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Culvert Worksheet

This document provides an example calculation for designing a culvert. Given data includes the design flow, elevations, stream slope, and culvert length and dimensions. Technical notes are provided to calculate the headwater elevation, tailwater depth, critical depth, and head loss. The calculations determine that inlet control governs the culvert flow capacity, with a headwater elevation of 31.28 m.

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Culvert Worksheet

This document provides an example calculation for designing a culvert. Given data includes the design flow, elevations, stream slope, and culvert length and dimensions. Technical notes are provided to calculate the headwater elevation, tailwater depth, critical depth, and head loss. The calculations determine that inlet control governs the culvert flow capacity, with a headwater elevation of 31.28 m.

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Culvert Design Example

Reference: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.


Hydraulic Design Series Number 5 – Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts.
Publication No FHWA-NHI-01-020, Revised May 2005.
Given Data
10-year design flow= 1 m^3/s
Design Head Elevation, ELhd= 33.528 m
Road shoulder elev= 34.595 m
Channel invert levation,Eli= 30.48 m
Number of barrels 1
Stream bed slope, So= 0.02 m/m
Approx Culvert length, La= 76.2 m
Fall= 0 m
Outlet elev, ELo= 28.956 m
S=So-(Fall/La)= 0.02 m/m
Hwi=Elhd-Eli= 3.048 m
Box Mannings n= 0.013 concrete

Tailwater variation Tailwater


table Flow, m^3/s elevation, mTailwater variation determined by
0.5 0.3 using cross sections upstream and
1 0.51 downstream of culvert to compute
1.5 0.64 water surface profile using standard
Based on channel n value= 0.035 water surface profile calculation
such as standard step method
Trial #1 Box width, B= 1 m Area of box= 1.00 sq m
Trial #1 Box height, D= 1 m
Inlet type= square 90 o wingwall
Technical Notes per Design Chart Explanation========> See CULVERT DESIGN FORM
(1) Q /barrel=Q/(N*B)= 1.00 m^3/s-m divide design Q by number barrels*width)
(2.a) Hwi/D 0.800 Chart 8A Use result from (1) to read across chart 8A to second line (90 o w
(2.b) Hwi 0.800 m multiply result from (2) * D - obtain 0.8
(3) Fall 0 fall - the depression of the inlet below the stream bed - is zero fo
(4) Elhi=Hwi+Eli 31.28 m elevation of headwater in inlet control
(5.a) TW 0.51 m tailwater depth as detrmined for design flow from tailwater varia
(5.b) dc 0.45 Chart 14A critical depth for rectangular cross section from chart 14 A - read
(5.c) (dc+D)/2 0.725 m (0.45+1)/2=0.725
(6.a) greater TW or (dc+D)/2,Ho 0.725 m select greater value between (5.a) and (5.c)
(6.b) ko= 0.5 loss coefficient for outlet
(7) H= 0.16 m H=(1+ko+(19.63*n^2)/R^1.33)*v^2/(2*9.81)) (sum of inlet loss, f
(8) Elho=Elo+H+He 29.84 m sum of H + Headexit +exit elev. R=A/P=
control headwater
elev 31.28 m greater value of (8) or (4) Inlet controls culvert flow capacity
full box outlet
velocity 1.00 m/s Outlet V if full flow occured He, exit velocity head=
outlet critical depth
velocity width*TW depth= 2.22 m/s Inlet V if partial flow occured flow depth=
normal depth
velocity 1.31 m/s from normal depth calc
s chart 8A to second line (90 o wingwall) - read 0.8

below the stream bed - is zero for culverts on grade

design flow from tailwater variation table


ss section from chart 14 A - read 0.45 for Q/B=1

^2/(2*9.81)) (sum of inlet loss, friction loss, and velocity head)


0.25

Inlet controls culvert flow capacity

He, exit velocity head= 0.47 m

2.5 ft
from normal depth calc 0.762 m

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