RISER DESIGN

Pavan kumar reddy Soodireddy

1094135
SUBS - 6320

Input conditions for the Riser design.

Drift : 8.55
Riser style : welded connecters
Design Pressure :10,000 psi
Water Depth : 5000 feet
Internal Fluid : 8.6 lb/gal
Vessel Offset : 75 feet
Tensioner type : 4 cylinder
Current load : 1.1 m/s
Wave load : 10 ft wave height / 9 sec wave period
Assumptions made :
NACE material X70 API 5L sour service
Drift allowance : 1/8
Fitup tolerance : +/- 0.040
Weld caps are ground flush
Yield strength : 80 ksi
Corrosion Allowance : 0.03
RAO file data
0.1
0.3 0.9 0. 0. 0. 0.4
90. 75. 0. 0. 0. -95.

Pipe sizing calculations:

Idmin

= Drift + Drift allowance + Fit up tolerance + 2* weld cap height

= 8.55+0.125+0.040+0
=8.715

Idnom =8.75 ( little higher than Idmin from the standard size of the riser).
Tmin

=
=(

) (
(

)
)

=1.195
Tnom

= Tmin + CA
=1.195 + 0.03
=1.225

Odmin = Idnom + 2*Tmin

= 8.75 + ( 2*1.195)
=11.14
Odnom = Idnom + (2*Tnom)
=8.75 + (2*1.225)
=11.20 or a standard of 11.25
Based on these dimensions the other dimensions of the riser system such as Tree,
Tension joint and the stress joint dimensions have been favorably assumed to meet
the requirements and been further proceeded. All the dimensions for the Riser
system are provided in the excel sheet 1 .

Hanging Weight Calculations

Hanging weight

= (Dry steel weight + Dry internal fluid weight - Buoyancy)

)
(

))

Wieght of tree
(

(0.50802+0.50802+0.5080*0.5080)-( * 0.22232 * 3.048))*7850 +( *

0.22232 *3.048)* 1030.5 -

(0.50802+0.50802+0.5080*0.5080)*1000

= 3,425.2 Kg
Weight of Tensioner Joint
(

(0.33662+0.28582+0.3366*0.2858)-( * 0.22232 * 6.096))*7850 +( *

0.22232 *6.096)* 1030.5 -

(0.33662+0.28582+0.3366*0.2858)*1000

= 1,569.4 Kg
Weight of Riser Joint
(

(0.28582+0.28582+0.2858*0.2858)-( * 0.22232 * 1533.069))*7850 +(

* 0.22232 *1533.069)* 1030.5 = 267,875.1 Kg

(0.28582+0.28582+0.2858*0.2858)*1000

Weight of the Stress Joint

(

(0.28582+0.38742+0.2858*0.3874)-( * 0.22232 * 9.144))*7850 +( *

0.22232 *9.144)* 1030.5 -

(0.28582+0.38742+0.2858*0.3874)*1000

= 3,195.1 kg
Total Hanging weight = Weight of ( Tree +Tensioner joint + Riser joint +stress joint )
= 3425.2 + 1569.4 + 267,875.1 +3195.1
= 276064.8 Kg
= 276064.8 * 9.81 N
= 2,708,195 N
While the Total Hanging weight from the Flexcom model is 2,710,000N is in
accordance with the calculations performed.
Maximum Tension at the top

= Toatal Hanging weight * Top Tension Factor

= 2,708,195 * 1.5
=4,062,294 N

Wave Load
( Ci

)(

)+ (

) )

ci = ca = cd = 1

considering a stationary riser

= 62.42 lb/ft3
D= 11.25 = 0.935 ft
Vmax=

=
=

= 0.698 s-1

a = 10 ft
Z= 10/2 = 5ft
=
K=

=
=

= 415 ft
= 0.01514 rad/ ft

= 0.698 * 10 *
= 7.528 ft/s
Amax =
= 0.6982 * 10 *
= 5.255 ft/s2
Wave Load = { ( 62.43 * * 0.9352 * 5.255 ) +0+( 0.5 * 62.42 * 0.935 * 7.5282) }* 1/ gc
=

= 58.35 lb-f / ft

Current Load :
Current Load due to drag force = 0.5 *

* cd * D * L * U2 * 1/gc

Cd = 1 ; U= 1.1 m/s = 3.608 ft / s ; L = 5000 ft ( depth )

= 0.5 * 62.4 * 1 * 0.935 * 5000 * 3.6082 * 1/32.2
= 58967.59 lb-f
= 5.896 * 104 lb-f
Current load due to lift force = 0.5 *

* cl * D * L * U2 * 1/gc

Cl = 1.5
= 0.5 * 62.4 * 1.5 * 0.935 * 5000 * 3.6082 * 1/32.2
= 88451.1 lb f
= 8.845 * 104 lb -f

Von Mises stress Vs Curved distance along the structure

Maximum Von Mises Stress = 55.5 Ksi

Which is very much under the Yield strength 80 Ksi
Factor Of Safety
Factor of safety

=
=1.44

Flexcom Model

The Flexcom analysis has been successfully completed and well functioning Riser
has been designed for the input conditions.