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Pipe-in-Pipe modelling in AutoPIPE

Posted by Karim Rinawi on Fri, Oct 8 2010 2:50 AM

Here are some useful steps for Jacketed pipe modeling:

1. Carrier pipe and jacket are modeled as two separate segments with different pipe identifiers e.g. Jacket6 and carrier8
2. Segments may be made of different materials and have different operating conditions
3. Carrier pipe is supported by the jacket at regular intervals using spacers and at flanged ends.
4. Spacers are modeled as two point supports e.g. guide between a carrier segment point and a jacket segment point with
same coordinates.
5. Flanged ends can be modeled using a rigid frame element connecting the two pipes. A small distance between the
centerline of carrier pipe and jacket is needed for this purpose.
6. Jacketed piping is perfectly suited for copy/paste.
7. New segment cannot be inserted at the start of a 2 point component like a valve or reducer. New segment at end of the
valve is ok therefore will need to insert small run point before the valve to connect the jacket segment.
8. Model the carrier pipe first and enter points at all fanged ends and at all spacers or centralizers locations.
9. Select all the jacketed section and use Edit/Copy. Select the reference point for copy as the first point of that section, e.g.
A00.
10. You want to make a copy of that section but at a small offset. Suggest that you set this offset to DY=0.01ft. This is
reasonable since the carrier pipe will settle and contact the jacket at the spacer locations. The new section will NOT be
connected to original pipe.
11. Click on A00 and use Select/Point. A00 will show in red. Click on paste and then check the box “Apply offset from selected
points” and enter DY=0.01 ft and click OK.
12. Now hide the original carrier pipe segments. To do so, use the segment grid in the input grid and uncheck the first set of
segments. Now you can easily select the new segments using Select/Segment.
13. Use Modify/Pipe Properties over a range to change the pipe for the jacket pipe. Define a new pipe name and enter the
new bigger pipe data.
14. Use View/Transparency and check the box next to pipes. Now you can show the hidden segments and the carrier and
jacket can both be seen.
15. You may adjust the bend radius of the pipe or jacket if needed.
16. Click on the carrier pipe for each flange location and add a rigid frame to connect to corresponding pipe on the jacket.
17. Click on the carrier pipe for each spacer location and click Insert/support. Select Guide as the support type and enter gaps
for all directions (except may be for bottom gap for some supports that are expected to settle) and also set the friction to
0.35. Edit the connected to “Ground” and replace Ground by the corresponding jacket pipe point.
18. If there are any supports for the piping these should be added to the jacket and connected to ground. Soil is also applied
to jacket section only if any.
19. Enable the result options “Include axial forces” and also enable pressure extension cases during static analysis to account
for important axial effects. You may also use Appendix P and code case 178 for B31.3 if applicable.
20. If both carrier and jacket are liquid filled then adjust jacket SG for Jacket to account for annulus only (multiply SG by ratio
of annulus area to jacket inside area)
21. Remember to only apply hydrodynamic (e.g. submerged piping), wind and insulation only to jacket.

Karim Rinawi

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Posted by dweller on Tue, Oct 5 2010 1:00 PM

Is it possible to do this properly? I need to perform a Pipe-in-Pipe stress analysis using AutoPIPE
and was wondering how I would be able to model both the outer and inner pipes in the analysis,
and determine the stresses in each pipe accordingly.

Simply calculating an effective stiffness for the equivalent single pipe section is not an option as I
need stresses in each pipe independently.

Any suggestions or pointers would be very much appreciated!

Many Thanks!

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