STRESS DESIGN CALCULATIONS FOR FRP UNDERGROUND PIPING TO AWWA M45

1. INPUTS
1.1 Design Conditions

Calculations as
Senario 1 Senario 2 Senario 3 Senario 4
Submitted

Nominal pipe diameter, mm 3700 3700 3700 3700 3700 3700

Working pressure Pw, Kpa 511 511 511 511 511 511
Surge pressure Ps, Kpa 146 146 146 146 146 146
Vacuum Pu, Kpa 50 50 50 50 50 50
Maximum deflection permitted, dd/D 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
Cover depth Hmin, m 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Cover depth Hmax, m 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7
Wheel load P, N 159838 159838 159838 159838 159838 159838
Soil specific weight gs, KN/m3 17 17 17 17 17 17
0
Service temperature, C
Native soil conditions at pipe depth
Native soil modulus E'n, KPa 20700 20700 20700 30000 30000 10350
Ground water location M
Maximum hw, m 5.2 5.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
Minimum hw, m 0.7 0.7 0 0 0 0
3
gw = specific weight of water, Kg/m 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
1.2 Pipe Properties
Trial pressure class Pc, Kpa 511 511 511 511 511 511
Reinforced wall thickness t, mm 31 31 31 31 31 31
Linear thickness tL mm 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25
Total wall thickness tt, mm 32.25 32.25 32.25 32.25 32.25 32.25
Mimimum pipe stiffness F/Dy, Pa 62000 62000 62000 62000 62000 62000
Hoop tensile modulus EH, KPa 27390000 27390000 27390000 27390000 27390000 27390000
Hoop flexural modulus E, KPa 26000000 26000000 26000000 26000000 26000000 26000000
HDB 0.0065 0.0065 0.0065 0.0065 0.0065 0.0065
Sb 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.013
Distance betrween joins L, mm 12000 12000 12000 12000 12000 12000
Poisson's ratio uhl 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Poisson's ratio ulhl, 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28
1.3 Installation Parameters
Trench width, mm 5600 5600 5600 5600 5600 5600
Shape factor Df 7 7 7 7 7 7
Backfill soil modulus E'b, Kpa 20700 6900 6900 13800 6900 6900
Deflection coefficient Kx 0.083 0.083 0.083 0.083 0.083 0.083
Defection lag factor DL 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
1.4 Required System Parameters & Safety Factors
HDB minimum design factor FS 2 2 2 2 2 2
Bending design factor FSb 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Deflection lag factor DL 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Buckling minimum design factor FS 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Pressure design factor FSpr 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
IF = impact factor 1 1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.15
2. CALCULATIONS
D = ID + 2tL+t, mm 3733.5 3733.5 3733.5 3733.5 3733.5 3733.5
E’n / E’b where E’n = modulus of soil
reaction of the native soil at pipe elevation
(Table 5 - 6 of AWWA M45 Manual) and
1 3 3 2.173913 4.3478261 1.5
E’b = modulus of soil rection of the pipe
zone embedment (Table 5 - 5 of AWWA
M45 Manual)
Bd / D 1.499933039 1.499933 1.49993304 1.499933 1.499933 1.499933
Soil support combining factor Sc (Table 5 -
1 1.75 1.75 1.54 1.91 1.3
4 of AWWA M45 Manual)
2.1 Pressure Class
Pc < ( HDB / FS )( 2EHt / D) 1478.260346 1478.26 1478.26035 1478.2603 1478.2603 1478.2603
2.2 Maximum Allowable Deflection
tt = t + tL, mm 32.25 32.25 32.25 32.25 32.25 32.25

Dya = SbD2 / FS Df tt = maximum allowable

535.1267309 535.1267 535.126731 535.12673 535.12673 535.12673
deflection,mm

Dya/D 0.143331118 0.143331 0.14333112 0.1433311 0.1433311 0.1433311

2.3 Predicted Deflection with Minimum Burial Depth

W c =gsHmin = vertical soil load, KPa 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.4
L1 = 0.253 + 1.75H min, m 2.353 2.353 2.353 2.353 2.353 2.353
L2 = ( 13.31 + 1.75Hmin ) / 8, m - if Hmin >
1.92625 1.92625 1.92625 1.92625 1.92625 1.92625
0.75 m
W L = PIF / L1L2 = Live load, Kpa 35.26512746 35.26513 38.7916402 38.79164 38.79164 40.554897
E' = ScE’b, Kpa 20700 12075 12075 21252 13179 8970

Predicted deflection for minimum cover Dy /

0.004298013 0.00733 0.00772245 0.0044114 0.0070829 0.0106143
D = (DLWc + WL)KX / 0.149PS + 0.061 E'

2.4 Predicted Deflection with Maximum Burial Depth

W c = gsHmax , KPa 96.9 96.9 96.9 96.9 96.9 96.9

L1 = 0.253 + 1.75Hmax, m 10.228 10.228 10.228 10.228 10.228 10.228
L2 = ( 13.31 + 1.75Hmax ) / 8, m - if Hmax
2.910625 2.910625 2.910625 2.910625 2.910625 2.910625
> 0.75 m
W L = PIF/1000*L1L2, KPa 5.369119401 5.369119 5.90603134 5.9060313 5.9060313 6.1744873

Predicted deflection for maximum cover Dy

/ D = (DLWc + W L)KX x100% / 0.149PS + 0.009835139 0.016773 0.01683297 0.0096156 0.0154389 0.0226031
9
0.061 E

2.5 Compined Loading Values

Working strain epr = PwD/2tEH ,in./in. 0.001123449 0.001123 0.00112345 0.0011234 0.0011234 0.0011234

Bending strain due to maximum permitted

0.003023303 0.003023 0.0030233 0.0030233 0.0030233 0.0030233
deflection eb = Df(dd/D)(tt/D),

Rerounding coefficient rc = 1 – 0.145*Pw /

0.829666667 0.829667 0.82966667 0.8296667 0.8296667 0.8296667
435
epr / HDB 0.172838297 0.172838 0.1728383 0.1728383 0.1728383 0.1728383
(1 - ebrc / Sb) / FSpr 0.448361823 0.448362 0.44836182 0.4483618 0.4483618 0.4483618

ebrc /Sb 0.192948718 0.192949 0.19294872 0.1929487 0.1929487 0.1929487

(1 - (epr / HDB)) / FSb 0.551441136 0.551441 0.55144114 0.5514411 0.5514411 0.5514411

2.6 Buckling Values with Minimum Burial Depth

Water buoyancy factor

0.8075 0.8075 1 1 1 1
Rw = 1 – 0.33(hw min / Hmin)

Empirical coefficient of elastic support

0.24407726 0.244077 0.24407726 0.2440773 0.2440773 0.2440773
B' = 1 / (1 + 4e-0.213Hmin)
With internal vacuum and 1.2 m < Hmin <
24m -allowable buckling pressure 160.960546 122.9356 136.806448 181.49426 142.92369 117.91233
qa=(1 / FS)* (32Rw B'E'E I / D3) 0.5 KPa

Buckling pressure = 0.0098*gwhw + RwW c +

73.333 73.333 70.4 70.4 70.4 70.4
Pu, KPa

Buckling pressure = 0.0098*gwhw + RwW c +

58.59812746 58.59813 59.1916402 59.19164 59.19164 60.954897
W L, KPa

2.7 Buckling Values with Maximum Burial Depth

Rw = 1 – 0.33(hw max / Hmax) 0.698947368 0.698947 0.91894737 0.9189474 0.9189474 0.9189474
-0.213Hmax
B' = 1 / (1 + 4e ) 0.457057464 0.457057 0.45705746 0.4570575 0.4570575 0.4570575

With internal vacuum and 1.2 m < Hmax <

24 m - allowable buckling pressure qa = (1 / 204.9236824 156.513 179.462466 238.08387 187.48706 154.67719
FS)* (32Rw B'E'E I / D3) 0.5, KPa

Buckling pressure = 0.0098gwhw + RwW c +

168.688 168.688 152.766 152.766 152.766 152.766
Pu, KPa

Buckling pressure = 0.0098*gwhw + RwW c +

124.0571194 124.0571 108.672031 108.67203 108.67203 108.94049
W L, KPa

3. Fulfilment of Acceptance Criteria

Pc < ( HDB / FS )( 2EHt / D) O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.
Pc > Pw O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.
Pc > ( Pw + Ps ) / 1.4 O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.
Dy / D < dd /D < Dya / D for minimum cover
O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.
depth
Dy / D < dd /D < Dya / D for maximum cover
O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.
depth
epr / HDB < (1 - ebrc / Sb) / FSpr O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.

ebrc /Sb < (1 - epr / HDB) / FSb O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.

qa > gwhw + RwW c + Pu for minimum cover

O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.
depth
qa > gwhw + RwW c + Pu for maximum cover
O.K. FALSE O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.
depth
qa > gwhw + RwW c + W L for minimum cover
O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.
depth
qa > gwhw + RwW c + W L for maximum cover
O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.
depth