Box Culvert Design Software Comparisson
- Becca Alford (Unlicensed)
- barngrover
Culvert Design Types:
| BoxCar | ETCulvert | Eriksson Culvert |
|---|---|---|---|
Four Sided | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Three Sided |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Type I |
|
| ✓ |
Type II |
|
| ✓ |
Vertical Box | ✓ |
| ✓ |
Inverted Three Sided |
|
| ✓ |
Design Specifications:
| BoxCar | ETCulvert | Eriksson Culvert |
|---|---|---|---|
Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
LRFD 4th Ed. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
LRFD 5th Ed. |
| ✓ | ✓ |
LRFD 6th Ed. |
| ✓ | ✓ |
LRFD 7th Ed. |
| ✓ | ✓ |
LRFD 8th Ed. |
|
| ✓ |
AREMA 2007 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
AREMA 2012 |
| ✓ | ✓ |
AREMA 2017 |
|
| ✓ |
CSA-S6-06 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Applied Loads:
| BoxCar | ETCulvert | Eriksson Culvert |
|---|---|---|---|
Dead Load | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Vertical Earth | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Horizontal Earth | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Wearing Surface |
| ✓ | ✓ |
LL Surcharge | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Internal Water Pressure |
| ✓ | ✓ |
External Water Pressure |
|
| ✓ |
Live Load | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Seismic |
|
| ✓ |
Uniform Horizontal Surcharge | ✓ |
| ✓ |
Uniform Vertical Surcharge | ✓ |
| ✓ |
Culvert Structural Model Options:
| BoxCar | ETCulvert | Eriksson Culvert |
|---|---|---|---|
Model Haunches in the Slabs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Model Haunches in the Walls | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Don’t include haunches in model |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Pin-Pin Boundary Conditions for 3 Sided |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Pin-Roller Boundary Conditions for 3 Sided |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Fixed-Fixed Boundary Conditions for 3 Sided |
|
| ✓ |
Rigid Foundation Model |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Trapezoidal Foundation Model | ✓ |
| ✓ |
Flexible Foundation Model |
|
| Coming Soon |
Reinforcement and Detailing Options:
| BoxCar | ETCulvert | Eriksson Culvert |
|---|---|---|---|
Auto-Design Reinforcement |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Rebar |
| ✓ | ✓ |
WWR (Mesh) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Epoxy Coat Top Layer of Steel |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Epoxy Coat All Steel |
|
| ✓ |
Calculate M-Dimension | ✓ |
| ✓ |
Analysis Options:
| BoxCar | ETCulvert | Eriksson Culvert |
|---|---|---|---|
Load Ratings |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Individual Top and Bottom Slab Design |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Buoyancy Check |
|
| ✓ |
Apply ACI 350 Durability Factors |
|
| ✓ |
Advanced moving Live Load Distribution Options |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Managing Results:
| BoxCar | ETCulvert | Eriksson Culvert |
|---|---|---|---|
Detailed Text Report | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Results Graphs |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Advanced 3D Visualization |
| ✓ | ✓ |
Export to AASHTOWare |
|
| ✓ |