PIPE LAY TENSION

1.0 INPUT DATA

Length of Pipe

L 52.5m

Outer Diameter

OD 6.625in

Pipeline Wall Thickness

t 0.5in

Density of Steel

st 7850 kg m

Corrosion Coating Thickness

tcorr 2.5mm

Corrosion Coating Density

corr 950kg m

Concrete Coating Thickness

tconc 0mm

Corrosion Coating Density

conc 3044kg m

Sea Water Denisty

sw 1025kg m

2.0 CALCULATION
Total Outer Diameter:

Dtot OD 2tcorr 2 tconc

Dtot 0.173 m

Pipe Area

2
2
Apipe OD ( OD 2 t)
4

Apipe 9.621 in

Corrosion Coat. Area

2
2
Acorr OD 2 tcorr OD

Insulation Coat. Area

2
2
Aconc OD 2 tcorr 2 tconc OD 2 tcorr

Aconc 0 in

Massa of Pipe

Mpipe Apipe L st

Mpipe 2.558 10 kg

Massa of Corrotion Coat

Mcorr Acorr L corr

Mcorr 66.896 kg

Massa of Concrete Coat

Mconc Aconc L conc

Mconc 0 kg

Total Mass

Mtot Mpipe Mcorr Mconc

Mtot 2.625 10 kg

Volume Total

Vtot Acorr Apipe Aconc L

Lay Tension

Tens Mtot sw Vtot g

Acorr 2.079 in

2
3

Vtot 0.396 m

Tens 21.759 kN