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Two box culverts each is 0.61 m by 0.61 m and has n = 0.013, Ke = 0.05, Cd = 0.85, L = 30 m, So = 0.7%, and HW = 1.5 m. a. What is the design flow capacity for free outlet condition b. What is the d
A 1 m diameter unfinished concrete pipe (n = 0.015) has a slope of So = 0.001 and conveys water at Q = 0.5 m3/s. Find the normal depth yo and critical depth yc.
However, design codes which deal with shear friction design place an upper limit on the magnitude of the shear force for which the plane can be designed. Explain why this is so.
The design of a masonry wall to support vertical compression loading is influenced by the same factors that affect the design of all compression elements. One of these factors is the extent of rotat
A siphone generates a flow of 1 ft/sec thru a 1 inch OD, 3/4 ID hose. A) What height difference is needed to generate this flow B) What height for 10 ft/sec C) What for 100 ft/sec
The power loss, p , in a journal bearing depends on length, L; diameter, D; clearance, c; and rotational speed, w. You also have to worry about lubricant viscosity, density, and pressure. Obtain the
What are the different dimensionless groups that describe a golf ball. A golf ball has two velocities, a spin velocity and a forward velocity.
What are the major nutrients required for growth of microbial population in wastewater treatment plants. List the major differences and similarities between hetrotrophic bacteria and nitrifying bacter
A 35 feet diameter oil storage tank is built on a 100 ft thick soil layer. The tank exerts an uniform pressure of 1000 pcf on the ground surface. The groundwater table is 10 ft below the ground surf
A vertical crest curve has an approach grade +6% and a departure grade -6%. The Vertical intersection point level is 125 m. It is proposed to use a curve 720 m long. Calculate the level at TPl.
Develop an estimate of the volumetric flow rate of air that will be required for aeration of the mixed liquor in an activated sludge system.For this calculation, assume that the (ultimate) CBOD is 2
A floor system consists of wide flange steel beams (W18 x 60) equally spaced at 8ft center to center. A 6inch reinforced concrete slab spans between beams. The bottom of the slab is coated with plas
At the proportional limit, . gage length of a -diameter alloy rod has elongated . and the diameter has been reduced . The total tension force on the rod was . Determine the following properties of t
An engineer is to design a channel lined with planed wood to carry 2 m3/s of water on a given slope. The channel cross section can be either a 90 degree triangle or a square. Which would require les
A soil sample with a volume of 0.5 m3, dry unit weight = 18.1 kN/m3, water content = 5%, and Specific Gravity of the soil solids = 2.68. Calculate weight of water added to reach 90% saturation (in k
if the subgrade has a resilient modulus of 103,500kN/m2, design a suitable pavement consisting of a granular subbase with a layer of coefficient of 0.13, a granular base layer with a layer coefficie
In 2003 at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, test engineers set a world record by moving 192 lb payload at 6,453 miles per hour in a rocket sled. The rocket sled track, built in 1954, is 15.44
Consider a cantilever beam with a trapezoidal load along the length, a concentrated load at its free end, and an applied moment at the mid-span of the beam. What is the moment at the free end of the
The cylinder B is released from rest. Determine the speed of both masses (vA and vB) after B moves by h m. Also calculate the angular displacement for the pulley D. The diameter of the pulley D is 0
The truck is driving onto the stationary barge at the speed of v1. The masses of the truck and the barge are m and M, respectively. The barge is free to move on the water and the water resistance is
Biological treatment processes for wastewater can be categorised as dispersed growth and attached growth systems. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of attached growth systems over dispersed g
If the BOD5 of a municipal wastewater is 310 mg/L and the BOD U is 340 mg/L, determine the BOD reaction rate constant (base e). What would be the 3 day 30°C BOD Assume, temperature coefficient =
How many kg/day of NaOH must be added to neutralize a waste stream generated by an industry producing 90.8 million g/day of sulfuric acid, if 0.1% of the sulfuric acid produced is lost to wastewater
One method of removing phosphate from wastewater effluents is to precipitate it with aluminum sulfate. A plausible stoichiometry (but not exact because aluminum and phosphate can form many different
A 2:1 natural slope is underlain by a 3-m thick (measured vertically) soil cover over bedrock. Compute the factor of safety by using an effective stress infinite slope analysis with c'=0 and o' (the