ON BOTTOM STABILITY FOR SWAMPY AREA

This spreadsheet performs the specific gravity calculation of the pipe with reference to seawater to determine
vertical stability / buoyancy of the pipe during installation.

Note: Manual Input in Yellow Highlight

1.0 INPUT
LOAD CASE : INSTALLATION
Case Description
Concrete Water Absorption

("0" = Include Water Absorption-% By volume concrete) Water_Abs := 1

("1" = Include Water Absorption-% By weight concrete)
("2" = Do not Include Water Absorption)

Pipeline Mechanical Data & Coating Properties

Steel OD Do := 114.30  mm
Corrosion Allowance tcorr := 0  mm
Steel WT tnom := 6.02  mm
-3
Steel Density ρs := 7850kg  m
Field Joint Density -3
ρfj := 1400kg  m
Nominal Pipe Joint Length Ljt := 12.2m
Concrete Cutback Length Lcb := 250mm
Concrete Water Absorption Water_abs := 4%
Corrosion Coating Thickness t cc := 3  mm
Thermal Insulation Thickness tins := 0mm

Initial CWC Thickness Value t wc := 0mm

-3
Corrosion Coating Density ρcc := 1400  kg  m
-3
Thermal Insulation Density ρins := 800  kg  m
-3
Concrete Coating Density ρco := 3043.5  kg  m
-3
Contents Density Properties ρc := 1025  kg  m

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Environmental Data

-3
Seawater Density ρw := 1025  kg  m

-5 2 -1
ν := 1  10 m s
Seawater Kinematic Viscosity

2.0 CALCULATION
Pipeline Diameter
Di := Do - 2  ( tnom - tcorr)
Corroded Internal Pipeline Diameter
Dcc := Do + 2t cc
External Corrosion Coat Diameter
Dins := Dcc + 2tins
Thermal Insulation Coat Diameter
Dco := Dins + 2  t wc
Concrete Coat Diameter
Dt := Dco
Total Outside Diameter
(includes marine growth during operation)

Pipeline Cross Sectional Area

π ( Di)
2
Ai :=
Internal Pipeline Area 4
π
Steel Area As :=
4
(Do)2 - ( Di)2
  Dcc - Do
π 2 2
Acc := 
Corrosion Coat Area 4

  Dins - Dcc
π 2 2
Ainsc := 
Thermal Insulation Area 4

  Dco - Dins
π 2 2
Concrete Coating Area Aco := 
4

Marine Growth Area

 ( Dt) - ( Dco)
π 2 2
Amg := 
4

Pipeline Submerged Weight and Specific Gravity

Contents Weight Wc := Ljt  ρc  Ai  g

Steel Weight Ws := Ljt  ρs  As  g

Corrosion Coating Weight Wcc := Ljt  ρcc  Acc  g

Concrete Coating Weight Wco := ( Ljt - 2  Lcb )  ρco  Aco  g

Water Absorption Wabs := Water_abs  ρw  Aco  ( Ljt - 2  Lcb )  g if Water_Abs = 0

Water_abs  Wco if Water_Abs = 1
0 if Water_Abs = 2

Field Joint Weight Wfj := 2  Lcb  ρfj  Aco  g

π
 ( Dt)  ρw  g
2
Buoyancy Wb :=
4
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Submerged Weight (content) Wabs + Wc + Ws + Wcc + Wco + Wfj
Wsub_calc := - Wb
Ljt

Submerged Weight (Empty) Wabs + Ws + Wcc + Wco + Wfj

Wsub_empty := - Wb
Ljt

(Wsub_empty + Wb)  ρw
Pipeline Density ρpipe_empty :=
Wb

( Wsub_calc + Wb)  ρw
ρpipe_calc :=
Wb

3.0 RESULTS
Pipeline Specific Gravity

ρpipe_empty
Pipeline Empty (for pulling activity) SGpipe_empty :=
ρw

SGpipe_empty = 1.513

ρpipe_calc
Pipeline Flooded by Water (for hydrotest purpose) SGpipe_calc :=
ρw

SGpipe_calc = 2.235

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