Culvert Hydraulics Laboratory Practical at the University of Queensland

Culverts are commonly used to carry stormwater flows under road (or railway) embankments. They are designed to pass a specific flood flow rate which is associated with an acceptable natural flood level at the site.
The main purpose of this practical is to understand the hydraulic engineering of culverts and to compare the differences between the hydraulic performances of two different types of culverts carrying the same flow rate: a box culvert (standard culvert) and a minimum-energy-loss culvert (MEL culvert). The practical will be supported by a number of references including an audio-visual technical documentary (APELT 1994).

This practical is part of a collection of four laboratory practicals [1]. The collection and each work are an University of Queensland publication. Each practical was allocated an unique identifier [2] at the University of Queensland institutional open access repository UQeSpace {http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/}. Each work is available to users through UQeSpace pursuant to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY 4.0 License (1).
[1] CHANSON, H. (2020). "Hydraulics of open channel flow: practical experiments at the University of Queensland, Australia." Generic Document, The University of Queensland, School of Civil Engineering, Brisbane, Australia (ISBN 978-1-74272-311-2).
{https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/coll...}
[2] WUTHRICH, D., WUPPUKONDUR, A., and CHANSON, H. (2020). "Hydraulics of Culverts." Generic Document, The University of Queensland, School of Civil Engineering, Brisbane, Australia (ISBN 978-1-74272-311-2).
{https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view...}

6. REFERENCES
APELT, C.J. (1983). "Hydraulics of Minimum Energy Culverts and Bridge Waterways." Australian Civil Engrg Trans., I.E.Aust., Vol. CE25, No. 2, pp. 89-95 (ISSN 0819-0259).
APELT, C.J. (1994). "The Minimum Energy Loss Culvert." Videocassette VHS colour, Dept. of Civil Eng., University of Queensland, Australia, 18 minutes.
{https://streaming.library.uq.edu.au/m...}
CHANSON, H. (2004). "The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow : An Introduction." Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, 2nd edition, 630 pages (ISBN 978 0 7506 5978 9). - Textbook pages 440-471.
Minimum Energy Loss culverts and bridge waterways {http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans/mel_cu...}

Additional bibliography
CHANSON, H. (1999). "The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flows : An Introduction." Edward Arnold, London, UK, 512 pages (ISBN 0 340 74067 1).
CHANSON, H. (2000). "Introducing Originality and Innovation in Engineering Teaching: the Hydraulic Design of Culverts." European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 377-391 (DOI: 10.1080/03043790050200421) (ISSN 0304-3797).
CHANSON, H. (2003). "Minimum Energy Loss Structures in Australia: Historical Development and Experience." Proc. 12th Nat. Eng. Heritage Conf., IEAust., Toowoomba Qld, Australia, N. Sheridan Ed., pp. 22-28 (ISBN 0-646-42775-X).
CHANSON, H. (2006). "Minimum Specific Energy and Critical Flow Conditions in Open Channels." Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering., ASCE, Vol. 132, No. 5, pp. 498-502 (ISSN 0733- 9437).
CHANSON, H. (2007). "Hydraulic Performances of Minimum Energy Loss Culverts in Australia." Jl of Performances of Constructed Facilities, ASCE, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 264-272 (ISSN 0887-3828).
McKAY, G.R. (1970). "Pavement Drainage." Proc. 5th Aust. Road Res. Board Conf., Vol. 5, Part 4, pp. 305- 326.
McKAY, G.R. (1971). "Design of Minimum Energy Culverts." Research Report, Dept of Civil Eng., Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 29 pages & 7 plates.
McKAY, G.R. (1978). "Design principles of Minimum Energy Waterways." Proc. Workshop on Minimum Energy Design of Culvert and Bridge Waterways, Australian Road Research Board, Melbourne, Australia, K.F. PORTER Ed., Session 1, pp. 1-39.
The Minimum Energy Loss (MEL) weir design: an overflow earthfill embankment dam {http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans/mel_we...}
CIVL3140 website :{http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans/civ314...}