Buried 

Pipe Calculation Report

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Engineering Practice
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(See Buried Pipe Calculation Report Code: B31.4-2012
American Lifeline Alliance

Input Data General Information

Title Date
Name Report Name
Piping Dimensions
Pipe Diameter 508 mm
Nominal Pipe Thickness 8.7 mm
Sum of Allowance 0 mm
Material
Specified Min Yield Strength 358.52 Mpa
Ultimate Stress 500 MPa
Weld Joint Factor 1 -
Design factor 0.72 -
Pipe Modulus of Elasticity 203000 Mpa
Poisson's Effect 0.3 -
Thermal Expansion Coefficient 0.0000117 mm/mm°c
Lining Thickness 2 mm
Coating Thickness 3 mm
Lining Modulus of Elasticity 100000 MPa
Coating Modulus of Elasticity 125000 MPa
Lining/ Coating N/A
Design Condition
Max. Design Temp. 76.7 °C
Installation Temp. 10 °C
Design Pressure 8273.7 Kpa(g)
Longitudinal Stress Resulting from SUS Loads
SL 0.00E+00 MPa
Bending Moment due to Weight N/A KN.m
Component SIF in Plane of Loading N/A -
Axial Load 0 KN
Longitudinal Stress Resulting from OCC Loads
SL 0.00E+00 MPa
Bending Moment due to Weight N/A KN
Thermal Stress for Unrestrained System
SE 0 MPa
Analysis Settings
Elastic Stability Safe Factor 3 -
Impact Factor for Concentrated Load Applied -
Impact Factor for Live Load Applied -
Impact Factor 1.5
Bedding Constant 0.1 -
Deflection Lag Factor 1.5 -
Failure Theory Max Shear Stress
Soil Properties
Dry Backfill Density 2002.3 kg/m3
Water Density 1000 kg/m3
Modulus of Soil Reaction 3000 Psi

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Dead Load
Concentrated Surface Load 50 KN
Height of Fill 1.2192 m
Height of Water 3 m
Offset Distance 1 m
Live Load
Height of Cover (for Live )Load 1 ft
Live Load 12.5 Psi
Height of Cover (for Impact Factor) 0-1 ft
Live Load Case "Highway"
Results
Stress Allowable Code (1)
Stress Source Stress Type Accept. System Ref
Mpa MPa Allowable
Pin Hoop Stress 241.55 258.13 0.72.E.Sy Pass Res/Unres B31.4-2012
Pext Hoop Stress 3.66 258.13 0.72.E.Sy Pass Res/Unres B31.4-2013
EXP (Thermal) Longitudinal 158.42 322.67 0.9.Sy Pass Res. B31.4-2014
(2)
EXP (Thermal) Longitudinal 0 474.37 SA Failed Unres. B31.4-2015

SUS+P(υ)+EXP (SL) Longitudinal 85.95 322.67 0.9.Sy Pass Res. B31.4-2016

SUS+P (SL) Longitudinal 120.78 268.89 0.75.Sy Pass Unres. B31.4-2017
SUS+P(υ)+EXP+OCC Longitudinal 85.95 322.67 0.9.Sy Pass Res. B31.4-2018
SUS+P+OCC Longitudinal 120.78 286.82 0.8.Sy Pass Unres. B31.4-2019
(6)
SUS+P+EXP Combined 327.51 322.67 0.9.Sy Failed Res. B31.4-2020
(7)
EXP+Pin+Pext-Road Eff. Combined 323.85 322.67 0.9.Sy Failed Res. B31.4-2021

EXP+Pin+Pext-Road(7) Eff. Combined 117.12 322.67 0.9.Sy Pass Unres. B31.4-2021

Pext Elastic Stability 0.13 0.75 Note (3) Pass Res/Unres ALA

Longitudinal Local
SUS+P(υ)+EXP Shell Buckling 85.95 434.57 Note (3) Pass Res. 4 ALA

Circumferential
Pext Through_Wall
133.07 179.26 0.5.Sy Pass Res/Unres ALA

Pext Ring Buckling 0.13 0.63 Note (3) Pass Res/Unres ALA
Actual 5 Allowable 3
Source Lining Coating Accept. System (1) Ref
mm mm
Ovality N/A 4.8612 N/A N/A Res/Unres ALA
Warning:

Notes:
1. Res and Unres stand for Restrained and Unrestrained systems respectively.
2. For calculation of SA, please refer to 403.3.2 of B31.4-2012. Temperature ranges for restrained and unrestrained
systems are based on what is mentioned in 402.5.1 and 402.5.2 of B31.4-2012 respectively. All allowable stresses
must be less than Ultimate stress (SU). For unrestrained system: SA=f(1.25*(Sc+Sh)-SL), here it is assumed that f=1,
Sc=Sh=2/3SY.
3. Refer to Appendix A of ALA.
4. It is checked only in restrained system. User can check it in unrestrained system.
5. ΔY is defined as ovality.
6. In combined stress calculation, it is assumed that SL=|Fa|-|νSH|+|M/z|+|FA/A|. If it fails, user can check the
combined stress by correct sign of stress of |FA/A|.

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7. In effective stress calculation for a pipe at road (Table 403.3.1-1 B31.4-20012), longitudinal expansion stress,
longitudinal and circumferential hoop stresses resulting from internal pressure and circumferential hoop stresses due
to external pressure are combined to reach an equivalent stress.
Disclaimers
1. The calculated stresses in this sheet may not encompass all analyses which are required in a real engineering
practice. For instance, buoyancy, earthquake, landslide, mine subsidence analysis have not been considered. Moreover
some buried pipe analysis such as a unrestrained part of a buried pipe needs to be analyzed by a finite element
methods.

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