the figure below.
What is the ratio of x1 to x2?
SOLUTION:

5. Water flows through a pipe of varying diameter, A to B and then to C. The ratio of A
to C is 8 : 3. If the speed of water in pipe A is v, what is the speed of water in pipe
C.
6. If the speed of water in pipe with a diameter of 12 cm is 10 cm/s, what is the speed
of water in a pipe with a diameter of 8 cm?
 7. Water flows through a pipe of varying diameter, as shown in figure below. If area
1(A1) = 8 cm2, A2 = 2 cm2 and the speed of water in pipe 2 = v2 = 2 m/s then
what is the speed of water in pipe 1 = v1.

o SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION

1. If a soil sample has a dry unit weight of 19.5 KN/m3 , moisture content of 8% and a
specific gravity of solids particles is 2.67. Calculate the void ratio.

Solution:

2. A soil sample has avoid ratio of 0.72, moisture content = 12% and Gs = 2.72
determine the Dry unit weight, moist unit weight (KN/m3 ).

Solution:

3. A sample of saturated clay was placed in a container and weighed. The weight was
6N. The clay in its container was placed in an oven dray for 24 hours @ 105 ℃. The
weight reduced to a constant weight of 5N. The weight of the container is 1N. If Gs
= 2.7, determine the Water content.

Solution:
4. A sample of saturated clay was placed in a container and weighed. The weight was
6N. The clay in its container was placed in an oven dray for 24 hours @ 105 ℃. The
weight reduced to a constant weight of 5N. The weight of the container is 1N. If Gs
= 2.7, determine the void ratio.

Solution:

5. A borrow material has a volume of 191,000 m3 and void ratio of 1.2. After
compaction its new void ratio is 0.7, find the corresponding volume?

Solution:

6. The total volume of a soil soecimen is 80,000 mm 3 and it weighs 150 grams. The
dry weight of the specimen is 130 grams and the density of the soil solids is 2680
Kg/m3 . Determine the Porosity.
Solution:
 7. Moist clayey soil has initial void ratio of 1.5, dry mass of 80gm, and specific gravity
of solid particles of 2.5.The sample is exposed to atmosphere so that the sample
volume decrease to one half of its initial volume . Determine the new void ratio.

Solution:

o WATER SUPPLY SOIL PROPERTIES

1. Calculate the bulk density of a 400 cm3 soil sample that weighs 575 g (oven dry
weight).

SOLUTION:
r b = Ms/Vs = 575g/400cm3= 1.44g/ cm3

2. Calculate the bulk density of a 400 cm3 soil sample that weighs 600 g and that is
10% moisture.

Solution:

Oven dry wt. = 600g/1.1 = 545.5g

r b = 545.5g/400cm3 = 1.36 g/cm3

3. Calculate the volume of a soil sample that is 12% moisture, weighs 650 g and
has a bulk density of 1.3 g/cm^3.

Solution:

Oven dry wt. = 650g/1.12 = 580.4g

1.3 g/cm3 = 580.4g/vol. vol. = 446.4cm3

4. Calculate the bulk density of a rectangular soil sample with dimensions 12 cm by

6 cm by 4 cm, that is 15% moisture content and weighs 320 g

Solution:

Vol. of soil = 12cm x 6cm x 4cm = 288cm3

 Oven dry wt. = 320/1.15 = 272g

r b = 272/288 = 0.97g/cm3

5. Calculate the oven dry weight of a 350 cm3 soil sample with a bulk density of
1.42 g/cm3.

Solution:
1.42g/cm3 = Ms/350cm3 Ms = oven dry wt. = 497g

6. Calculate the porosity of a soil sample that has a bulk density of 1.35 g/cm3.
Assume the particle density is 2.65 g/cm3.

Solution:
Porosity = (1-(r b/r d) x 100 = (1-(1.35/2.65)) x 100 = 49%

7. What is the particle density of a soil sample that has a bulk density of 1.55 g/cm3 and a
porosity of 40%.

Solution:

Porosity = (1-(r b/r d) x 100

40 = ((1-1.55/r d) x 100

1.55/r d = 0.6

r d = 2.58g/cm3

8. A cylindrical water tank used to

lift water to the top of a tower is
2.0 m high. If the
9. pressure at the bottom of the
tank must not exceed 25 KPa,
what maximum vertical
acceleraion
10. can be imposed in the
cylinder when it is filled with
water?
11. A cylindrical water tank used
to lift water to the top of a tower
is 2.0 m high. If the
12. pressure at the bottom of the
tank must not exceed 25 KPa,
what maximum vertical
acceleraion
13. can be imposed in the
cylinder when it is filled with
water?
14. A cylindrical water tank used
to lift water to the top of a tower
is 2.0 m high. If the
15. pressure at the bottom of the
tank must no