HY-8 Culvert Analysis Program - Phase Three of Development Efforts

The HY-8 is a computerized implementation of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) culvert hydraulic approaches and protocols. The FHWA publication "Hydraulic Design Series 5: Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts" (HDS-5) [publication FHWA-NHI-01-020, May 2005 revision] documents the technical methods applied in the HY-8 program and should be considered the primary technical reference for the software. In 2005, the FHWA contracted with the Brigham Young University to develop a 32-bit (and 64-bit) Windows compatible version of HY-8. This version provided graphical user interface (GUI) for the same hydraulic calculations performed in DOS versions of HY-8. FHWA intended to plan and fund this development effort using a series of planned phases. The first phase resulted in an initial release (version 7.0) that performed basic culvert hydraulics. The second phase (version 7.1) incorporated energy dissipater module; performed hydraulic analyses of embedded culverts; allowed use of modified outlet loss coefficients; incorporates dynamic culvert shape database with new materials; and implemented various improvements, technical updates, and bug corrections. The objective of this research effort is to continue the phased development of HY-8. The effort would be funded by FHWA and other State departments of transportation (DOTs) contributors (PFP members). The anticipated scope of work consists of continued development efforts on the HY-8 software (beginning with phase three of the on-going development effort).

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/428

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $160000
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(202)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155

  Nebraska Department of Transportation

  1500 Highway 2
  P.O. Box 94759
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68509-4759

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Research Program
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223

  South Dakota Department of Transportation

  700 East Broadway Avenue
  Pierre, SD  United States  57501

  Texas Department of Transportation

  125 E. 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483

  Wisconsin Department of Transportation

  PO Box 7910
  4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 104
  Madison, WI  United States  53707-7910

  Alabama Department of Transportation

  1409 Coliseum Blvd.
  Montgomery, AL  United States  36130
• Project Managers:

  Beucler, Brian

• Start Date: 20100301
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20180316
• Source Data: RiP Project 42242

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Culverts; Databases; Graphical user interfaces; Hydraulic structures; Software
• Identifier Terms: HY-8 (Computer model)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hydraulic modeling software
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01560757
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(202)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 22 2015 1:03AM