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Simulation of Sediment Deposit and Maintenance Requirements for Sani- Abacha Road Culvert, Rivers State, Nigeria

C. Ukpaka, C.G. Jula

Abstract


Empirical model of sediment yield equation was applied to develop the sediment deposit monitoring equation of the Sani-Abacha road culvert. The culverts were selected based on field observation of continuous overflow, road overtopping and channel contraction in the course of heavy storm due to sediment built up within and inside the culvert barrel. The result of the assessment shows that the way sediment load varies with discharge is consistent and the correlation is high and direct, that is, sediment load increases with increase in discharge. Meanwhile, the measure of goodness of fit or coefficient of determination of the observation lie close to a straight line, say 0.9324. Within the experimental time, the percentage of sediment built up of the culvert was 25% of the barrel flow depth and the estimated sediment load was 0.022 kg from weighed sieve sampling. The developed sediment monitoring model is therefore recommended to aid municipalities in predicting the maintenance requirements for culverts and the desired requirements for future installations of drainage infrastructure in order to mitigate local floods. The research will play important role in the hydraulic design of culvert for adequate sizing and determination of proper flow parameters as to satisfy functionality during service.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/jwre.v3i2.235

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