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| Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-14-064 Date: August 2014 |
Publication Number:
FHWA-HRT-14-064
Date: August 2014 |
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The study described in this report was conducted at the Federal Highway Administration’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) J. Sterling Jones Hydraulics Laboratory in response to the need for guidance to evaluate the variation of velocity within a culvert cross-section to facilitate fish passage design identified by State transportation departments. The State transportation departments that contributed funding for the realization of this study were Alaska, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin. A 3-ft corrugated metal pipe (CMP) was used during the physical modeling phase of the research study. The results obtained from the physical modeling phase of the study were corroborated during the computational fluid dynamics numerical modeling phase of the study. This report will be of interest to hydraulic engineers and environmental scientists involved in the design of new or retrofit of existing CMPs for fish passage. The report is being distributed as an electronic document through the TFHRC Web site at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/.
Jorge E. Pagán-Ortiz
Director, Office of Infrastructure
Research and Development
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