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Design Code AWWA Manual M11 Steel Pipe - A Guide for Design and Installation

Material Specification ASTM A572/A572M Gr.42

Nominal Pipe Size 72 Inch

Design Calculation Wall Thickness Symbol Imperial Metric Notes

Internal Design Pressure pi 72.52 psi 500.00 kPa
Outside Diameter of Pipe Steel d 72.00 In 1,828.80 mm
Allowable Design Stress s 21,000.00 psi 144.79 MPa (Design Stress 50% of SMYS)

Design Calculation Wall Thickness due to tp 0.12 In 3.16 mm

Internal Pressure
Design Calculation Minimum wall thicknesses th 0.23 In 5.84 mm
for handling
Selected Wall Thickness ts 0.50 In 12.70 mm

Check for External Load Symbol Imperial Metric Notes

Load Determnation
Unit Weight of Fill w 100.00 lb/ft3 1,601.85 kg/m3
Diameter of Pipe Bc 6.00 ft 1.83 m
Height of Fill Above Conduit Hc 5.00 ft 1.52 m
Width of Trench at Top of Pipe Bd 18.00 ft 5.49 m
Load Coefficient Cd 0.28 0.28

Dead Load on the Pipe Wc 3,000.00 lb/ft 4,464.49 kg/m

Live Load on the Pipe WL 3,600.00 lb/ft 5,357.39 kg/m

Allowable Buckling Pressure

Diameter of Pipe D 72.00 In 1,828.80 mm
Transverse moment of inertia per unit length of I 0.01042 In 170.70 mm
individual pipe wall components
Modulus of Elasticity of Steel Pipe E 30,000,000.00 psi 206,842,800.00 kPa
Modulus of Soil Reaction E' 500.00 psi 3,447.38 kPa Chapter 6, Table 6-1
Height of Ground Surface Above Top of Pipe h 60.00 In 1,524.00 mm
Height of Water Surface Above Top of Pipe hw 40.00 In 1,016.00 mm
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Spesific Weight of Water γw 0.0361 lb/in 0.0098 kPa/mm3
Height of fill above pipe H 5.00 ft 1.52 m
Water Bouyancy Factor Rw 0.78 0.78 0 ≤ hw ≤ h
Empirical Coefficient of Elastic Support B' 0.26 0.26
Safety Factor FS 2.00 2.00

Allowable Buckling Pressure qa 25.91 psi 178.64 kPa

Buckling Pressure q 8.32 psi 57.36 kPa q<qa Ok!