ADDITIONAL BUOYANCY REQUIREMENT CALCULATION FOR 24" PIPELINE

PIPELINE DATA
PIPE THK -ts (m)
SIZE (in)

OD (m)

tsi

tsii

24

6.10E-01

1.11E-02

1.27E-02

UNIT LENGTH - La CONC THK -tconc PE COAT THK tpe (m)

(m)
(m)
12.20

6.50E-02

3.50E-03

DENSITIES Kg/m3
CREEK WATER STEEL -S

PE COAT -pe

CONC. COAT -pe

SWAMP -sw

7850

1840

3040

1249

1025

CALCULATIONS
2

CASE
tsi =
tsii =

AREA (m )

WEIGHT (in air)

STEEL - AS
2.09E-02
2.38E-02

STEEL Ws
2004.41
2281.16

WEIGHT OF UNIT
PIPE (in air)
7318.27
7595.02

BUOYANCY OF UNIT PIPE (Kg)

MEDIUM

BUOYANCY

SWAMP
CREEK

6674.72
5477.65

PIPELINE
SPREAD
LENGTH (m)
4642
208
SUBMERGED

PE COAT - Ape

PE COAT - Wpe

tsi =
tsii =

6.74E-03

CONC COAT - Aconc

tsi =
tsii =

1.39E-01

151.35

CONC COAT - Wconc

5162.51

AVG. UNIT WGHT

PIPELINE SPREAD
WGHT (Kg)
OF PIPE (in air) SUBMERGED UNIT PIPE WGHT (Kg)
599.86

SWAMP

798.43

303794.82

622.54

CREEK

2272.24

38739.85

WGHT OF
ABSORBED H2O
IN UNIT PIPE (3%)

TOTAL
SUBMERGED
PIPELINE SPREAD
AVG UNIT SUBMERGED WGHT OF
WGHT KPxx Kpxy (Kg)
LINE PIPE (Kg/m)

SWAMP
CREEK

154.88

TOTAL REQUIRED BUOYANCY TO FLOAT PIPE SPREAD KP0.501 TO KP3.024 (MTon) ===
IF CAPACITY OF UNIT POLY FLOAT (Kg) =
TOTAL NO. OF FLOATS REQUIRED (KP15.450 TO KP20.300)=

750
456.71

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

* Pipe unit length was assumed to be 12.16m

- approx. 450nos

65.44
186.25

342534.67

342.535