Calculate pipeline axial load and axial stress from operating temperature and pressure.
The axial stress is caused by changes in temperature and pressure between installation and operation. The external pressure is assumed to be constant during installation and operation (submerged pipeline). The internal pressure is assumed to be zero during installation. The stress is positive in tension, and negative in compression.
Nominal pipe diameter and wall thickness should normally be used for axial load calculations. Pipe wall stress is calculated for the cross section area, and is indicative only.
Tool Input
- pletype : External Pressure Type
- Peu : User Defined External Pressure
- syutype : Stress Table Type
- mattype : Yield Stress Type
- SMYSu : User Defined Specified Minimum Yield Stress
- schdtype : Pipe Schedule Type
- diamtype : Pipe Diameter Type
- ODu : User Defined Outside Diameter
- IDu : User Defined Inside Diameter
- wtntype : Wall Thickness Type
- tnu : User Defined Wall Thickness
- corrtype : Pipe Wall Corrosion Type
- modptype : Pipe Material Type
- νu : User Defined Pipe Poisson's Ratio
- αu : User Defined Pipe Thermal Expansion Coefficient
- Eu : User Defined Pipe Elastic Modulus
- sectype : Pipe Section Properties Type
- Asu : User Defined Steel Cross Section Area
- EAαu : User Defined Pipe E x A x alpha
- loadtype : Axial Load Type
- Fgu : User Defined Global Axial Load
- Fwu : User Defined Pipe Wall Axial Load
- tc : Corrosion Allowance
- Fd : Design Factor
- Pi : Internal Pressure
- Td : Design Temperature
- Tin : Installation Temperature
- Fin : Installation Load
Tool Output
- α : Pipe Thermal Expansion Coefficient
- ν : Pipe Poisson's Ratio
- Ax : Pipe Cross Section Area
- E : Pipe Elastic Modulus
- EAα : Pipe E x A x alpha
- Fg : Global Or External Axial Load
- Fw : Pipe Wall Axial Load
- ID : Pipe Inside Diameter
- OD : Pipe Outside Diameter
- OD/tn : Pipe Diameter Over Wall Thickness Ratio
- PΔ : Pressure Difference
- Pe : External Pressure
- SMYS : Specified Minimum Yield Stress
- Sd : Allowable Stress
- Sw : Pipe Wall Axial Stress
- Sw/Sd : Axial Stress Over Allowable Stress Ratio
- t : Stress Check Wall Thickness
- tn : Pipe Nominal Wall Thickness