MODEL STUDY OF SAFETY GRATING FOR CULVERT INLET

The design of a safety grating for a culvert inlet is described. Design recommendations from previous studies were applied to a culvert which had 15 deg wing walls at either side that slope downward. A physical model was used which includes an approach reach of the creek and the redesigned inlet to the creek. A range of flows was studied, including flows that do not submerge the inlet to flows that overtop the roadway, to assess the preformance of the grating under a wide range of conditions. The details of the testing are described, and results are given. The flow characteristics, the safety aspects of the grating, and the model design and construction are described in detail.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Weisman, R N
• Publication Date: 1989-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 130-138
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 115
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Culvert inlets; Design; Grates; Mathematical models; Performance; Safety; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00482738
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM