Measurement of peak discharge at culverts by indirect methods

Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 03-A3
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Abstract

This chapter classifies culvert flow into six types, gives discharge equations based on continuity and energy equations, and describes procedures for measuring peak discharges using culverts in the field. Discharge coefficients for a variety of geometries and flow types arc given. Ten examples detail step-by-step computation procedures.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Measurement of peak discharge at culverts by indirect methods
Series title Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations
Series number 03-A3
DOI 10.3133/twri03A3
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Year Published 1968
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Description viii, 60 p. :ill. ;27 cm. Reprinted 1982, 1989.
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