Flashboard Pin Design Generic Flashboard Calculator This flashboard calculator is a useful tool to check the design of existing

flashboards or it can be used to design new flashboards. It has three sections and an appendix. Section one is used to determine the depth of water, overtopping the boards, at failure, for an existing flashboard design. Section Two will calculate the necessary flashboard pin spacing, to produce pin failure, given a pin diameter, height of boards and height of water overtopping the boards. Section Three will calculate the necessary solid pin or pipe diameter to produce pin failure, for a known pin centerline spacing, height of flashboards and height of water that is overtopping the boards. The Appendix uses a known flashboard pin nomograph, from Creager and Justin, to check the spreadsheet calculations. Each section has its own inputs and its calculations are independent from the other section's calculations.

Section One:

Determine the depth of water overtopping the flashboards at their point of

Please input the known height of the flashboards, the pin spacing and the pin diameter of the solid pin or the outside and inside diameters of the pipe pin. I) Input a) board height (H)= b) Pin spacing(L)= c) Pin OD (D)= d) Pin ID (d)= e) Pin OR (R)= f) Pin IR (r)= g) Extrem fiber stres= h) gammaH2O= II) Free Body Diagram: 24 24 1.125 1 0.5625 0.5 75000 0.0361 inches inches inch inch inch inch psi lbs/in^3 <<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<< enter data here <<<<<<< <<<<<<<

<<<at time of failure, C&J, 1950 edition <<<<<<62.4 lbf/ft^3/1728 in^3/ft^3

III) Forces and Moments a) F1= (L*H)*h*gammaH2O= 707 pounds/pin space b) F2= (L*H)*(H/2)*gammaH2O= 353 pounds/pin space c) M= (H/2)*(L*H)*gammaH2O + (H/3)* (L*H)*(H/2)*gammaH2O= gammaH2O*((L*H^2)/2)*(h+H/3)= gammaH2O*((L*H^2)/6)*(3*h+H) M= 11,310 ft-lbs IV) Moment of Inertias: For a solid round pin the radial moment of inertia about its central axis is: Moment of Inertia (Is)= phi*(R^4)/4 0.079 in^4 <<< here h is from section 2 for illustrative purposes

For a hollow pin (a piece of pipe) the radial moment of inertia about its central axis is: Moment of Inertia (Ip)= phi*(R^4-r^4)/4 0.030 in^4

V) Section Moduli: For a round pin the extreme fiber stress is located at the external radius. Thus R=y a) For a solid round pin the section modulus, S is: Section modulus (Ss))= (phi*(R^4)/4)/R= phi*(R^3)/4 b) For a hollow round pin (pipe) the section modulus, S is: Section modulus (Sp))= (phi*(R^4-r^4)/4)/R V) Stresses From the flexure formula: sigmaFailure= (M*Y)/I Moment at Failure= (sigmaFailure*I)/y= sigmaFailure*S Setting A40 equal to A59 yields sigmaFailureS=gammaH2O)*((L*(H^2)/6)*(3*h+H) VI) Solving for h yields: h= (((3*sigmaFailure*phi*R^3)/(2*gammaH2O*L*H^2))-H)/3 0.059 in^3 0.140 in^3

For the solid pin this reduces to: h= (((3*sigmaFailure*phi*R^3)/(2*gammaH2O*L*H^2))-H)/3 h= 34.0 inches <<<<<<height of overtopping at failure

For the hollow pin this reduces to: h= (((3*sigmaFailure*phi*(R^3-r^3))/(2*gammaH2O*L*H^2))-H)/3 h= 7.8 inches <<<<<<height of overtopping at failure

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For the solid pin this reduces to:

h= (((3*sigmaFailure*phi*R^3)/(2*gammaH2O*L*H^2))-H)/3 h= 34.0 inches <<<<<<height of overtopping at failure

For the hollow pin this reduces to:

h= (((3*sigmaFailure*phi*(R^3-r^3))/(2*gammaH2O*L*H^2))-H)/3 h= 7.8 inches <<<<<<height of overtopping at failure

Section Two:

Determine the flashboard's pin spacing (for failure with 1 ft of freeboard)

Please input the known height of the flashboards, the height of water overtopping the boards (freeboard minus 1ft) and the pin diameter of the solid pin or the outside and inside diameters of the pipe pin. VII) Input a) board height (H)= b) Overtopping(h)= c) Pin OD (D)= d) Pin ID (d)= e) Pin OR (R)= f) Pin IR (r)= g) Extrem fiber stres= h) gammaH2O= 24 24 1.125 1 0.5625 0.5 75000 0.0361 inches inches inch inch inch inch psi lbs/in^3 <<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<< enter data here <<<<<<< <<<<<<<

<<<at time of failure, C&J, 1950 edition <<<<<<62.4 lbf/ft^3/1728 in^3/ft^3

VIII) For a solid pin

L= (3*sigmaFailure*phi*R^3)/(2*gammaH2O*H^2*(3*h+H)) L= 31 8/16 inches 2.62 feet

IX) For a pipe pin

L= (3*sigmaFailure*phi*(R^4-r^4)/R)/(2*gammaH2O*H^2*(3*h+H)) L= 11 13/16 inches 0.99 feet

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he boards (freeboard minus 1ft)

Section Three:

Determine the flashboard's pin diameter at their point of failure.

Please input the known height of the flashboards, the desired height of water overtopping the boards at incipient failure and the pin spacing. XII) Input a) board height (H)= b) Overtopping(h)= c) Pin spacing (L)= d) Extrem fiber stres= e) gammaH2O= 4 39.6 48 75000 0.0361 inches inches inches psi lbs/in^3 <<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<< enter data here <<<at time of failure, C&J, 1950 edition <<<<<<62.4 lbf/ft^3/1728 in^3/ft^3

For this case, the equation reduces to a cubic. It is easiest solved by setting the equation equal to a residual, R. The equation can be iteratively resolved until the residual is near zero. XIII) For a solid pin: Residual=D^3-((16*gammaH2O*L*H^2*(3*h+H))/(12*pi*sigmaFailure)) Guess a D in inches= Residual= 0.006637 0.4375

XIV) For a hollow, round pin (pipe): First solve the problem for a solid pin. Then find the section modulus for the solid pin. Look in the attached pipe properties table for a pipe with the equivalent section modulus. Residual=D^3-((16*gammaH2O*L*H^2*(3*h+H))/(12*pi*sigmaFailure)) Guess a D in inches= Residual= 0.047896 For a solid, round, pin the section modulus, S is: Section modulus (Ss))= (phi*(R^4)/4)/R= phi*(R^3)/4 0.008 in^3 <<<<look this number up in table 0.5 inches <<<<<<insert guessed diameter until residual is near zero

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APPENDIX ONE

Flashboard Pin Calculator Check

This nomograph is from the 1950 version of Creager and Justin. It predicts that for 3 feet tall flashboards, with 2 feet of overtopping, a 50,000 psi extreme fiber stress and 5 foot distance between pin spacing, a 2 1/2 inch standard pipe would work as a pin and a 2 1/8 solid pin can also be used the section modulus for the solid pin is 1.1

Let us put these values in Section XIV of the pin calculator and predict the section modulus and solid pin size to see if we can predict the values obtained from the nomograph. XII) Input a) board height (H)= b) Overtopping(h)= c) Pin spacing (L)= d) Extrem fiber stres= e) gammaH2O= 36 24 60 50,000 0.0361 inches inches inches psi lbs/in^3 <<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<< enter data here <<<at time of failure, C&J, 1950 edition <<<<<<62.4 lbf/ft^3/1728 in^3/ft^3

For this case, the equation reduces to a cubic. It is easiest solved by setting the equation equal to a residual, R. The equation can be iteratively resolved until the residual is near zero. XIV) For a hollow, round pin (pipe): First solve the problem for a solid pin. Then find the section modulus for the solid pin. Look in the attached pipe properties table for a pipe with the equivalent section modulus. Residual=D^3-((16*gammaH2O*L*H^2*(3*h+H))/(12*pi*sigmaFailure)) Guess a D in inches= Residual= -0.00968 2.175 inches <<<<<<insert guessed diameter until B154 is near zero

For a solid, round, pin the section modulus, S is: Section modulus (Ss))= (phi*(R^4)/4)/R= phi*(R^3)/4 1.010 in^3 <<<<look this number up in table

Now, if we enter Table One with a section modulus S= 1.010 and pick the nearest schedule 40 pipe it is: 2 1/2 inch

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