The Islamic University of Gaza

Instructors:
Civil Engineering Department
Eng.Khalil Al.Astal.
Hydraulics (ECIV 3322) Eng.Husam
Abed
Homework Set(II) [Ch3]
Eng.Heba.Hamad

Flow Throw Single and Combined Pipes

Q1. A siphon of diameter 20 cm connects two reservoirs having a difference in elevation of 15 m.

The total length of the siphon is 600 m and the summit is 4 m above the water level in the upper
reservoir. If the separation takes place at 2.8 m of water absolute, find the maximum length of
siphon from upper reservoir to the summit. Take f = 0.004 and the atmospheric pressure = 10.3
m of water. (128.58 m)

Q2. A siphon of diameter 20 cm connects two reservoirs whose water surface level differs by 40 m.
The total length of the pipe is 8000 m. The pipe crosses a ridge. The summit of ridge is 8 m
above the level of water in the upper reservoir. Determine the minimum depth of the pipe below
the summit of the ridge, if the absolute pressure head at the summit of siphon is not to fall below
3.0 m of water. Take f = 0.006 and the atmospheric pressure head = 10.3 m of water. The length
of siphon from the upper reservoir to the summit is 500 m. Find the discharge also.
(3.24m, 0.0283 m3/s)
Q3. A pump draws water from reservoir A and
lifts it to a higher reservoir B, as shown
below. The head loss from A to the pump is
four times the velocity head in the 10-cm
pipe, and the head loss from the pump to B
is seven times the velocity head. Compute
the pressure head the pump must deliver.
The pressure head at the inlet of the pump is
6 m. Draw the EGL and HGL. (72 m)

Q4. The figure below shows two

sections of cast-iron pipe (e = 0.26)
connected in series that bring water
from a reservoir and discharge it
into air at a location 100 m below
the water surface in the reservoir
through a rotary valve. If the water

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temperature is 100 C, and square connections are used, determine the discharge. Use Kc=0.35
for the sudden contraction.
(0.12 m3/s)
Q5. Two sharp-ended pipes of diameter 60 mm and 100 mm, each has a length of 150 m and are
connected in parallel between two reservoirs that have a difference in levels of 15 m. If the
coefficient of friction for each pipe is 0.32: (a) calculate the rate of flow for each pipe; and (b)
find the diameter of a single pipe 150-m long which would give the same discharge if it were
substituted for the original two pipes. (5.37 l/s, 21.2 l/s, 11 cm)

Q6. Three reservoirs A, B, and C are connected by a pipe system have lengths 700 m, 1200 m and
500 m and diameters of 40 cm, 30 cm, and 20 cm, respectively. The water levels in reservoirs A
and B from a datum line are 50 m and 45 m, respectively. The level of water in reservoir C is
below the level of water in reservoir B. Find the discharge into or from the reservoirs B and C
if the rate of flow from reservoir A is 150 l/sec. Find the height of water level in reservoir C.
Take f = 0.02 for all pipes. (5 l/sec, 95 l/sec, 24.16 m)

Q7. A reservoir A (at an elevation of 220 m above the datum) is supplying water to a reservoir B (at
an elevation of 130 m above the datum). The water is first flowing from reservoir A through a
pipe 16 Km long and 30 cm diameter to a junction D. From the junction D, water flows to B
through a pipe 10 Km long and of 22.5 cm diameter, and to C through a pipe 9 Km long and of
15 cm diameter. Find the discharge in reservoirs B and C. (Assume f =0.01 for all the pipes).

Q8. Two reservoir having a difference of 45 meters in their levels, are connected by a syphon 2.7
Km long and 45 cm diameter. If the top of the syphon is 2 m above the surface level of the
upper reservoir, at a distance of 450 m from the entrance, find the discharge through the syphon.
Take f = 0.005 and atmospheric pressure as 10.4 m of water.

Q9. Two reservoirs, whose surface levels differ by 30 m are connected by a pipe of 60cm diameter
and 3 Km long. The pipeline crosses a ridge, whose summit is 9 m above the higher reservoirs.
Find the minimum depth below the ridge at which the pipe must be laid, if the absolute pressure
in the pipe is not to fall below 8 m of water. Also calculate the discharge through the pipe. Take
f= 0.0075

Q10. Determine the flow into or out of each reservoir in the figure shown, if the connecting pipes
are made of the same material with e = 0.05 mm and water temperature at 200 C.
(1.41 m3/s, 1.05 m3/s, 0.40 m3/s)

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Q11. Three interconnected reservoirs have pipelines meeting at a common junction. The upper
reservoir which has an elevation of 70.0 m is connected to the junction by means of a 900 mm
diameter, 300 m long pipe having a friction factor f= 0.016. A pipe of 450 mm diameter and 600
m long (f= 0.024) takes off from the intermediate reservoir having water surface elevation of
50.0 m. The junction of these pipelines is connected to the lower reservoir, with water surface at
25.0 m, by means of a 600 mm diameter, 1200 m long pipe (f = 0.24) as shown in figure.
Determine the flow rate in each pipe and compute the piezometric head at the junction.

Q12. The .water levels in two reservoirs A and B are 104.5 m and 100 m, respectively above the
datum. A pipe joins each to a common point D, where pressure is 98.1 kN/m2 gauge and height
is 83.5 m above datum. Another pipe connects D to another tank C as in figure .What will be the
height of water level in C. for all pipes take f =0.030.
Pipe Length (meters) Diameter ( mm)
AD 240 300 -
BD 270 450
CD 300 600

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Q13. Determine the pressure head elevations at B and D and the discharges in the branches in the
system illustrated in figure. Neglect minor losses.

Pipe Length (m) Diameter (mm) Roughness (mm)

AB 000 20 600 0.06
BC 2000 250 0.06
BD 2000 450 0.06
DE 2000 300 0.06
DF 2000 250 0.06

Q14. A pipe of diameter 30 cm and length of 3500 m is used for the transmission of power by water.
The total head at the inlet of the pipe is 500 m. Find the maximum power available at the outlet
of the pipe, if the value of f =0.006 (1073.32 HP)

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