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Abstract

Reinforced concrete box culvert consists of top slab, bottom slab and two vertical side walls built monolithically which form a closed hollow rectangular or square single cell or multiple cells. Culverts are required to be used under earth embankment to construct and pass roads or railways at the moment for crossing of water from both sides of earth embankment. Current of great rivers and their tributaries in my country have encouraged me to go ahead to find simplified method for design box culvert. This research focuses on analysis and design of single cell by software “STAAD.Pro” on a segment in one meter length from culvert barrel to produce a plane structure like instead of space structure. The structure is subjected to various types of loads and supported by a bed of springs instead of soil interaction according to Winkler's modeling. The author believes that he is able to create a method which is quick, accurate and optimal solution for design RCC box culvert. This paper was carried out using ACI-code 2011 with SI units.