Welcome to the Pipe Stacking Height Calculator!

What does this Excel Sheet do?

This Excel sheet helps you calculate the maximum Stacking height possible for Bare Steel Pipes when stacked in nested confirguration
The sheet also checks the strength of the dunnage on which the pipe is resting

How to use this Excel Sheet

The user is asked for some inputs to be provided. For example, the properties of the pipe like the Outer Diameter, Wall Thickness etc.
The user has to provide all the inputs highlighted in blue.

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INPUTS OUTPUTS
PIPE DETAILS A. PIPE WEIGHT
STEEL PROPERTIES Notation Value Units Property Notation Value Units
Length of Pipe LPIPE 12 m Weight of Bare Pipe per Unit Length W PIPE 0.160 MT/m
Pipe Outside Diameter ODPIPE 406.4 mm Total Weight of Pipe W TOTAL 1.922 MT
Thickness of Steel WTPIPE 16.66 mm B. PIPE STACKING HEIGHT
Density of Steel ρSTEEL 7.85 MT/m³ Radius of Pipe R = ODPIPE/2 203.2 mm
Yield Strength Fy 358 MPa Pipe Thickness t = WTPIPE 16.66 mm
Actual no. of Tiers Stacked6 ntiers 6 Pipe Weight per unit Length(including DLF) w = W PIPE x DLF 0.192 MT/m
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DUNNAGE DETAILS Allowable Bending Stress σallow = 0.75 Fy 268.5 MPa
DUNNAGE PROPERTIES Notation Value Units LOADINGS ON BOTTOM TIER
Width of each Dunnage b 100 m
No. of Dunnages ndunnage 6 mm
Allowable Compressive Stress of Dunnage5 σdallow 1405 MT/m³

ENVIRONMENT DETAILS
Property Notation Value Units Load Case 1 Load Case 2
1
Dynamic Load Factor(DLF) γ 1.2 -
Load Case 1: Due to Pipes above (Roark's Formula for Stress and Strain, Circular Ring, Case 5) 3
STACKING TYPE : NESTED 4
Load Case 2: Due to Self Weight (Roark's Formula for Stress and Strain, Circular Ring, Case 15)
BENDING MOMENT
Load on bottom tier due to pipes above P = (n-1)w/(2cos30o) = 0.5774(n-1)w
FRONT VIEW Moment for Load Case 1 M1 = 0.5106PR = 0.2948(n-1)wR
Moment for Load Case 2 M2 = 1.5{w/(2πR)}R2 = 0.2387wR
Total Moment M = M1 + M2 = (0.2948n - 0.0561)wR
BENDING STRESS
Section Modulus for Transverse Bending Z = t2/6
2
Bending Stress, σ σ = M/Z = (n - 0.1903)wR/(0.5654t )
Output: Allowable Stacking Height
2
For max. no. of tiers, σ < σallow => (n - 0.1903)wR/(0.5654t ) < σallow
Max no. of tiers allowed n < 0.5654 σallowt2/wR + 0.1903
nmax 110
SIDE VIEW
CALCULATION OF COMPRESSIVE STRESS ON DUNNAGE
b(Width of Dunnage) Total load on width 'b' of a Dunnage P = ntierswL/ndunnage 2.31 MT
References: Bearing Length for Dunnage7 Lbearing = (π X 10/180) X R 35.47 mm
1. Dynamic Load Factor of 1.2 is assuming transportation on a Ship in open Seas. The factor of 1.2 is 2
Adunnage = b X Lbearing 0.0035 m
based on Nobledenton Rules for Marine Transportation 0030-5(June 2013). For storage on yard, the
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Dynamic Load Factor can be taken as 1.0 Compressive Stress on Dunnage σdunnage = P/Adunnage 650.18 MT/m
2. Allowable Bending Stress = 0.75 Fy is based on AISC ASD Sec F2-1 for Solid sections. The pipe Thus, Dunnage is Sufficient
bending stress is evaluated for a section of unit width and depth = thickness of the pipe.

3. Load Case 1 is due to the Load of the pipes above. The moment is derived from Roark Formulas for
Stress and Strain (7th Ed.), Circular Ring, Case 5

4. Load Case 2 is due to the self weight of the pipe. The moment is derived from Roark Formulas for
Stress and Strain (7th Ed.), Circular Ring, Case 15

5. Dunnage is assumed to be tropical wood, whose compressive strength is 1405 MT/m 2. For a dunnage 10o
of different type, the compressive strength can be changed by the user.
6. This is the actual no. of tiers of the pipe stacked or intended to be stacked (in the yard or on the vessel
during transportation). It must be less than the max. allowed tiers calculated from this spreadsheet. The
actual no. of tiers are needed to check the compressive strength of dunnage

7. The bearing area of dunnage is assumed to be over an arc of 10 degrees as shown in figure
above
Bearing Length (Lbearing)