Why Use xpculvert?

xpculvert is the first and only combined culvert and pond analyzer to use the full unsteady flow equations in conjunction with the US-FHWA inlet rating equation.

The latest features within xpculvert include:

• Graphical outputs, visual cross sections and printable outputs
  
  
• Export to Excel
  
  
• Windows & Windows XP compatible
  
  
• Supersedes extremely popular Culvert for Windows
  
  
• Any shaped pipes any size
  
  
• 57 inlet control configurations
  
  
• Outlet control - free fall, tidal control and back water conditions
  
  
• Models detention effects upstream
  
  
• Roadway or weir calculations

Overview:

xpculvert is a product introduced by XP Software to supersede the extremely popular Culvert for Windows software. xpculvert uses the universally accepted procedures of the US Department of Transportation, Federal Highways Administration (FHWA), Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts.

Go beyond the approximations of the nomograph to a detailed and precise computational solution to the complex problem of culvert hydraulics. Model flows well beyond the useful range of existing graphical methods. Design and analyze multi-cell culverts, unlike many current market products that can only design or analyze a single conduit.

• Fast data entry and visualization of results for even the most complex culvert arrangement including overtopping weirs and upstream storage.
  
  
• Large list of culvert shapes to choose from or define your own together with flexible tailwater controls and approach and outlet channel configurations.
  
  
• Uses the US-FHWA dynamic discharge coefficients and submerge factors for calculation of roadway overtopping.
  
  
• Provides extensive output facilities for both on-screen viewing as well as report publication including detailed reports, tables and graphical representations of scales culvert configurations.
  
  
• Select up to 7 different conduit configurations each with any number of barrels, and 7 weirs per structure.
  
  
• Develop rating curves of upstream head to total culvert discharge for input into network hydraulic packages, like xpstorm and xpswmm.

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