ONSHORE PIPELINE LOWERING CALCULATION

INPUT DATA:
General Input Data
Dia of pipe Do
Wall thickness t
Internal diameter of pipe Di
Anti corrosion coating thickness ( 3LPE ) tc
Pipe OD with anti corrsion coating Dc
Concrete weight coating thickness tcw
Pipe OD with concrete weight coating thickness Dcw
Density of steel ρs
Density of 3 LPE ρ3lpe.
Density of concrete ρc
Pipe material (Grade)
Specified minimum yield strength SMYS
Young's modulus E
Poisson's ratio v
Length of pipe L
Allowable longitudinal stress σL allowable
Pipeline installation temperature Ti
Area of pipe (Steel) Asteel
Area of coating (3LPE) A3LPE
Area of coating (concrete) Aconcrete
Weight of steel Wsteel
Weight of 3LPE coating W3LPE
Weight of concrete coating Wconcrete
Total weight of pipe Wtotal

Trench Details
Height of skid Y1
Depth of cover dcover = Y2
Depth of trench (Y4= Y2 + D) Y4
Verticle distance between pipe on skid and pipe on trench bottom Y5
Trench gap on left side of pipe X1
Trench gap on right side of pipe X2
X3
Position of pipe resting on skid from edge of trench X4
Width of Trench at Top Xtop
Width of Trench at Bottom Xbottom
Distance between pipe in the trench and on the supports X6
Boom overhang at distance X7
Number of side booms placed
Safe lift capacity at boom overhang at distance X7
Selected Capacity
Safety Factor Sf

Side Boom Spacing Check

Moment of Inertia I

I  OD4  ID4 
64
Section Modulus  Z
Z  OD  ID  3 3

32

Minimum radius of curvature for elastic bending during installation

0.5EODsteel
Rc 
0.65SMYS
Minimum spacing between two side booms with considering total
weight of pipe
Capacity
Ssideboom  sideboom
SFcapacity Wtotal
Selected Side Boom Spacing

Deflection Check
Maximum deflection (Self weight)

5Wsteel S4sideboom
actual 
384EI
Max. Allowable Sag as per elastic bend radius
S
AC (Chord Length) AC sideboom
2
X
X  R2c  AC 
2
 

Allowable Sag allowable_ sag Rc  X

Moment Check

Max. Bending Moment Mb

wpipe S 2sideboom
Mb 
8
Max. Allowable Bending Stress, 0.65*SMYS б
Maximum allowable bending moment Mb_allowable = бxZ Mb allowable

Calculations for Positionning and Laying of Pipeline

During the process of positionning and laying of pipe it will bend in double curvature in horizantal as well as
inverticle plane.

Distance btw. pipe in trench and on support (max. distance considered) X6

Bottom of pipe elevation btw. pipe in trench and on support Y5

Distance = √X62+Y52 Distance

Length of pipeline L
Total arc length is length of pipeline D=L
Half arc Lh
Arc angle Ø Ø
Lhalfarc
sin  
Rc
Lhalfarc X
X
tan()

S Rc  X S

Sall
Sallowable 2 S
LCULATION

762.00 mm
15.88 mm
730.24 mm
3.20 mm
768.40 mm
0.00 mm
768.40 mm
7850.00 kg/m³
990.00 kg/m³
2400.00 kg/m³
X 52
358.50 N/mm²
206000.00 N/mm²
0.30 -
120000.00 mm
233.03 N/mm²
22.00 C
0

0.04 m²
0.01 m²
0.00 m²
292.20 Kg/m
7.62 Kg/m
0.00 Kg/m
299.81 Kg/m

100.00 mm
1732.00 mm
2500.40 mm
2600.40
150.00 mm
150.00 mm
772.00 mm
1316.00 mm
2606.00 mm
1062.00 mm
3000.00 mm
mm
3.00 ea
13.00 t
13.00 t
1.25

0.002591 m4

0.005208 m3

336.8136 m

34.69 m

20 m

SPACING IS SAFE

11.48 mm

10

336.6652 m

148.48 mm

DEFLECTION IS SAFE

147059.11 Nm

233.025 N/mm2
1213632.21 Nm

BENDING MOMENT IS SAFE

uble curvature in horizantal as well as

4.00 m
2.60 m

4.77 m

120 m
120 m
60 m
10.2614 m

331.43 m

5.39 m

10.77 m

DEFLECTION IS SAFE