BUOYANCY / STABILITY CALCULATION FOR 18" LINE PIPE FOR A UNIT PIPE OF 12m

1, Pipe Wall Thickness 15.9 17.5 mm

2, Concrete Thickness 30 mm
3, PE Thickness 3.5 mm
4, Pipe Length 12 m
5, Concrete Density 3040 kg/m3
6, Steel Density 7850 kg/m3
7, PE Coating Density 940 kg/m3
8, Swamp Density 1249 kg/m3
9, Creek Water Density 1000 kg/m3
10, SMYS 414 Mpa
11, Young Modulus Y 200000 Mpa
12, Pipe String Length (Creek) 1000 m
13, Pipe String Length (Swamp) m
14, Pipe Diameter (OD) 18 Inch(508mm) 18 Inch(508mm)

PIPELINE INPUT DATA

PIPE THK -ts (m)

UNIT LENGTH - La CONC THK - PE COAT THK -tpe
SIZE (in) OD (m) tsi tsii (m) tconc (m) (m)

24 6.10E-01 1.59E-02 1.75E-02 12.00 3.00E-02 3.50E-03

DESIGN INPUT DENSITIES Kg/m 3
OTHER PIPELINE PROPERTIES
CREEK WATER - YOUNG'S MOD. -
STEEL -ρS PE COAT -ρpe CONC. COAT -ρpe SWAMP -ρsw ρw SMYS (Mpa) Y (MPa)
7850 940 3040 1249 1000 414 200,000.00

CALCULATIONS
AREA (m ) 2
WEIGHT IN AIR (kg) WEIGHT OF UNIT BUOYANCY OF UNIT PIPE - B (Kg) PIPELINE
CONC. PIPE IN AIR STRING LENGTH
CASE STEEL - AS STEEL - Ws Wcp (kg) MEDIUM BUOYANCY (m)
tsi = 2.96E-02 2792.19 5090.18 Swamp 5386.14 0
tsii = 3.25E-02 3064.88 5362.87 Creek 4312.36 1000

AVG. UNIT WGHT OF SUBMERGED

CONC. PIPE IN AIR - SUBMERGED UNIT PIPE WGHT - PIPELINE STRING
PE COAT - Ape PE COAT - Wpe Wcpa (kg/m) Ws (Kg) WGHT (Kg)

tsi = 424.18 Swamp -229.30 0.00

tsii = 6.74E-03 76.00 446.91 Creek 1117.17 93097.75

TOTAL
W'GHT OF SUBMERGED
ABSORBED H2O IN PIPELINE SPREAD
UNIT PIPE (3%) - AVG UNIT SUBMERGED WGHT OF WGHT KPxx - Kpxy
CONC COAT - Aconc CONC COAT - Wconc Waw (kg) LINE PIPE - Wsa (Kg/m) (Kg)
tsi = SWAMP -19.11
tsii = 6.09E-02 2221.99 66.66 CREEK 93.10 93097.75
PULLING DATA
PULLING WINCH CAP. (TON)
TOTAL REQUIRED BUOYANCY TO FLOAT PIPE SPREAD KP0.00 TO KP0.00 (MTon) === 93.098

Note:
Submerged unit pipe weight (kg) - Ws = Wcp + Waw - B
Ave. unit submerged wght of line pipe (kg/m) - Wsa = Ws / La
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