This document provides a wall thickness calculation for a 36-inch gas pipeline with a design pressure of 285 psi g. It calculates the minimum required wall thickness as 0.293 inches and selects a standard 0.375-inch wall thickness. It then checks equivalent stress for both restrained and unrestrained pipe conditions and confirms all stresses are below the appropriate limits.
This document provides a wall thickness calculation for a 36-inch gas pipeline with a design pressure of 285 psi g. It calculates the minimum required wall thickness as 0.293 inches and selects a standard 0.375-inch wall thickness. It then checks equivalent stress for both restrained and unrestrained pipe conditions and confirms all stresses are below the appropriate limits.
This document provides a wall thickness calculation for a 36-inch gas pipeline with a design pressure of 285 psi g. It calculates the minimum required wall thickness as 0.293 inches and selects a standard 0.375-inch wall thickness. It then checks equivalent stress for both restrained and unrestrained pipe conditions and confirms all stresses are below the appropriate limits.
Wall Thickness Calculation of 36 in Gas Pipeline (Location Class-1, D.F.= 0.5, Corr. Allow.= 0 inch) 1 2 DESIGN INPUT 3 Design Code ASME B31.8-2016 4 Pipeline Size / Nominal O.D D 36 in 5 Corrosion Allowance A 0 in 6 Location Class (Cl. No. 840.2.2) 1 7 Design Factor (from Table 841.1.6-2) F 0.5 8 9 Steel Coefficient of Expansion α 6.50E-06 in/in/ oF 10 Modulus of Elasticity E 2.88E+07 psi 11 12 Pressure and Temperature Data 13 Design Pressure P 285.0 psi g 14 Design Temperature Td 100.0 o F 15 Installation (backfill) Temp Ti 70.0 o F 16 Weld joint factor (from Table 841.1.7-1) E 1 17 Temperature Derating Factor (from Table 841.1.8-1) T 1 18 19 A. WALL THICKNESS 20 Grade API 5LB PSL 2 GR. BR 21 SMYS of Line Pipe S 35000 psi 22 Wall Thickness Calculated tmin 0.293 in 23 tmin = P x D / (2 x S x F x E x T) + A 24 Selceted Wall Thickness t 0.375 in (Sch. STD) 25 D/t Check ( Should be < 96) 96 OK 26 27 B. EQUIVALENT STRESS CHECK FOR CORRODED PIPE CONDITION 28 Wall thickness (t) 0.375 in 29 Hoop Stress = Sh = PD/2t 13680.0 psi 30 31 B.1 Restrained Pipe (Underground) 32 Thermal Stress = ST = a (Ti - Td) E 5616.0 psi 33 Longitudinal Stress due to pressure = SP = 0.3 Sh 4104.0 psi 34 35 Longitudinal Stress, SL 36 SL = SP + ST + SB + SX (≤ 0.9 x SMYS) 31500 psi 37 38 Without considering SB (Bending stress) and SX (Axial stress due to external loading): 39 SL = S P + S T 9720.0 psi 40 Longitudinal Stress check : SL ≤ 0.9 x SMYS hence OK 41 42 Equivalent Stress, SE 43 SE1 = | Sh - SL | 3960.0 psi 44 SE2 = [ Sh2 + SL2 - Sh SL ]1/2 12192.3 psi 45 SE = Max (SE1, SE2) 12192.3 psi 46 Equivalent Stress check : SE ≤ 0.9 x SMYS hence OK 47 48 B.2 Unrestrained Pipe (Aboveground) 49 Longitudinal Stress due to pressure = SP = 0.5 Sh 6840.0 psi 50 51 Longitudinal Stress, SL 52 SL = SP +SB + SX (≤ 0.75 x SMYS) 26250 psi 53 Without considering SB (Bending stress) and SX (Axial stress due to external loading): 54 SL = S P 6840.0 psi 55 Longitudinal Stress check : SL ≤ 0.75 x SMYS hence OK 56