CULVERT DESIGN IN CALIFORNIA

A NEW CONCEPT FOR DESIGN OF CULVERT CONDUITS WAS DESIGNED, COMBINING TWO PRINCIPLES: (1) DESIGN TO PASS A 10-YEAR FLOOD WITHOUT STATIC HEAD ON CROWN OF CONDUIT AT THE ENTRANCE, AND (2) BALANCED DESIGN OF BARREL AND APPURTENANCES TO PASS A 100-YEAR FLOOD WITHOUT SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE HIGHWAY. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/23/23-019.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 23, pp 165-206, 12 FIG, 4 TAB, 16 PHOT, 19 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Tilton, G A
  • Rowe, R R
• Publication Date: 1944

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois November 27-30, 1943
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 23
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conduits; Culverts; Design; Floods
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204353
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 18 1971 12:00AM