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A hydraulic jump is observed to occur in a channel with a mild slope at a flow rate of 20cfs/ft. If the depth before the jump is 1 ft, determine the depth after the jump.
a barge has the trapezoid chape. It is 22 m long into paper. If the total weight of barge and cargo is 350 tons, what is the draft "h" of the barge when floating in seawater
a ballon weighing 3.5 lb is 6 ft in diameter. if filled with hydrogen at 18 psia and 60 degrees F and released, at what U.S standard altitud will it be neutral
What is the contact time (min) required to achieve a log-3 deactivation of Giardia in water of 10 °C temperature, at pH 7, if the chlorine concentration is 2.2 mg/L
Water is to be transported at a rate of 60,000 gallons/min in uniform flow in an open channel whose surface are lined with clay tile. The bottom slope is 0.0014. Determine the dimensions of the best
Determine the smallest horizontal force P required to move the wedge to the right. The coefficient of static friction at all contacting surfaces is mu_s = 0.6. Set theta = 14^\circ and F = 490N . Ne
The settlement of a laboratory 10-cm thick consolidation specimen is 5 mm in 1 hour with a coefficient of consolidation of 0.005cm2/s. What will be the total settlement
Select the best rectangular HSS for a column to support a service dead load of 30 kips and a service live load of 90 kips. The member is 22 feet long and is pinned at the ends.
An HSS 10×6×5?16 with Fy = 46 ksi is used as a column. The length is 16 feet. Both ends are pinned, and there is support against weak axis buckling at a point 6 feet from the top. Determ
An HSS 10×8×3?16 is used as a compression member with one end pinned and the other end fixed against rotation but free to translate. The length is 12 feet. Compute the nominal compressiv
A block with an inclination of 20 degrees has a weight of 60kg, a height of 1.8m and width 1m, static friction is 0.3, what is the force needed and the height (where the force in the box should be)
The pressure drop in a 10 cm galvanized iron horizontal pipe (ks=.15mm) carrying water over a length of 50 m is 30 kPa. What is the flow rate
A 4 X 12 (S4S) hem-fir timber beam carries a superimposed uniformly distributed load of 325 lb/ft on a simple span of 12ft. Determine the maximum bending stress and the maximum shear stress
A Timber power-line pole is 10 in. in diameter at its base where it is solidly embedded in concrete. The pole extends 20 ft vertically upward from its base and is subjected to a horizontal pull of 3
If the allowable shear stress is 100 MPa, calculate the maximum shear force V that a W460 X 60 structural steel wide flange is capable of resisting. Use the average web shear approach.
Water flowing in a wide channel of depth 35 cm undergoes hydraulic jump that resulted in energy dissipation of 72%. Estimate (a) the downstream depth, (b) the volume flow rate per meter of width.
A distance is measured with an EDM having the instrument /reflector offset constant set to 0mm. The slope distance is reported as 2435.672 m with a zenith angle reading of 90 degrees 34 minutes and
consider the steady viscous flow through a small horizontal tube. for this type of flow, the pressure gradient along the tube should be a function of the dynamic viscosity, the mean velocity and the
n 2006, the united states emitted 6,000 million metric tons (Mt) of CO2, 26.6 MtCH4, and 1.2 MtN2O. using 100 year global warming potentials, whats is the equivalent CO2 emission rate of the total f
A larger-diameter pipeline will cost $2.1 million installed, but its operating cost will be only $8000 per month. Which pipe size is more economical at an interest rate of 1% per month on the basis
The golf ball has a diameter of 1.70 in and weighs 0.099 lb. Assuming standard atmospheric conditions (mu, u air = 3.74 * 10^-7 lb-s/ft2 and rho = 0.00238 slug/ft3)
Determine the flow depth, velocity and Froude number after the jump, the head loss associated with jump, the energy dissipation ratio, and the wasted power production potential due to the hydraulic
The flow is fully developed and laminar. Make use of the Navier Stokes equation to determine the relationship between the discharge and the other parameters involved, for the case in which the chang
Two control points A "station" (1000E, 1000N) and B "backsight" (594.22E, 877.68N) are available within the area. Indicate the procedure to satisfy the orientation and calculate the required total s
ASM International, an Australian steel company, claims that a savings of 40% of the cost of stainless steel threaded bar can be achieved by replacing machined threads with precision weld depositions