An Improvement of KKU-CANAL Computer Program for Canal Design

Abstract

An improvement of a computer program for concrete lining canal design called KKU-CANAL is presented. The program, had been improved from the two previous programs namely, CANAL, and CANAL 2.0, based on Visual Basic 6.0. The improved program had both Thai and English in the same version. There were 3 choices of calculation method for canal section design as same as the previous programs. This program was capable to estimate the required materials and construction cost for every component of a canal. The construction cost items were including, land clearing, cut and fill, earth core of canal, compaction and shape cutting, road, concrete work, slope protection, and canal accessories such as culvert, bridge, check structure, and farm turn-out etc.