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HEC-14 Hydraulic Design of Energy Dissipators for Culverts and Channels

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Title/edition from FHWA Highway Drainage publications list (HEC-14 3rd ed., July 2006). Corpus covers energy dissipator hydraulics (outlet velocity, scour, dissipator selection), not jurisdiction-wide stormwater design storms or WQ volume methods.

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Other federal manuals: HDS-4 Introduction to Highway Hydraulics, HEC-15 Design of Roadside Channels with Flexible Linings, HEC-21 Design of Bridge Deck Drainage, HEC-22 Urban Drainage Design Manual, HEC-24 Highway Stormwater Pump Station Design

Document Metadata

Jurisdiction level

Federal

“The purpose of this circular is to provide design procedures for energy dissipator designs for highway applications.”
page 14, CHAPTER 1

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Relationship to state manual

independent

“Most of the information presented has been taken from the literature and adapted, where necessary, to fit highway needs.”
page 14, §1.1

Design Criteria

Design storm return periods (years)

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Water quality volume method

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Peak flow calculation method(s)

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Hydrologic/hydraulic software

HEC-RAS, HY8, BCAP

“They should be checked by computing the water surface profile using a standard step method computer program, like HEC-RAS (USACE, 2002).”
page 51, §4.3

Approved BMP categories

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