Round One

HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNIQUE

1-minute problem:

If the air subsides, it also changes temperature. It warms up and it is warming up

at the dry adiabatic lapse rate. So if the air at 4000 m altitude has a temperature of -
10C and it subsides to 3000 m, its temperature will be?

Ans. 20C

3-minute problem:

Neglecting air resistance, determine to what height a vertical jet of water could
rise if projected with a velocity of 20mps.

Ans. 20.39 m

MATHEMATICS

1-minute problem:

For what value of x is the derivative of the function x2 + 3x is to 0.739.

Ans. 2.0

3-minute problem:

Find the equation of the normal line to a curve y=2x-x2 at the point (2,0).

Ans. x-2y-2

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

1-minute problem:

In earlier versions of NSCP, the formula to compute the earthquake Base Shear
is as follows. Ve=ZICKS*W. In general areas the W stands for?

Ans. W= Total Dead Load

3-minute problem:

An A36 wild-flange beam has the following properties.

Total Depth = 350 mm

Thickness of web = 16mm

Width of flanges = 200mm

Thickness of flanges = 12mm

What is the shear capacity of this beam in kN?

Ans. 555.52 kN

SURVEYING AND TRANSPORTATION

1-minute problem:

Atmospheric refraction effect is about how much of curvature effect?

Ans. 17per year

3-minute problem:

The magnetic declination in 1980 was 1 20 E and the magnetic bearing of line
AB has N 40 10 W. If the secular variation per year is 02 E, what is the magnetic
bearing of the line AB in 1985.

Ans. N 40 20 W

Bonus Round

A rectangular pontoon is 24m long, 12m wide and 3.6m deep. Its draft when
launched is 1.2m. Assume that the centre of gravity of the pontoon and load is at the
geometrical centre of the cross-section. What is its initial metacentric height ?

Ans. 8.8m
 ROUND TWO

HYDRAULICS AND GEOTECHNIQUE

3-minute problem:

A wooden body of specific gravity of 0.70 floats in a liquid with a specific gravity
of 0.80. The volume above the surface is what percent of the total volume of the body?

Ans. 12.5 %

5-minute problem:

A pilot-static tube used to measure air velocity along a wind tunnel is coupled to
a manometer which shows a difference a head of 4mm water. The density of air is 1.2
kg/m3. Obtain the air velocity, assuming that the coefficient for the pilot tube is unity.

Ans. 8.09m/s

MATHEMATICS

3-minute problem:

Peter saves 20% of his income. If his expenditures is increased by 35%, how
many percent must his income be increased so that he may 10% of it.

Ans. 20%

5-minute problem:

The capacities of two hemispherical tanks are in the ratio 64:125. If a 4.8
kilogram of paint is required to paint the outer surface of the smaller tank, then how
many kilogram of paint will be needed to paint the outer surface of the larger tank?

Ans. 7.8 kilogram

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

3-minute problem:

What would be the required tie spacing @ the intermediate zone of a 600 mm x
600 mm earthquake- resisting RC column reinforced with 28 vertical bars?

Ans. 240 mm
5-minute problem:

A BH 450 x 423 column section has the ff. Properties

i. Clear height of web = 370 mm

ii. Thickness of web = 116 mm
iii. Width of flanges = 600 mm
iv. Thickness of flanges = 40 mm

Compute for the section modulus of the column in mm3, about its major axis.

Ans.

SURVEYING AND TRANSPORTATION

3-minute problem:

The centrifugal ratio of a 4- degree horizontal simple curve is 0.12 m. What

maximum speed in kph that a car could maintain around the curve?

Ans. 66.11 kph

5-minute problem:

The angle of embankment of a highway curve is 18.4. If the coefficient of friction

between the tire and the road is 0.60. What is the maximum velocity in kph @ which a
car can round the curve having a radius of 100 mm without skidding?

Ans. 121.71