HM 162.45 Culvert Educational Equipment School Equipment Teaching Fluid Mechanics Lab Equipment Culverts are crossing structures in running waters and allow the passage of water. They may be pipes that are laid under a road, allowing the flume to cross. The culvert may be flowed through partially or in full, depending on the discharge occurring. A partially filled culvert with free surface is treated in the same way as an open channel, while a full flow through culvert corresponds to a pipe flow. By contrast, a full flow through culvert and a culvert in which the inlet is completely submerged are classed as control structures. These result in a limiting of the discharge. There may also be a combination of these two states, so that the culvert is in part fully flowed through and in part partially filled. The culvert HM 162.45 contains two different cross-sections with the same cross-sectional area. The transparent material allows to observe closely the flow and occuring hydraulic jumps in the culvert. The culvert is fixed in the experimental flume using a clamping device. Technical details
culvert for experimental flume HM 162
transparent channel body made from PMMA
hollow channel body, fitted with a rectangular and a circular cross-section
2 covers to close the unused cross-section
channel body with sealing lips
clamping device for mounting the culvert into the experimental flume
Technical data
Culvert cross-sections, circular, inner diameter: 150mm, rectangular, WxH: 133x133mm
