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HDD Installation Calculations

This document provides specifications and design values for a steel pipe being installed using horizontal directional drilling (HDD). It evaluates stresses on the pipe from the installation process and operation. The pipe meets allowable stress criteria for Barlow stresses during installation, bending stresses, external hoop stresses, tensile stresses, and combined installation stresses. Additionally, the pipe meets criteria for internal hoop stresses and combined operating stresses during use.

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HDD Installation Calculations

This document provides specifications and design values for a steel pipe being installed using horizontal directional drilling (HDD). It evaluates stresses on the pipe from the installation process and operation. The pipe meets allowable stress criteria for Barlow stresses during installation, bending stresses, external hoop stresses, tensile stresses, and combined installation stresses. Additionally, the pipe meets criteria for internal hoop stresses and combined operating stresses during use.

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Pipe, Operational, Installation & Site Characteristics Values Units Values Units

Steel Grade 9
Specified Minimum Yield Strength SMYS 450.00 N/mm2 70049.49 lb/in2
Young's Modulus Es 200.0E+3 N/mm2 29,006,000 lb/in2
Poisson's Ratio vs 0.30
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion T 1.17E-05 per oC

Design Stress Factor F 0.72


Outside Diameter D 28.00 inches 711.20 mm

Wall Thickness tw 22.20 mm 0.874 in

Depth H 15,000 mm
Bored Diameter and Type Bd 1,066.80 mm Type: HDD

Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure P 86.00 barg 8.60 N/mm2

Temperature at time of Installation Tmax 30.00 C o


86.00

Design Temperature Max Tmax 50.00 oC 122.00 oF

Design Temperature Min Tmin 15.00 oC 59.00 oF

Temperature Derating Factor T 1.000 (B31.8 Table 841.116A)

Spec & Pipe Class 19.00


Longitudinal Joint Factor E 1.00 (B31.8 Table 841.115A)

HDD Rig size Fr 200.00 tons


Rig Pulling factor Sr 75.00 %
Allowable tensile stress factor Ft 0.40
Time under tension design factor St 0.91
Length of Drill L 800.00 m 2,624.64 ft

Total change of angle over L 16.00 degrees


Radius of curvature 1,300.00 m

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1.0 Check Allowable Barlow Stresses (API 1102 Equation 8b) Values Units


Actual Barlow Stress 137.75 N/mm2
Allowable Barlow Stress 324.00 N/mm2
Actual Barlow Stress < Allowable Stress

1.1 Installation Stresses- Bending Stress


The pipe stress due to bending stress of pipe is determined as follows

R A  ( L / A ) 688
RA = Maximum Radius of Curvature (inch)-(For 8 Degrees)
L = Length drilled (ft)
Maximum Radius of Curvature in Drilled hole (in) RA 112,859.52 in 2866.63 m

Min.Radius of Curvature in Drilled hole used RD 51,181.10 in 1300.00 m

f b  ( ED ) /( 2 R D )
fb = Longitudinal Bending Stress (lb/in2)
Longitudinal Bending Stress (lb/in2) fb 7,934.26 lb/in2 54.71 N/mm2

F b =0.75F y for D/t  1,500,000/F y


F b = [0.84-(1.74F y D)/(Et)]F y for 1,500,000/F y  D/t  3,000,000/F y
F b = [0.72-(0.58F y D)/(Et)]F y for 3,000,000/F y  D/t  300,000

Maximum allowable Bending Stress (lb/in2) Fb -9,429.96 lb/in2 65.02 N/mm2

Longitudinal bending stress < Allowable bending stress



1.2 Installation Stresses- External Hoop Stress
The pipe thickness due to external hoop stress of pipe is determined as follows

t  D / 12 ( 864 P ext / E ) 1 / 3

D/t  50 D/t = 48.20


t = Pipe wall thickness (inch)
P ext = Uniform external Pressure in lb/in 2 (Assumed as 7.5-Percent E )
E = Modulus of Steel in lb/in 2
Optimum thickness (D/t  50) t 14.224

Pipe wall thickness due to External Hoop Stress


Actual thickness > Allowable Thickness
t 14.755 mm 

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1.3 Installation Stresses- Tensile Stress
The pipe stress due to pulling tensile stress of pipe is determined as follows

ft  S y S tT y

Sy = Tensile Yield Factor


St = Time under tension design factor
Ty = Tensile yield strength
Ft = Allowable Tensile Stress

Allowable Tensile Stress ft 163.800 N/mm2 23,755.91 lb/in2

1.4 Installation Stresses- Required Pipe thickness to meet allowable tensile stress
The pipe thickness due to pulling tensile stress of pipe is determined as follows

tr  ( pi( Do / 2) 2  (((Fr / Sr ) / f t ) / pi) * 2


Fr = HDD Rig size
Sr = Rig pulling factor
Ft = Allowable Tensile Stress
Do = Outside pipe diameter
tr = Required pipe wall thickness to meet allowable tensile stress

Pipe wall thickness due to Tensile Stress t r 14.44 mm

Pipe wall thickness to be used t 22.20 mm



Actual thickness > Allowable Thickness

1.5 Installation Stresses- Pipe combined installation stress


The pipe stress due to combined stresses is determined as follows

f t / 0 . 9 F y  f b / Fb  1

Ft = Allowable Tensile Stress (lb/in2)


fy = Pipe minimum yield strength (lb/in2)
fb = Longitudinal Bending Stress (lb/in2)
Fb = Maximum allowable Bending Stress (lb/in2)

f t / 0.9 F y + f b / F b = -0.436943 
Actual thickness > Allowable Thickness

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2.0 Operating Stresses- Internal Hoop Stress
The pipe stress during operation due to hoop stress is determined as follows

f h  ( Pint D ) /( 2 t )
fh = Pipe hoop stress due to internal pressure (lb/in2)
P int = Uniform internal pressure (lb/in2)
t = Pipe wall thickness (in)
f h  70% SMYS


Pipe hoop stress due to internal pressure fh 19,974 lb/in2
137.73 N/mm2

Actual internal hoop stress < Allowable internal hoop stress

2.1 Operating Stresses- Combined Operating Stress


The pipe stress during operation due to hoop stress is determined as follows
For worst case, fc fh , fv  ( fc  fl ) / 2
fv  ( fh  fc ) / 2
f l  ( f cV  f b )
fb
f v  f h [(1  v ) / 2) 
2
f v  45% SMYS
fv = Longitudinal component oF circumferential stress (lb/in2)
fc = Total circumferential stress (lb/in2)
fl = Total Longitudinal stress, fb (lb/in2)

Longitudinal component of circumferential stress fv 3,023.94 lb/in2


20.85 N/mm2 
Actual combined operating stress < Allowable combined stress

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