Culvert (Water Overlay)

Culverts are effectively tunnels or pipes directly connecting two bodies of water, and allow water to flow in either direction. Culverts can also be used to model tunnels on land, creating a hole which water can flow through when it is flowing over land. The throughput of a culvert is limited by its dimensions.

Culverts are assumed to have a circular cross-section, and level (i.e. not inclined).

A culvert is a line-based construction.

Icon	Key	Unit	Description	Default
	CULVERT_DIAMETER	m	The diameter of the culvert. For throughput calculations, the culvert is assumed to have a circular cross-section.	1
	CULVERT_THRESHOLD	m + datum	The height of the inner side of the culvert's underside (or the threshold height at which water starts flowing through the culvert). When set to a level below the terrain height at either end-point, the culvert's height will automatically be treated as a value equal to that of the highest terrain found at either of its endpoints.	0
	CULVERT_N	s/(m1/3)	The manning value of the culvert's material, which influences the flow speed.	0,014

Notes

• If a culvert is placed in a waterway, and the waterway is not otherwise interrupted, water will be able to flow past the culvert via the waterway itself. It is recommended to make sure that the waterway is obstructed by an increase in the terrain height in such a way that the only way water can flow from the one end of the culvert to the other is via the culvert.

How to's

• How to correct multiple constructions on the same location
• How to correct weir, pump, or culvert drawn as point
• How to correct a construction in an uninterrupted waterway
• How to correct a construction at the edge of the project area
• How to correct a culvert connecting two water level areas

See also

• Culvert formula

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Inlet q • Inlet area • Inlet capacity •  Lower threshold •  Upper threshold • Inlet underground

Pump

Pump q •  Lower threshold •  Upper threshold • Pump angle • Pump capacity • Pump area

Culvert

Culvert diameter • Culvert rectangular height • Culvert threshold • Culvert n

Weir

Weir height • Weir width • Weir angle • Weir coefficient • Weir target level

Sewer overflow

Sewer overflow • Sewer overflow speed

Drainage

Drainage q • Drainage datum • Drainage active • Drainage overflow threshold

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Object flow output • Object height output • Object datum output a • Object datum output b • Object width output

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