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Hydralic Design of Culvert

Culverts are short conduits that convey stream flow under roadways or other obstructions. They come in various materials and shapes to suit different conditions. Factors in selecting a culvert include the roadway profile, flood risks, costs, and lifespan. Common shapes are circular, box, elliptical, pipe-arch, and arch. Materials typically used are concrete, corrugated aluminum, and corrugated steel. Inlet configurations include projecting barrels, headwalls, precast end sections, and ends conforming to slopes.

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Hydralic Design of Culvert

Culverts are short conduits that convey stream flow under roadways or other obstructions. They come in various materials and shapes to suit different conditions. Factors in selecting a culvert include the roadway profile, flood risks, costs, and lifespan. Common shapes are circular, box, elliptical, pipe-arch, and arch. Materials typically used are concrete, corrugated aluminum, and corrugated steel. Inlet configurations include projecting barrels, headwalls, precast end sections, and ends conforming to slopes.

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Hydralic design of culvert

A culvert is a hydraulically short conduit which conveys stream flow through a roadway
embankment or past some other type of flow obstruction. Culverts are constructed from a
variety of materials and are available in many different shapes and configurations. Culvert
selection factors include roadway profiles, channel characteristics, flood damage evaluations,
construction and maintenance costs, and estimates of service life.
1. Shapes. Numerous cross-sectional shapes are available. The most commonly used
shapes, depicted in include circular, box (rectangular), elliptical, pipe-arch, and arch.
The shape selection is based on the cost of construction, the limitation on upstream water
surface elevation, roadway embankment height, and hydraulic performance.

2. Materials. The selection of a culvert material may depend upon structural strength,
hydraulic roughness, durability, and corrosion and abrasion resistance. The three most common
culvert materials are concrete and nonreinforced), corrugated aluminum, and corrugated steel.
Culverts may also be lined with other materials to inhibit corrosion and abrasion, or to reduce
hydraulic resistance. For example, corrugated metal culverts may be lined with asphaltic
concrete. A concrete box culvert and a corrugated metal arch culvert depicted in Figures I-5 and
I-6 respectively.
3. Inlets. A multitude of different inlet configurations are utilized on culvert barrels. These
include both prefabricated and constructed-in-place installations. Commonly used inlet
configurations include projecting culvert barrels, cast-in-place concrete headwalls, precast or
prefabricated end sections, and culvert ends mitered to conform to the fill slope
Structural stability, aesthetics, erosion control, and fill retention are considerations in the
selection of various inlet configurations.

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