Culvert Design using HY-8

An Applied, Software-First Approach to Culvert Analysis

This course is deliberately narrow: it teaches you to use HY-8 software to analyze culverts through short demonstrations followed by class exercises, rather than re-teaching the underlying hydraulics and hydrology theory from scratch.

Who It's For

Civil and hydraulic engineers, or students, who already have some grounding in the underlying concepts and specifically need to become competent with the HY-8 tool itself.

Key Takeaways

• Setting up and running culvert analysis in HY-8
• Applying the software to class exercises and checking your own work
• A workflow-first approach focused on tool proficiency

Because it explicitly does not try to cover erosion control, fish passage, or construction in depth, it's best used as a companion to, not a replacement for, a proper hydraulics or hydrology course.