THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

ST AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Telephone (868) 662-2002 Ext. 2504 Fax: (868) 645 7691 Email: civeng@eng.uwi.tt

CVNG2003 Design II
(i)The following data is provided for the design of a culvert. Design both a circular
and a box culvert for this information. Give all assumptions made. Design for return
periods of 25 years and 50 years. What special features would you consider to
include in the design?

The catchment area is 30 hectares

The catchment is composed of 20% forests, 5% road, 20% residential area

and the remainder is agriculture.

The time of concentration is 15 minutes

Discharge for 25yr flood is 40m3/s

Discharge for 50 year flood is 70m3/s

Length of the culvert 25m

Natural channel invert elevations : inlet 14.50m and outlet 14.35m

Culvert slope =0,0015m/m

Soil type sandy loam

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ST AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

ST AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Telephone (868) 662-2002 Ext. 2504 Fax: (868) 645 7691 Email: civeng@eng.uwi.tt

(ii) Consider the three photos below that show blocked culverts. Use the templates below to do a
risk assessment of the original designs

Photo A: This culvert was blocked by mud and sticks, creating a

small lake, which took most of December to be pumped out.
Courtesy photo
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ST AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

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Officials managing the project avoided clearing the culvert until the level of
impounded water dropped, because the uncontrolled flow would have
flooded residents downstream. Instead, the water was pumped at a
controlled rate into a ditch along the road.

Photo B: A culvert, the entrance to which is shown here, water

under the central part of the village

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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

ST AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Telephone (868) 662-2002 Ext. 2504 Fax: (868) 645 7691 Email: civeng@eng.uwi.tt

Photo C: NO-GO ZONE: The main road between two villages, which was
blocked to vehicles due to the flood waters (30 marks)

Assignment 1 Part 4
Review the first part of the assignment and list anything that you now
consider should have been included (half a page)
Templates (10 marks)

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

ST AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Telephone (868) 662-2002 Ext. 2504

Fax: (868) 645 7691 E-mail: civeng@eng.uwi.tt

Name of Organisation:______________________________________
Date of review_____________________________________________
Compiled by_______________________________________________
Reviewed by ______________________________________________
Source
How can this
happen

Impact
From event
happening

Current Control
Strategy
(A)Adequate
(M) Moderate
(I ) Inadequate

Current
Risk level

(A/
U)

Risks
Reference

The risk
What can
happen?

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Students
Name:

STRUCTURE

Date:

HAZARD

SEVERITY

RISK

RISK LEVEL

PREVENTION

List anything that might

cause people harm (a) in the
lab, and (b) for this
experiment; also describe
who will be harmed

How
severe
would the
injury be
(1 = slight,
5 = fatal)

How likely
is it to
happen? (1
= unlikely,
5 = very
likely)

Multiply the
Severity
score by the
Risk score

How can things be

changed so that
this hazard is less
severe, or less
likely to happen?

COMMENTS

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Fax: (868) 645 7691 E-mail: civeng@eng.uwi.tt