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Buried Pipe Thickness Calculations-Guidelines

The document discusses calculations for determining the appropriate thickness of buried pipes. It outlines two criteria: 1) Deflection criteria, which calculates horizontal deflection based on load, pipe properties, and soil properties to ensure deflection is below allowable limits. 2) Buckling criteria, which ensures external loads are below the allowable buckling pressure to prevent pipe collapse, calculating allowable pressure based on pipe and soil properties. Steps are provided to calculate load, deflection, buckling pressure, and compare to criteria to validate pipe thickness selection.

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Buried Pipe Thickness Calculations-Guidelines

The document discusses calculations for determining the appropriate thickness of buried pipes. It outlines two criteria: 1) Deflection criteria, which calculates horizontal deflection based on load, pipe properties, and soil properties to ensure deflection is below allowable limits. 2) Buckling criteria, which ensures external loads are below the allowable buckling pressure to prevent pipe collapse, calculating allowable pressure based on pipe and soil properties. Steps are provided to calculate load, deflection, buckling pressure, and compare to criteria to validate pipe thickness selection.

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BURIED PIPE THICKNESS CALCULATION

 
 
Condenser water pipe lines are very huge and large size lines such as 2000NB and
more. Such a large size pipes cannot be carried over the earth surface due to layout
and support constraints. CW pipes are laid underground mean they are buried after CW
pump discharge to condenser inlet and condenser outlet to the cooling tower area.
External load on buried pipes are generally comprised of the weight of the backfill (soil)
combined with live and impact loads. Pipe thickness should be selected so as to
withstand the effects external loads.

We make calculations for buried pipe for earth load and buoyancy load.

There are two criteria:

1. Deflection criteria: - deflection is calculated as follows

∆ X = Dl .(KWr3)/(EI+0.061E’r3) ----- (1) (As per cl.6.2 of AWWA M 11)

Where ∆ X = horizontal deflection of pipe


Dl = deflection lag factor (1.0-1.5) (value as per chart)
K = Bending constant (0.1)
W = load per unit of pipe length
r = radius of pipe (=D/2)
EI = pipe wall stiffness
I = transverse moment of inertia per unit length
of pipe wall (I=t3/12, t = thickness)
E’ = modulus of soil reaction
E = modulus of elasticity.

Allowable pipe deflection for various linings and coating Systems that are often
accepted are

∆ X/D %= 5 for flexible lined and coated (our reference)

∆ X/D %= 3 for mortar lined and flexible coated

∆ X/D %= 2 for mortar lined and coated


BURIED PIPE THICKNESS CALCULATION
 
 
Steps to find out ∆ X:

(i) Find E’ = modulus of soil reaction

E’ is a measure of stiffness of the embedment material which surrounds the pipe.

Its value can be taken directly from Table 6.0 (page 62, AWWA M 11) based on
depth of cover, type of soil and relative compactness.

Depth of cover is height of fill (ground surface) above top of pipe

(ii) Find I = transverse moment of inertia per unit length

I=t3/12 (t = min pipe thickness/concrete encasement)

Select t = pipe thickness-manufacturing allowance-corrosion allowance


Manufacturing allowance = +-10 % (for pipe material IS 2062)
Corrosion allowance = 1.6 mm

(iii) Calculate EI:


Under load both mortar encasement and steel shell shall provide pipe wall
stiffness
Hence EI = EsIs+EcIc where Es = 3 x 107 psi for steel (from AWWA M 11)
Ec = 4 x 106 psi for cement mortar

(iv) Calculate W = load per unit of pipe length


W = load due to soil + load due to concrete + live load

W = (WsHs + WcHc + WT).D where Ws= unit wt. Of soil fill (kg/m3)

Wc = unit wt. Of M15 grade concrete


WT = live load due to truck/rail (kg/m3)
(Refer table 6.3 of AWWA M 11)
Hs = depth of cover or soil fill above top of
pipe
Hc = height of concrete above top of pipe

(v) Now calculate ∆ X/D % by equation (1).If it is within 5 % then selected


thickness is correct.

Note: neglect live load due to truck when depth of cover is greater than 8.0 ft (refer
AWWA M 11 table 6-3)
BURIED PIPE THICKNESS CALCULATION
 
 
2. Buckling criteria:

(i) Normal pipe installation under live load:

(Loads should be less than allowable buckling pressure for safe design, cl.6.3 of
AWWA M11)
Pipe embedded in soil may collapse or buckle from elastic instability resulting
from loads and deformation. The summation of external loads should be =<
allowable buckling pressure (qa).

(a) Allowable Buckling pressure:

qa = (1/FS). (32.Rw.B’.E’.EI/D3)1/2 --------------- (2)

Where FS = factor of safety = 2.5; h/d >=2

= 3.0; h/d <2

D= pipe diameter

Rw= water buoyancy factor

= (1-0.33(hw/h))

hw= height of water surface above top of pipe

h = height of ground surface above top of pipe

B’= empirical coefficient of elastic support

=1/ (1+4e-0.065H)

H = height of fill above pipe

E’ = modulus of soil reaction

EI = pipe wall stiffness

Calculate allowable buckling pressure-----

(i) h
(ii) hw = h (Assuming water table up to ground level. i.e. worst condition)
(iii) B’ = ….
(iv) Rw = …
BURIED PIPE THICKNESS CALCULATION
 
 
*Modulus of soil reaction E’ is measure of stiffness of the embedment material which
surrounds the pipe.

(b) External loads:


External load = ‫ע‬w.hw + Rw.W/D + WL/D ------------- (3)

Where WL = live load on unit length of pipe


‫ע‬w = specific wt. Of water = 0.0361 lb/cu.in
W= vertical soil load on unit pipe length

Check for safe design: external load < allowable buckling pressure.

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