JEE309 Subsea Engineering

Assessment of the on-bottom stability of pipelines subjected to

environmental loads (DNVGL-RP-F109, 2017)

Given:
A subsea pipeline was designed to transport gas from an offshore platform in a water
depth of 100 m to an onshore gas plant. The pipeline is to be designed for lateral and
vertical stability criteria as per the recommended practice DNVGL-RP-F109.
Problem:
Verify the design of the pipeline using the stability criteria recommended by DNV,
including
the absolute lateral static stability method (40 points),
the generalised lateral stability method (40 points) and
the vertical stability method (20 points).

Pipeline and soil specification data

Parameter Symbol Value

Pipe external diameter Do 612 mm
Nominal wall thickness tnom 19.1 mm
Steel density st 7850 kg/m3
Concrete coating thickness tcon 52 mm
Concrete coating density con 3050 kg/m3
Corrosion coating thickness tcc 5 mm
Corrosion coating density cc 930 kg/m3
Roughness of medium sand zo 0.00004 m
Product density p 134 kg/m3
Sea water density w 1025
Soil type - Sand
Friction coefficient 0.6

100-year Environmental conditions

Parameter Symbol Value

Current speed, 1 m above U 0.70 m/s

seabed
Significant wave height Hs 14.5 m
Peak period Tp 14.0 s
Water depth d 100 m
Peak-enhancement factor 3.3
Storm duration Tstorm 3 hours
Measured current height zr 1.0 m
Continued
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Assumptions

Parameter Symbol Value

Reduction factor due to wave spreading RD 0.92
Angle between current direction and pipe c 90o
Load reduction in lift due to permeable seabed rperm,z 0.75
Load reduction due to trench profile in y-direction rtrench,y 1.0
Load reduction due to trench profile in z-direction rtrench,z 1.0
Load reduction due to penetration in y-direction rpen,y 1.0
Load reduction due to penetration in z-direction rpen,z 1.2
Peak load coefficient in y-direction C*Y 1.5
Peak load coefficient in z-direction C*Z 1.6
Passive soil resistance FR 0.0
Safety factor SC 1.32
Safety factor W 1.1