2 Wall Thickness and Material Grade

Selection

Chapter Outline
1. Introduction 23
General 23
Pipeline Design Codes 24
Pipeline Wall Thickness 25
2. Material Grade Selection 26
General 26
Fabrication, Installation, and Operating Cost Considerations 26
Material Grade Optimization 27
3. Pressure Containment Design 27
General 27
DNV-OS-F101 28
ABS Guide for Building and Classing Subsea Pipeline Systems 29
U.S. Codes of Federal Regulations 30
API-RP-1111 31
4. Equivalent Stress Criterion 32
5. Hydrostatic Collapse 33
6. Buckle Arrestors 35
Wall Thickness and Length for Buckle Arrestors 35
Buckle Arrestor Spacing 36

1. Introduction
General
In this chapter, the basis for the design of wall thickness is reviewed and compared
with industry practice. The codes reviewed are ABS [1]; API [2]; ASME B31 [3, 4];
BS 8010 [5]; DNV [6]; and ISO [7]. The selection of wall thickness is one of the most
important and fundamental tasks in the design of subsea pipelines. While this task
involves many technical aspects related to different design scenarios, primary design
loads relevant to the containment of the wall thickness are as follows:
l
Internal pressure loads.
l
External hydrostatic pressure loads.
l
Longitudinal functional loads.

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