Culverts 1

[joeeit]

I am stuck in the design phase - what is a good software program to assist with determining whether the head at the downstream inlets causes a tailwater upstream?

Joe B
'Go Buckeyes'

 

[roberttx]

Hi,

I have been trying hec-ras for a time and seems to fit your question.

Roberttx.

 

[Bayou]

Several public domain programs are available:
HY-8 is FHWA Culvert program

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/hydsoft.htm

HEC-RAS is COE hydraulic modeling program with detailed culvert analysis equations.

http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/software_distrib/index.html

if you don't want to download anything then try:

http://www.lmnoeng.com/Pipes/hds.htm