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Gutter Flow

This document discusses gutter flow hydraulics for storm drainage system design. It notes that limiting the spread of stormwater flow in the gutter is essential for traffic safety and service level. There are three main types of gutters used in pavement drainage design. Gutter capacities, velocities, depths and widths can be calculated using a modified Manning's equation. Design objectives include using design recurrence intervals to size gutters, limiting the spread of stormwater in the gutter and onto shoulders or lanes, and checking gutter flow at sag vertical curves to ensure allowable spread is not exceeded with additional inlets if needed.

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Gutter Flow

This document discusses gutter flow hydraulics for storm drainage system design. It notes that limiting the spread of stormwater flow in the gutter is essential for traffic safety and service level. There are three main types of gutters used in pavement drainage design. Gutter capacities, velocities, depths and widths can be calculated using a modified Manning's equation. Design objectives include using design recurrence intervals to size gutters, limiting the spread of stormwater in the gutter and onto shoulders or lanes, and checking gutter flow at sag vertical curves to ensure allowable spread is not exceeded with additional inlets if needed.

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Storm Drainage 13-B-1

APPENDIX B
GUTTER FLOW

1.0 Introduction

Gutter flow hydraulics is an essential part of storm drainage system design because limiting
spread to gutters, shoulders and sometimes portions of the traveled lane is essential to the service
level and traffic safety. Several methods used in calculating gutter flow hydraulics are noted in
Section 3.

Note: Spread is the width of stormwater flow in the gutter measured laterally from the roadway
curb.

2.0 Gutter Types

The three most common types of gutters encountered in pavement drainage design are defined in
Chapter 8.

3.0 Gutter Flow Calculations

Gutter capacities, average velocities, flow depths and flow widths can be determined using the
Manning equation in modified form. The Manning equation has to be modified because the
hydraulic radius in the conventional equation does not adequately describe a gutter cross-section.

Equations, nomographs and computer programs used in gutter flow analysis are presented in
Chapter 8.

Methods to estimate pavement and off-site runoff are discussed in Chapter 7.

April 2014 ODOT Hydraulics Manual


13-B-2 Storm Drainage

4.0 Design Objectives

• Gutters should be designed using the design discharge recurrence intervals listed in Chapter
3.

• When a design flow occurs, there is a spread or widening of the conveyed water surface. The
water spreads to include not only the gutter width, but also parking lanes or shoulders, and
portions of the traveled surface. Limiting spread to gutters, shoulders, and sometimes
portions of the traveled lane is essential to the service level and traffic safety. The designer is
referred to Appendix D for allowable spread of stormwater runoff flow.

• As gutter flow approaches the low point in a sag vertical curve the flow can exceed the
allowable design spread values as a result of the continually decreasing gutter slope. The
spread in these areas should be checked to insure it remains within allowable limits. If the
computed spread exceeds design values, additional inlets should be provided to reduce the
flow as it approaches the low point. Sag vertical curves and measures for reducing spread
are discussed further in Appendix D.

ODOT Hydraulics Manual April 2014

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