Utility Impact below Bridge or Culvert Soffit on Open Channel Flow

The background to this research was a flooding incident that occurred in Bridgend, Co. Donegal, Ireland August 2017. While several properties were flooded, case study of single dwelling house adjacent the Bridgend River at Riverdale, Bunamayne, is used herein. For flooded site shall be referred as “Hegarty property”. A structure form stone arched culvert located directly two-storey detached on Hegarty Property. locally bridge, within word will connection with structure. has concrete surrounded utility (watermain) crossing gradient below soffit upstream face obstructed flow through and contributed event. Given implication climate change increased probability more extreme events, it decided explore ascertain factors contribute events when utilities are positioned or bridge structures. This work completed assist undergraduate students, researchers, local authorities relatively unknown area flood causation.