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Minimum Required Pipe Wall Thickness and MAWP - U.S. Units
Minimum Pipe Wall Thickness for Specified Design Pressure
Calculations:
From a table like Table 10-22 in Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook (see link at right),
find and enter the required minimum pipe schedule number for the
specified pipe O.D, and required minimum wall thickness. , SNmin = 10
3. For Pipe that has been in use and has a previous wall thickness
measurement - Calculate Remaining Pipe Life
User Inputs: Enter values in yellow cells only.
INPUTS
Calculations:
CALC'NS
Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, 2nd Ed, Sec 8.7, Pipe Wall Thickness Determination b
psi See the following tables in Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 11th Ed
to obtain values for y, E, and A:
in Table 8.7.12 for values of y Table 8.7.10 and 8.7.11 for values of E
Table 8.7.13 for values of A
in Values for the allowable unit stress, S, for alloy steel pipe are given in:
More extensive tables of values for S, y, E, and A are available in: ASME B31.3 - 2002, Process Piping
Values for structural minimum wall thickness, ts, are available for 1/2" to 24" diam. carbon or low-alloy
steel pipe in Table 6 of API-574, 3rd Ed, Nov, 2009. That table gives the following values:
in 0.07" for 1/2" to 2" NPS; 0.08" for 3" NPS; 0.09" for 4" NPS; 0.11" for 6" to 18" NPS
and 0.12" for 20" to 24" NPS
This is: Equation 8.7.1 in Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 11th Ed.
For a video showing how to calculate minimum pipe wall thickness and schedule number, see:
Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, 2nd Ed, Sec 8.6
l thickness
The equations used to calculate the remaining pipe life are:
yr
inimum pipe
Pipe Fittings
Engineers, 11th Ed
ues of E
Calculations:
CALC'NS
ow cells only. Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, 2nd Ed, Sec 8.7, Pipe Wall Th
This is: Equation 8.7.1 in Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engi
es and Equations
ulations, 2nd Ed, Sec 8.7, Pipe Wall Thickness Determination by Piping Code
mation, see:
h Ed, Table 10-22 - U.S. units