Box Culvert Design Calculations Eurocode 2021

(EN 1991-2, cl. 4.9.2): Dispersion angle: 30° to vertical for granular fill. Contact patch per wheel: 0.4 × 0.4 m at surface. At top slab level (depth 1.5 m): Patch width = 0.4 + 2 × 1.5 × tan(30°) = 0.4 + 1.732 = 2.132 m. Two wheels from same axle may combine if patches overlap – typical for 2m lane width, patches merge → equivalent uniformly distributed load.

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