Minimum required wall thickness

In this tables minimum required wall thicknesses for API 5L-B and for ASTM-106B pipe are given
for the following pipe sizes:
DN 25 / DN 40 / DN50 / DN80 / DN100 / DN 150 / DN200 / DN250 / DN300 / DN 350 / DN 400 /
DN450 / DN500 / DN600.
If stress corrosion cracking is possible in the material / environment combination the tables might
be unsafe. The increase in stresses due to wall thinning might just overcome the threshold value
and start SCC.
The limits as set in the tables shall not be exceeded without further analyses. The outcome of such
analysis might be that local deeper defects could be tolerated.
The wall thicknesses shown in the tables are not valid for situations where additional stresses may
be expected on the piping system, e.g. stresses caused by thermal expansion, settling or wind. In
situations where the pipe is directly resting on the supporting structure, unacceptably high stresses
and/or deformation may occur in the pipe at the position of this support.
Future corrosion allowance shall be taken into account for deciding to reject / accept pipes in
according to this tables.
These minimum required wall thicknesses are given for different pressure/temperature ratings and
are based on the following:
Material strength and internal pressure calculations in according to ANSI B31.3. In these
calculations a quality factor E=0.85 has been taken into account. The wall thicknesses shown
bold are based on internal pressure, the others are based on mechanical stability.
Mechanical strength calculations are based on the maximum required span as defined in DEP
31.38.01.11-Gen. In order to simulate external forces, an additional load in the middle of the
free span has been taken into account. The load and the free span used in the calculations is
shown under each table. The pipe stress calculations were performed with the use of Caesar II
pipe stress analysis program version 3.24.
Full vacuum to AD Merkblaetter Blatt B6.
DN25 Minimum required wall thickness in mm.
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
10 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
15 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
20 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
25 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
30 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
40 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
50 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
60 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
75 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
100 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
125 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of 3440
mm and an additional load of 250N in the middle of this span.
DN40 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
10 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
15 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
20 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
25 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
30 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
40 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
50 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
60 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
75 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
100 barg 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
125 barg 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of 4100
mm and an additional load of 400N in the middle of this span.
DN50 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
10 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
15 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
20 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
25 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
30 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
40 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
50 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
60 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
75 barg 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
100 barg 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
125 barg 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of 4560
mm and an additional load of 750N in the middle of this span.
DN80 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
10 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
15 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
20 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
25 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
30 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
40 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
50 barg 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
60 barg 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
75 barg 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5
100 barg 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6
125 barg 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of 5460
and an additional load of 1000N in the middle of this span.
DN100 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
10 barg 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
15 barg 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
20 barg 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
25 barg 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
30 barg 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
40 barg 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
50 barg 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
60 barg 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5
75 barg 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6
100 barg 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 8
125 barg 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 9
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of 6100
and an additional load of 2000N in the middle of this span.
DN150 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
10 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
15 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
20 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
25 barg 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
30 barg 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
40 barg 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5
50 barg 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6
60 barg 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7
75 barg 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 9
100 barg 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 11
125 barg 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 14
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of 7100
and an additional load of 4000N in the middle of this span.
DN200 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
10 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
15 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
20 barg 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
25 barg 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
30 barg 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5
40 barg 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6
50 barg 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 8
60 barg 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 9
75 barg 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 11
100 barg 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 14
125 barg 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14 17
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of 7960
and an additional load of 5000N in the middle of this span.
DN250 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
10 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
15 barg 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
20 barg 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
25 barg 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
30 barg 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6
40 barg 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 8
50 barg 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 9
60 barg 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 11
75 barg 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 14
100 barg 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 18
125 barg 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 22
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of 8700
and an additional load of 5000N in the middle of this span.
DN300 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
10 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
15 barg 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
20 barg 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5
25 barg 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6
30 barg 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7
40 barg 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 9
50 barg 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 11
60 barg 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 13
75 barg 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 16
100 barg 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 21
125 barg 17 17 18 18 19 20 20 21 26
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of 9160
and an additional load of 5000N in the middle of this span.
DN350 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
10 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
15 barg 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
20 barg 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
25 barg 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6
30 barg 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7
40 barg 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 10
50 barg 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 12
60 barg 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 14
75 barg 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 17
100 barg 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 23
125 barg 19 19 20 20 21 22 22 23 28
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of
10860 and an additional load of 5000N in the middle of this span.
DN400 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
10 barg 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
15 barg 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
20 barg 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6
25 barg 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7
30 barg 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8
40 barg 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 11
50 barg 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 14
60 barg 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 16
75 barg 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 16 20
100 barg 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 21 26
125 barg 21 22 22 23 24 25 25 26 32
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of
11200 and an additional load of 5000N in the middle of this span.
DN450 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
10 barg 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
15 barg 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
20 barg 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
25 barg 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 8
30 barg 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 9
40 barg 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 12
50 barg 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 15
60 barg 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 18
75 barg 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 18 22
100 barg 19 20 20 21 22 22 23 24 29
125 barg 24 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 36
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of
11500 and an additional load of 5000N in the middle of this span.
DN500 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
10 barg 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
15 barg 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
20 barg 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7
25 barg 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 9
30 barg 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 10
40 barg 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 14
50 barg 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 14 17
60 barg 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 20
75 barg 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 25
100 barg 21 22 22 23 24 25 25 26 32
125 barg 26 27 28 29 30 31 31 33 40
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of
11750 and an additional load of 5000N in the middle of this span.
DN600 Minimum required wall thickness in mm
200C 225C 250C 275C 300C 325C 350C 375C 400C
5 barg 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
10 barg 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5
15 barg 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6
20 barg 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 8
25 barg 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 10
30 barg 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 12
40 barg 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 16
50 barg 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 20
60 barg 16 16 16 17 18 18 19 19 24
75 barg 20 20 20 21 22 23 23 24 30
100 barg 26 26 27 28 29 30 30 32 39
125 barg 32 32 33 34 35 37 37 39 48
Mechanical strength calculations were performed for water filled straight pipes with a span of
12160 and an additional load of 5000N in the middle of this span.