ON-BOTTOM STABILITY

1. Input Parameter
Equivalent Condition
Phase : Installation
Wave/Current Data : 1 yrs return perion wave + 1 yrs return perion current
Soil Type : Clay
1.1 Pipeline Design Parameter
Outer Diameter D
s
12.75in := Density corr coating
corr
940kg m
3
:=
Wall Thickness t
s
12.7mm := Thermal ins. coat. density
ins
0.0005kg m
3
:=
Internal Diameter ID D
s
2 t
s
:= Concrete Coating Density
cc
3044kg m
3
:=
Corrosion Coating thickness t
corr
0.003m := Content Density
cont
0 :=
Thermal Insulation Coating Thickness t
ins
0m := Seawater Density
sw
1025kg m
3
:=
Jacket Material t
j
0m := Steel Density
s
7850kg m
3
:=
Asphalt enamels t
as
0m := Asphalt Density
as
2243kg m
3
:=
t
cc
3mm :=
1.2 Environmental Parameter
Significant Wave Height H
s
1.2m :=
Spectral Peak Period T
p
7.5s :=
Water Depth d 70m :=
Current 3m above seabed U
r
0.165m s
1
:=
Kinematic Viscosity of Seawater 1.076 10
5
ft
2
s
1
:=
1.3 Soil Parameter
Soil Type 1 sand = 2 clay = , soil 2 := medium sand of density
soil
326.309kg m
3
:=
Undrained Shear Stress Su 2kPa :=
2. Calculation
2.1 Submerged Weight Calculation
Total Outer Diameter D t
cc
( )
D
s
2 t
corr
+ 2 t
ins
+ 2 t
j
+ 2 t
as
+ 2 t
cc
+ := D t
cc
( )
0.336m =
Total Outside Diameter D t
cc
( )
0.336m =
Internal Diameter D
i
D
s
2 t
s
:= D
i
0.298m =
D
corr
D
s
2 t
corr
+ :=
D
ins
D
corr
2 t
ins
+ := D
j
D
ins
2 t
j
+ := D
as
D
j
2 t
as
+ :=
Submerged Weight = Steel Weight + Corrosion Coat Weight + Thermal Insulation Weight + Jacket Material + Concrete
Coat Weight + Contents Weight - Buoyancy
Ws t
cc
( )

4
D
s
( )
2
ID
2

s
D
corr
( )
2
D
s
( )
2

corr
+ D
ins
( )
2
D
corr
( )
2

ins
+
D
j
( )
2
D
ins
( )
2

s
D
as
( )
2
D
j
( )
2

as
D t
cc
( )
2
D
as
( )
2

cc
+
D
i
( )
2

cont
D t
cc
( )
2

sw

+
...

(
(
(

+ +
...

(
(
(
(
(

:=
Ws t
cc
( )
19.093
kg
m
=
Buoyancy B t
cc
( )

4
g D t
cc
( )
2

2
sw

g
:= B t
cc
( )
181.608
kg
m
=
2.3 Vertical Stability
Specific Gravity SG t
cc
( )
Ws t
cc
( )
B t
cc
( )
+
B t
cc
( )
:= SG t
cc
( )
1.105 =
if Ws t
cc
( )
B t
cc
( )
+ 1.1B t
cc
( )
"FLOAT" , "OK" ,
( )
"OK" =
Specific Gravity of Product (relative to seawater) SG
prod

cont

sw
:= SG
prod
0 =
Specific Gravity of Soil (relative to seawater) SG
soil

soil

sw
:= SG
soil
0.318 =
2.3 Find Water Particle Velocities
Parameter T
n
d
g
:= T
n
2.672s = T
p
7.5s =
T
n
T
p
0.356 =
T
p
H
s
:= 6.847
s
m
0.5
=
Peakedness Parameter if 3.6
sec
m
5 , if 5
sec
m
1 , 3.3 ,
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1 =
PM 1 :=
JONSWAP 3.3 5 :=
Significant Wave Velocity U
s
0.021799 H
s

T
n
:=
Zero Up-Crossing Period T
u
1.239122 T
p
:= T
u
9.293s =
2.4 Using Simplified Static Stability Method
Wave particle accel. A
s
2
U
s
T
u
:= A
s
6.62 10
3

m
s
2
=
Current to wave velocity M
U
r
U
s
:= M 16.852 =
KC number K
U
s
T
u

D t
cc
( )
:= K 0.271 = U
s
T
u
0.091m =
Reynold's Number Re t
cc
( )
U
r
U
s
+
( )
D t
cc
( )

:= Re t
cc
( )
5.872 10
4
=
Hydrodynamics Coefficient
C
D
if Re t
cc
( )
3 10
5
< M 0.8 1.2 , 0.7 ,
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:= C
D
1.2 =
C
L
0.9 :=
C
M
3.29 :=
Soil Coefficient
Clay Soil
Ratio
1
S
= S
u
2kPa := Ratio
D t
cc
( )
S
u

Ws t
cc
( )
g
:= Ratio 3.587 =
D t
cc
( )
0.336m =

c
0.25 :=
Sand Soil

s
0.7 :=
Friction Coef
if soil 1 =
s
,
c
,
( )
:= 0.25 =
Calibration Factor
M 16.852 =
K 0.271 =
F
W
1 :=
2.5 Lateral Stability Calculation
Hydrodynamic Forces and Required Submerged Weight
Phase angle range i 0 360 .. :=
i
i deg :=
Lift Force F
L
t
cc
,
( )
1
2

sw
g
D t
cc
( )
C
L
U
s
cos ( ) U
r
+
( )
2
:=
Drag Force F
D
t
cc
,
( )
1
2

sw
g
D t
cc
( )
C
D
U
s
cos ( ) U
r
+
( )
2
:=
Inertia Force F
I
t
cc
,
( )
D t
cc
( )
2

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sw
g
C
M
A
s
sin ( ) :=
Required Submerged Weight W
s
t
cc
,
( )
F
D
t
cc
,
( )
F
I
t
cc
,
( )
+ F
L
t
cc
,
( )
+

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F
W
:=
Result of Calculation
t
cc
3 10
3
m =
Wreq max W
s
t
cc
,
( ) ( )
:=
Ws t
cc
( )
19.093
kg
m
= Wreq 3.594
kg
m
= W
so
t
cc
( )
Ws t
cc
( )
g := W
so
t
cc
( )
187.243
kg
s
2
=
if Ws t
cc
( )
Wreq "Need More Concrete Thickness" , "OK" ,
( )
"OK" =
SF
W
Ws t
cc
( )
Wreq
:= SF
W
5.313 =
Specific Gravity SG t
cc
( )
1.105 =
Submerged Weight Ws t
cc
( )
19.093
kg
m
=