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3: Pipe Design

Steel pipe design................................................................................. 84
Properties of pipe................................................................................ 89
Length of pipe in bends ..................................................................... 91
Calculation of pipe bends................................................................... 92
Spacing of pipe supports .................................................................... 94
American Standard Taper Pipe Threads ........................................... 96
British Standard Taper Pipe Threads ................................................ 97
Normal engagement between male and female threads to
make tight joints.............................................................................. 98
Hand-held computer calculates pipe weight, contents, velocity...... 98
Formulas and constants of value in solving problems relating
to tubular goods .............................................................................. 101
How to calculate the contraction or expansion of a pipeline........... 102
Estimate weight of pipe in metric tons per kilometer ..................... 102
How to find pipe weight from outside diameter and
wall thickness................................................................................... 103
What is the maximum allowable length of unsupported
line pipe? ......................................................................................... 103
Identify the schedule number of pipe by direct
measurement................................................................................... 103
Determine buoyancy of bare steel pipe ............................................ 104
Determine buoyancy of bare and concrete coated steel pipe
in water and mud............................................................................ 104
Weights of piping materials................................................................ 105
Allowable working pressure for carbon steel pipe............................ 105
Find the stress in pipe wall due to internal pressure....................... 106
How to calculate stress in above/below ground transition ............... 107
How to identify the series number of flanged fittings...................... 110
Dimensions of three-diameter ells with tangents ............................. 110
Polypipe design data ........................................................................... 111

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