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Structural Design of Single Cell Box Culvert

This document provides the input data and load calculations for structural design of a single cell box culvert. The culvert has a height of 3000mm, width of 4000mm, and thickness of side walls and top/bottom slabs ranging from 360-400mm. Soil properties and material strengths are specified. Loads considered include vehicular live loads, earth pressure, self-weight, and imposed dead loads. Live loads are calculated based on AASHTO specifications. Soil pressure on the side walls is determined from soil properties and surcharge from fill height. Reinforcement spacing and sizes are selected to design for shear, flexure and soil pressure based on the calculated loads.

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Structural Design of Single Cell Box Culvert

This document provides the input data and load calculations for structural design of a single cell box culvert. The culvert has a height of 3000mm, width of 4000mm, and thickness of side walls and top/bottom slabs ranging from 360-400mm. Soil properties and material strengths are specified. Loads considered include vehicular live loads, earth pressure, self-weight, and imposed dead loads. Live loads are calculated based on AASHTO specifications. Soil pressure on the side walls is determined from soil properties and surcharge from fill height. Reinforcement spacing and sizes are selected to design for shear, flexure and soil pressure based on the calculated loads.

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STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF SINGLE CELL BOX CULVERT

Based on AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design 2007 SI


Client: GeoData Survey Company Designed By: Ali Akbar Shaikhzadeh Date: 1-Jul-12
Job Name/Station: Culvert Structural Design Verified By: Revision:
Version 1.0

INPUT DATA
CONCRETE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH, f'c 25 MPA

REBAR YIELD STRENGTH, fy 420 MPA

CONCRETE UNIT WEIGHT, gc 25 kN/cum

SATURATED SOIL UNIT WEIGHT, gs 18 kN/cum

HEIGHT OFCULVERT, H 3000 mm

WIDTH OF CULVERT, B 4000 mm

THICKNESS OF SIDE WALLS, tw 360 mm

THICKNESS OF TOP SLAB, tts 360 mm

THICKNESS OF BOTTOM SLAB, tbs 400 mm

DEPTH OF FILL, hf 800 mm

IMPOSED SERVICE DEAD LOADS, wd 0 KPa

ALLOWABLE SOIL PRESSURE, Qa 150 KPa

SOIL ANGLE OF FRCITION,  35 Deg.

PREFERRED REBAR SIZE 16 mm

CONCRETE COVER TO REBAR CENTER 75 mm Design Summary


NO. OF REINFORCEMENT LAYERS 2 Shear Status O.K.
MAIN REINFORCEMENT SPACING 200 mm Flexure Status O.K.
TEMPERATURE REINFOR. SPACING 200 mm Soil Pressure Status O.K.

LOADS ON THE CULVERT


For the design purposes a one-meter length of the culvert is considered.

Top Slab
Vehicular Live Loads (HS 20 AASHTO Truck)
Include live loads if hf < 2400mm hf = 800 mm LL considered. Design Based on → (AASHTO 3.6.1.2.6)

Multiple presence factor 1.20 Traffic travelling parallel to span (AASHTO 3.6.1.1.2)

Width of distributed load (parallel to span) 1050 mm (AASHTO 3.6.1.2.6)

Length of distributed load (perpend. to span) 2110 mm Equiv. wheel loads don't overlap. (AASHTO 3.6.1.2.6)

Pressure intensity at the specified depth of fill 32.72 KPa Wheel Load = 72.5 KN
Linear load on the top slab 32.72 KN/m Assumed to act on full width of the slab.

Dynamic Load Allowance (Impact Factor) (AASHTO 3.6.2.2)

IM = 33(1 - 0.00041 hf) > 0% 22.18 % Factor for increasing live load due to impact effects
Increased linear live load 47.98 KN/m Impact and multiple presence factor included.

Weight of earth fill


Linear weight of fill on the slab 14.40 KN/m

Imposed dead loads


Linear imposed dead loads on the slab 0 KN/m

Selfweight
Linear selft weight of the slab 9 KN/m

Side Walls
Soil pressure
kah = (1 - sin ) / (1 + sin ) 0.271
Surcharge on side walls due to top soil 14.4 KPa

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