ADDITIONAL BUOYANCY REQUIREMENT CALCULATION FOR 24" PIPELINE

PIPELINE DATA
PIPE THK -ts (m)
UNIT LENGTH - La CONC THK -tconc PE COAT THK
SIZE (in) OD (m) tsi tsii (m) (m) -tpe (m)

24 6.10E-01 1.11E-02 1.27E-02 12.20 6.50E-02 3.50E-03

DENSITIES Kg/m3
CREEK WATER -
STEEL -ρS PE COAT -ρpe CONC. COAT -ρpe SWAMP -ρsw ρw
7850 1840 3040 1249 1025

CALCULATIONS
AREA (m2) WEIGHT (in air) BUOYANCY OF UNIT PIPE (Kg) PIPELINE
WEIGHT OF UNIT SPREAD
CASE STEEL - AS STEEL Ws PIPE (in air) MEDIUM BUOYANCY LENGTH (m)
tsi = 2.09E-02 2004.41 7318.27 SWAMP 6674.72 4642
tsii = 2.38E-02 2281.16 7595.02 CREEK 5477.65 208
SUBMERGED
PIPELINE
AVG. UNIT WGHT SPREAD WGHT
PE COAT - Ape PE COAT - Wpe OF PIPE (in air) SUBMERGED UNIT PIPE WGHT (Kg) (Kg)
tsi = 599.86 SWAMP 798.43 303794.82
tsii = 6.74E-03 151.35 622.54 CREEK 2272.24 38739.85

WGHT OF TOTAL
SUBMERGED
ABSORBED H2O PIPELINE
IN UNIT PIPE - AVG UNIT SUBMERGED WGHT OF SPREAD WGHT
CONC COAT - Aconc CONC COAT - Wconc (3%) LINE PIPE (Kg/m) KPxx - Kpxy (Kg)
tsi = SWAMP 65.44
tsii = 1.39E-01 5162.51 154.88 CREEK 186.25 342534.67
TOTAL REQUIRED BUOYANCY TO FLOAT PIPE SPREAD KP0.501 TO KP3.024 (MTon) === 342.535
IF CAPACITY OF UNIT POLY FLOAT (Kg) = 750
TOTAL NO. OF FLOATS REQUIRED (KP15.450 TO KP20.300)= 456.71 - approx. 450nos

Note: * Field joints are preliminarily assumed to be PE-coated + Concrete-coated.

* Pipe unit length was assumed to be 12.16m