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Drainage:Access Ramp - Design Calculator

 
Problem Statement

 This calculator evaluates if the access ramp can adequately drain the water from a storm rain fall event.  Water that is gathered on the above watershed and flows into the ramp needs to be drained away to.

The Factor of safety is given as follows:

with advised minimum Factor of Safety of 2-3. If the flow capacity within the roadway is insufficient, then a drainage geocomposite with higher transmissivity can be chosen or a surface flow channel might give the extra drain capacity.

Estimation of the flow rate into the ramp structure:

C = 1
I Rainfall (cm / hour)
Awatershed Area of the watershed (m2)

θ Transmissivity (m3 / sec.m)
i gradient of the slope (= tan(β))
W Width of the ramp (m)

Estimation of the maximum (in plane) flow capacity of the road:

k Coefficient of permeability (m / sec)
i Gradient of the slope (= tan(β))
W Width of the ramp (m)
T Thickness of the ramp (m)
 
Input Values

Surface water parameters 
Area Watershed (Awatershed) m2
Rainfall Intensity (I) cm/hr
Transmissivity (θ) m3/s.m
Ramp geometry
Width (W) m
Thickness (T) m
Slope (β) degrees
Permeability (k) m/sec

References

"Designing with Geosynthetics." R.M. Koerner , Prentice Hall Publishing Co., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1998.

G. N. Richardson and R. M. Koerner, "Geosynthetic Design Guidance for Hazardous Waste Landfill Cells and Surface Impoundments", 1987.

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