Distance - Design, Construction and Rehabilitation of Culverts and Channels (1.8 CEUs)

Course Code: CVL053d_a

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Looking for professional development but do not have the time to take off from work?
Looking for refresher course on specific engineering topics and cannot find an intensive course to serve your needs?
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Duration:

This course is approximately 4-5 weeks in duration.

Learning Method:

The PDDP program is more of a self-guided learning style.
You are required to read the notes and materials given, complete the follow-up assignments on your own, send in your questions prior to your 1 hour webinar meeting (if required) and be involved in live discussion via the internet.
Once you have completed the course, you will receive a certificate of completion

Description

By participating in this workshop, you will focus on the practical application of sound planning, design, construction and maintenance practices for open channels and culverts. Culverts rehabilitation will also be introduced with the state-of-the-practice tools. An understanding of the hydrological and hydraulic principles that underlie practical design will also be developed. Case studies will be presented to demonstrate in very practical terms the pros and cons of alternative strategies, the pitfalls that can be avoided, and the design features that characterize successful installations. The uniqueness of this workshop is its emphasis on hands on exercises for designing the various components of channel and culvert structures. You will not only leave with the confidence that you understand the concepts but you can also apply the knowledge gained to your projects. This course offers you a solid grounding in both the theory and practical methods of culvert design.

Objective

To provide participants with a working knowledge of current methods for designing and rehabilitating effective channels and culverts that minimize their construction and maintenance cost, with an overview of installation and maintenance practices and procedures.

Special Features

You will receive a comprehensive set of course notes with all design charts, graphs and data that will serve for future use
You will write pre-and-post exams that will give you a clear indication of the improvement in your level of understanding of the material
With the “hands-on-how-to” exercises, you will gain valuable skills which you will be able to put to use immediately
You will receive a resource CD including free design software HY-8 and manuals that could be used every day in professional practice. HY-8 software automates culvert hydraulic computations, enables you to analyze the performance of culverts, multiple culvert barrels at a single crossing as well as multiple crossings, roadway overtopping at the crossing and develop report documentation in the form of performance tables, graphs, and key information regarding the input variables
A workshop to practice how to use the software in design will be also conducted in class.

Learn how to:

Design Storm water drainage systems
Design culverts and channels that are safe, efficient and cost-effective
Choose the best design and rehabilitation methods

You will study techniques for calculating:

Hydraulic design
Inlet and outlet control
Design discharge

Materials Required
Standard engineering calculator with scientific functions and a laptop computer to use the software.

Who Should Attend
Municipal engineers, developers, planners, consultants, hydraulic engineers, technicians and technologists, designers and other technical personnel responsible for drainage facilities, underground pipe systems, inlets, culverts and catch basins.

This course is particularly suitable for those who want a comprehensive review of drainage design methods.

This course will benefit anyone involved with the design or design review of culverts in storm drainage, street, highway and storm water detention systems. Including municipal, geotechnical, structural, road, drainage, mining and forestry engineers, developers, planners, consultants, supervisors, and other technical personnel responsible for drainage facilities, open channels and culverts.

The PDDP Distance Education program works as follows:

Once you register for this course, you will be sent a login username and password for our online distance website.

You will receive the course notes in hard copy through the online website, you will receive a set of notes each week covering the course material.
A one hour video-conference session will be conducted by your instructor each week (if required). The objective of this session is to assist in solving the assignments, as well as answer student questions that should be sent to instructor early enough prior to the meeting time. In addition with being able to communicate with the instructor, you will also be able to communicate with other students in the same class and watch their questions being answered as well. (A high speed internet connection is strongly recommended for this feature).
Each set of exercises can be completed and submitted by the indicated date and your completed exercise will be marked online and and returned by your instructor.
To gain the most from your course, it is highly recommended that you participate fully in all discussions and exercises. Please remember that each course has a form of quiz or exercise at the end to test your understanding of the material. You will be informed of these dates when you receive the course schedule.

*Course commencement date is subject to instructor availability.

Introduction and Overview

Soil properties
Pipe hydraulics
Water systems
Wastewater systems
Design for value

Revision of Hydraulics Engineering

Pressure
Hydrostatic pressure
Pressure head
Measurement of pressure
Flow
Continuity of flow
Conservation of energy
Flow in pipes under pressure
Hazen-Williams Equation
Hazen-Williams Nomograph
Flow measurement
Gravity flow in pipes
Manning’s Formula
Partial flow in pipes
Open channel flow measurement
Nonuniform open channel flow
Specific energy
Critical flow gradually
Gradually varied flow
Rapidly varied flow
Revision of Hydrology
Hydrologic cycle
Urban hydrologic cycle
Depth, volume, and intensity
Watersheds
Streamflow
Hydrographs
Gagging stations
Droughts
Groundwater
Aquifers
Groundwater flow
Wells

Culvert and Channel Load Estimation: Stormwater Drainage System

Estimating Storm Runoff
Rational method
Runoff coefficients
Rain fall intensity
Time of concentration
SCS Method
Effects of land developments
Layout and design
Best management practices
Storm Water Quality Control
Sedimentation basins
Swales
Bioretention systems
Sanitary Sewer System Design
Peaking factors
Minimum and maximum velocities
Self-cleansing velocities
Minimum pipe size
Capacity design
Infiltration
Sewer pipes
Separation of water main and sewers
Optimum bedding conditions
Cover
Ductile iron pipe location
Crossings
Manholes

Culvert Design

Culvert systems
Culvert hydraulics
Outlet control hydraulics
Friction losses
Entrance minor losses
Exit minor losses
Gradually varied flow analysis
Inlet control hydraulics
Unsubmerged flow
Submerged flow
CulvertMaster software demo
Design workshop using CulvertMaster
Open Bottom/Natural-Bed Box Culverts
Culvert failure case studies

Channel Design

Distinction between ditch and channel design
Hydraulic considerations
Flow resistance design
Specific Energy
Momententum
Uniform flow
Gradually varied flow
Unsteady flow
Stream platforms and the fluvial system
Stable channel design
Tractive forces and permissible velocities
Erosion control
Riprap Design (Examples)
Culvert Design workshop
Channel Design Workshop
FlowMaster software demo
Design workshop using FlowMaster (Examples)
Software Workshop

Culvert Rehabilitation Techniques

Culvert pipe liner and specifications
Sliplining
Segmental sliplining
Effective uses, advantages, and limitations costs
Annular grouting
Standards/specifications
Continuous sliplining
Effective uses, advantages, and limitations
Costs
Close-fit lining
Symmetrical reduction method for close-fit lining
Swagelining/drawdown method for close-fit lining
Folded method for close-fit lining
Deformed/reformed method for close-fit lining
Fold and form method for close-fit lining
Spirally wound lining
Annular grouting
Cured-in-place pipe lining
Pulled-in-place installation method for cured-in place lining
Spray-on lining
Cement-mortar spray-on lining
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Software
Determination Of Relevant Criteria and Alternatives Alternative Ratings
Design Life
Capacity Reduction
Abrasion And Corrosion Resistance
Installation Time
Flow Bypass Requirements
Cost
Methods Of Determining Alternative Ranking
Weighted Average Method

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