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Acknowledgements This document’s
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont.) III. CULV
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont.) F. Safety
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LIST OF FIGURES (Cont.) Figure III-
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LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Factors Inf
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ELhf ELhi ELho ELht ELO ELsf ELSO E
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GLOSSARY (Cont.) p Wetted perimeter
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B. Overview of Culverts A culvert i
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Figure I-9--Side-tapered inlet Figu
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. Partly Full (Free Surface) Flow.
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Table 1--Factors Influencing Culver
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D. Economics The hydraulic design o
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For gaged sites, statistical analys
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volume of the remaining runoff hydr
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Figure II-4--Flood hydrograph shape
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Figure II-6--Cross section location
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. Culvert Length. Important dimensi
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HYDROLOGY Peak Flow Check Flows Tab
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Figure III-1--Types of inlet contro
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Figure II-2--Flow contractions for
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The flow transition zone between th
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Figure III-6--Culvert with Inlet Su
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Condition III-7-A represents the cl
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Outlet control flow conditions can
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2 2 Vu Vd HW o + = TW + + HL (6) 2g
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This approximate method works best
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Figure III-12--Weir Crest Length De
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Critical depth is used when the tai
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4. Add the culvert flow and the roa
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NOTE: If the nomographs are put int
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Figure III-19--Critical Depth Chart
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(1) If the Manning’s n value give
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Example Problem #1 (SI Units) A cul
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Example Problem #2 (SI Units) A new
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Example Problem #3 (SI Units) Desig
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Example Problem #4 (SI Units) An ex
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CHART 51A Figure III-21--Inlet Cont
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2. Outlet Control. a. Partly Full F
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Backwater Calculations From hydraul
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2. Hydraulic Considerations. Long s
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conditions. Variations in the concr
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REFERENCES (www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge
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28. "Design Approaches for Stormwat
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54. "Hydraulic Analysis of Pipe-Arc
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ADDITIONAL REFERENCES (In Alphabeti
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"Risk Analysis For Hydraulic Design
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A. Introduction APPENDIX A DESIGN M
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Chart No. 1 Shape and Material Circ
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NOTE: The rest of this Appendix A i
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Figure A-1--Dimensionless Performan
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APPENDIX B HYDRAULIC RESISTANCE OF
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D. Corrugated Metal Culverts The hy
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Curves are shown for 2-2/3 by 1/2 i
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F. Spiral Rib Pipe Spiral rib pipe
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C. Inlet Control Performance Curves
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Figure C-4--Optimization of Perform
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E. Tapered Inlet Face Control Perfo
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APPENDIX D DESIGN CHARTS, TABLES, A
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Chart Corrugated Metal Box Culverts
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Chart Circular Tapered Inlets 55A,
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Table 12--Entrance Loss Coefficient
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