Culvert Hydraulics Hydrotechnical Design Parameters Channel Hydraulics Culvert Hydraulics Culvert Sizing
Culvert Hydraulics Hydrotechnical Design Parameters
Culvert Hydraulics Area Shape Slope Storage Density Vegetation Soil Type Initial Moisture
Culvert Hydraulics Options - Statistics Gauges >30 Years (212)
Culvert Hydraulics Options - Model
Culvert Hydraulics
ComponentGoverns% System Channel CapacityMost channels> 80% Historic HWMLarge streams~ 10% Runoff PotentialSmall basins< 5% Hydrotechnical Design Guidelines
Culvert Hydraulics Channel Capacity
Culvert Hydraulics Historic Highwater - AT
Culvert Hydraulics Basin Runoff Potential
Culvert Hydraulics
Channel Hydraulics
Culvert Hydraulics S 1 Y V = 14 Y 0.67 S 0.4 Normal Flow
Culvert Hydraulics B h T Q = AV
Culvert Hydraulics
S 1 1. Normal 2. RVF 3. GVF Other Flow Profile Cases
Culvert Hydraulics S 1 EGL EGL flows downhill Head loss at RVF E = Y + V 2 /2g
Culvert Hydraulics
Bridge Culvert
Culvert Hydraulics
RVF - Expansion RVF - Contraction Barrel – GVF + D/S Channel - Normal U/S Channel - GVF Trans - Adverse Trans - Steep
Culvert Hydraulics
Culvert Sizing
Culvert Hydraulics Sizing: Complex – need model Start :– Rise = burial + Y + headloss Range - sizes, shapes, barrels, profiles Parameters – V, freeboard/ponding Practical – drift/ice, future lining
Culvert Hydraulics Considerations: Fish Passage Blockage - Drift, Icing End Protection Works (V) Ponding: -Upstream Flooding -Uplift Failure -Embankment Stability -Road Overtopping