ENGI 8673 Subsea Pipeline Engineering

Lecture 14: Wall Thickness Design Example

Shawn Kenny, Ph.D., P.Eng. Assistant Professor Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Memorial University of Newfoundland spkenny@engr.mun.ca

Lecture 14 Objective

to illustrate design example for calculating minimum wall thickness requirements for pressure containment and local buckling (system collapse)

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Example 14-01

Calculate the minimum wall thickness to meet (i) pressure containment and (ii) system collapse requirements using DNV OS-F101 (2007) for a subsea oil pipeline beyond the 500m platform excursion

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Example 14-01 Calculate the minimum wall thickness to meet pressure containment requirements using DNV OS-F101 (2007) for a subsea oil pipeline beyond the 500m platform excursion limit. DEFINED UNITS MPa := 10 Pa
6

kPa := 10 Pa

GPa := 10 Pa

C := K

kN := 10 N

PIPELINE SYSTEM PARAMETERS Nominal Outside Diameter Diameter Out-of-Roundness (Sec.7 G200 Table 7-17) Initial Selection Nominal Wall Thickness (Sec.5 C203 Table 5-3) Fabrication Process (Sec.7 B300 Table 7-1) [SMLS, HFW, SAW] Corrosion Allowance (Sec.6 D203) Elastic Modulus Specified Minimum Yield Stress (Sec.7 B300 Table 7-5) Speciifed Minimum Tensile Stress (Sec.7 B300 Table 7-5) Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Poisson's Ratio Pipeline Route Length Linepipe Density Concrete Coating Thickness Concrete Coating Density OPERATATIONAL PARAMETERS API Gravity Product Contents Density cont := 1000 kg m
3

Do := 406.4mm Do := 1.6mm tnom := 15.9mm FAB := "SMLS" tcorr := 5mm E := 205GPa SMYS := 450MPa SMTS := 535MPa T := 1.15 10 := 0.3 Lp := 10km tc := 0mm s := 7850kg m c := 3050kg m
3 5 1

API := 30

141.5 131.5 + API

cont = 876 m Pd := 15MPa SC := "M" h ref := 15m T := 75 C

kg

Design Pressure (Gauge) Safety Class (Sec.2 C200-C400) [L, M, H] Design Pressure Reference Level Temperature Differential Maximum Water Depth Seawater Density Hydrotest Fluid Density

h l := 1000m

w := 1025kg m t := 1025kg m

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DNV OS-F101 PARTIAL FACTORS AND DESIGN PARAMETERS System Operations Incidental/Design Pressure Factor (Sec.3 B304) System Test Incidental/Design Pressure Factor (Sec.3 B304) Material Resistance Factor (Sec.5 C205 Table 5-4) Safety Class Resistance Factor (Sec.5 C206 Table 5-5) Material Strength Factor (Sec.5 C306 Table 5-6) Maximum Fabrication Factor (Sec.5 C307 Table 5-7) fab := 1.00 if FAB = "SMLS" 0.93 if FAB = "HFW" 0.85 if FAB = "SAW" Wall Thickness Fabrication Tolerance(SEC.7 G307 TABLE 7-18) tfab := 0.5mm if FAB = "SMLS" tnom 4mm 0.125 tnom if FAB = "SMLS" tnom > 4mm 0.125 tnom if FAB = "SMLS" tnom 10mm 0.100 tnom if FAB = "SMLS" tnom 25mm 3mm if FAB = "SMLS" tnom 30mm 0.4mm if FAB = "HFW" tnom 6mm 0.7mm if FAB = "HFW" tnom > 6mm 1.0mm if FAB = "HFW" tnom > 15mm 0.5mm if FAB = "SAW" tnom 6mm 0.7mm if FAB = "SAW" tnom > 6mm 1.0mm if FAB = "SAW" tnom > 10mm 1.0mm if FAB = "SAW" tnom > 20mm Material Derating (SEC.5 C300 FIGURE 2) SMYS := tfab = 1.988 mm fab = 1.00 inc_o := 1.10 inc_t := 1.00 m := 1.15 SC := 1.138 U := 0.96

( T 50 C) 30MPa if 50 C < T < 100C 50 C 30MPa + ( T 100 C) 40MPa otherwise 100 C ( T 50 C) 30MPa if 50 C < T < 100C 50 C 30MPa + ( T 100 C) 40MPa otherwise 100 C

SMYS = 15.00 MPa

SMTS :=

SMTS = 15.00 MPa

fy := ( SMYS SMYS ) U fu := ( SMTS SMTS) U

fy = 418 MPa fu = 499 MPa

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ENGINEERING ANALYSIS PRESSURE CONTAINMENT (Sec.5 D200) Local Incidental Pressure During Operations (Sec.4 B202; Sec.5 D203) Pli := inc_o Pd + cont g ( h ref h l) Local Incidental Pressure System Test (Sec.4 B202; Sec.5 B203 & D203) Plt := inc_t Pd + t g ( h ref h l) if inc_t Pd + t g ( h ref h l) Pli 1.03 Pli if SC = "L" 1.05 Pli if SC = "M" 1.05 Pli if SC = "H" External Hydrostatic Pressure Pe := w g h l Characteristic Yield Resistance - Operations (Sec.5 D203) fcb_o := min fy , Pe = 10.05 MPa Plt = 26.48 MPa Pli = 25.22 MPa

1.15
fu

fcb_o = 417.60 MPa

Characteristic Yield Resistance - System Test (Sec.5 D203) fcb_t := min SMYS , SMTS 1.15

fcb_t = 450.00 MPa

Wall Thickness Requirement - Operations (Sec.5 D202 Eqn.5.7) t1_o := 1+ Do SC m ( Pli Pe) 2 2 3 fcb_o t1_o = 8.20 mm

Minimum Wall Thickness -Operations (Sec.5 C202 Table 5-2) tmin_o := t1_o + tfab + tcorr Wall Thickness Requirement - System Test (Sec.5 D202 Eqn.5.7) t1_t := 1+ Do SC m ( Plt Pe) 2 2 3 fcb_t t1_t = 8.24 mm tmin_o = 15.18 mm

Minimum Wall Thickness - System Test (Sec.5 C202 Table 5-2) tmin_t := t1_o + tfab Minimum Wall Thickness Requirement for Pressure Containment tmin := max( tmin_o , tmin_t) tmin = 15.18 mm tmin_t = 10.18 mm

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Wall Thickness Check - Pressure Containment tmin_chk := "WT PRESSURE CONTAINMENT OK" if t nom > tmin "INCREASE WALL THICKNESS" otherwise tmin_chk = "WT PRESSURE CONTAINMENT OK" Design Wall Thickness Parameters (Sec.5 C202 Table 5-2) t1_po := tnom tfab t1_o := tnom tfab tcorr t2_po := tnom t2_o := tnom tcorr LOCAL BUCKLING (SYSTEM COLLAPSE) (Sec.5 D400) Elastic Collapse Pressure (Sec.5 D401) t1_po = 13.91 mm t1_o = 8.91 mm t2_po = 15.90 mm t2_o = 10.90 mm

t1_po 2E Do Pel :=
1
2

Pel = 18.08 MPa

Plastic Collapse Pressure (Sec.5 D401) Pp := SMYS fab 2 t1_po Do Pp = 30.81 MPa

Pipeline Ovality (Sec.5 D401) fo := max 0.005 ,

2 Do Do

fo = 0.0079

Plastic Collapse Pressure (Sec.5 D401) b pc := Pel cpc := Pp + Pp Pel fo b pc = 18.08 MPa
2

t1_po
Do

cpc = 1077 MPa

d pc := Pel Pp

d pc = 17159 MPa + cpc

u pc :=

1 3 1

bpc2
3

u pc = 395 MPa

2 b pc3 b pc cpc v pc := + d pc 3 2 27

v pc = 5115 MPa

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pc := acos

v pc 180 u pc3 pc 60 + 180 3 180

pc = 130.579

y pc := 2 u pc cos b pc 3

y pc = 9.302 MPa

Pc := y pc

Pc = 15.33 MPa

Allowable External Pressure Check (Sec.5 D401) Pe_all := Pc m SC Pe_all = 11.71 MPa

Wall Thickness Check - Local Buckling System Collapse Pe_chk := "WT SYSTEM COLLAPSE OK" if Pe Pc m SC

"INCREASE WT SYSTEM COLLAPSE" otherwise Pe_chk = "WT SYSTEM COLLAPSE OK" PROPAGATION BUCKLING (Sec.5 D500) Propagation Pressure (Sec.5 D501)

t2_po Ppr := 35 fy fab Do

2.5

Ppr = 4.43 MPa

Check on Requirements for Buckle Arrestors PBA_Rqd_Chk := "NO BA REQUIRED" if Pe < "BA REQUIRED" otherwise PBA_Rqd_Chk = "BA REQUIRED" Estimate Nominal Wall Thickness Buckle Arrestor (Sec.5 D502) t2_po_BA := 26mm Calculate Buckle Arrestor Propagation Pressure (Sec.5 D501) t2_po_BA = 26.00 mm Ppr m SC

Ppr_BA := 35 fy fab

t2_po_BA Do

2.5

Ppr_BA = 15.13 MPa

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35 fy fab PBA_WT_chk := "BA WT OK" if Pe <

t2_po_BA Do

2.5

1.1m SC

"INCREASE BA WT" otherwise PBA_WT_chk = "BA WT OK"

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References

DNV (2007). Submarine Pipeline Systems. Offshore Standard, DNV OS-F101, October 2007, 240p.

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