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16-Civ-A5 Hydraulic Engineering: December 2017

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  1. Question 1 Branched pipe network — pressure heads
  2. Question 2 Ten-pipe system between two reservoirs
  3. Question 3 Transmission main with a control valve
  4. Question 4 Two elevated tanks — quasi-steady drawdown
  5. Question 5 Hydraulic jump in a rectangular channel
  6. Question 6 Gutter flow on a crowned road

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National Exams — 16-Civ-A5 Hydraulic Engineering — December 2017. 3 hours, closed book (one 8.5×11 aid sheet permitted). Six questions of equal value; candidates answer any five. All six are solved here as a study resource. Unless stated, local losses and velocity head are neglected; water ρ = 1000 kg/m³, ν = 1.31×10−6 m²/s.

Reference texts: D. A. Chin, Water-Resources Engineering (3rd ed.), Ch. 2 (flow in closed conduits) & Ch. 7 (water-distribution systems); A. Osman Akan, Open Channel Hydraulics; M. Hanif Chaudhry, Open-Channel Flow (2nd ed.), Ch. 3 (hydraulic jump); Chadwick, Morfett & Borthwick, Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering.