Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations KootK on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  1. escapizm

    66Kv vs 132Kv subsea cable what are pros and cons

    Thanks bacon4life! As a simple man, I try to consider this in terms im familiar with, like hydraulics... So the voltage increase is like increasing the pressure in a pipe, the wall thickness (insulation) needs to be thicker. The flow or current remains the same so the diameter need not...
  2. escapizm

    Advanced hydraulics Book

    The best book I came across and used when I was a hydraulic engineer was:- Power Hydraulics by Michael J Pinches and John G Ashby Used it daily, much of the physical theory is unchanged. It may be hard to get hold of so good look. Also Mannesman Rexroth used to offer a range of different texts.
  3. escapizm

    66Kv vs 132Kv subsea cable what are pros and cons

    Hi All Question from a simple mechanical/hydraulic/Subsea engineer... In a windfarm what are the pros/cons of switching from a 66Kv copper subsea cable to a 132Kv cable? Does the cable physical CSA / diameter change or is it just an increase in power for the same properties? Obviously, all...
  4. escapizm

    Management of Change (MoC) versus Request for Concession (RfC)

    Thanks for your reply MikeHalloran, for contractual matters this form provide a mechanism for changes to be requested and agreed in an approved format. 1503-44, a very concise response, thanks, that is as i understood it! tks again.
  5. escapizm

    Management of Change (MoC) versus Request for Concession (RfC)

    All Can someone offer some clarity please on the difference between MoC and RfC. This is a constriction project with offshore operations, my understating is RfC would be used to make change requests to the Contract or Employers Requirements after contract award but before operations. An MOC...
  6. escapizm

    Q) Birdcage buckling a phenomenon in a subsea armoured power cable!

    Thanks Little inch, text submitted to client now ;-)
  7. escapizm

    Q) Birdcage buckling a phenomenon in a subsea armoured power cable!

    final text : - Birdcage buckling Is a phenomenon which occurs in armoured subsea power cables and flexible’s when subject to low axial tension or twisting opposite to the direction of the cable lay up ie during manufacture, lay or loadout. The axial torsion within the cable generated by both...
  8. escapizm

    Q) Birdcage buckling a phenomenon in a subsea armoured power cable!

    How does this sound folks? Birdcage buckling Is a phenomenon which occurs in an armoured subsea power cable when laid or moved under low tension. The axial torsion within the cable generated by both the twisted cores and the steel wire armour produce a twist, this in turn causes a reduction in...
  9. escapizm

    Can Dynamic Load exceed the SWL of rigging if the static load is ok

    I have subsequently increase the WLL of the rigging so the DAF loads is below WLL. Tks for your input.
  10. escapizm

    Can Dynamic Load exceed the SWL of rigging if the static load is ok

    This is indeed an offshore lift in the North sea, I am proposing to our analysis dept some further consideration (as no one here can give me a definitive yes or no either) they may well defines a smaller DAF and impose limiting sea-states etc for the lift, I will update with there input. tks...
  11. escapizm

    Can Dynamic Load exceed the SWL of rigging if the static load is ok

    Q) I have an existing rigging assembly with a hook rated to 25Te WLL, the static load is 22Te, applying a DAF of 1.3 gives 28.6Te. is the hook ok? Tks
  12. escapizm

    flood risk assessment and drainage strategy advice

    Thanks Jeff, a very comprehensive reply indeed. I will definitely use this during my meeting! Hi Civilman72, I’m hoping that their due diligence with regards to what Jeff mentions above has NOT been done properly/thoroughly and we at least have some recourse against someone. Thanks again...
  13. escapizm

    flood risk assessment and drainage strategy advice

    Esteemed colleagues I’m about to start a dialogue with the local council as spokesperson for flood action group, a group of residents whom have repeatedly being flooded (one is my mother in law). I’m a mechanical engineer in oil and gas so have no idea what I’m talking about when it comes to...
  14. escapizm

    Recipe for Concrete using postcrete and 20mm gravel please

    Thanks folks great replies, it's a small 6ft x 4ft lean to greenhouse for my daughter against a garage wall so half the found exists in the pathway around the garage, I'm adding 4 x paving slabs 60cm sq ea, I'm doing founds really as the adjacent soil is a boggy clay, probably over kill but I...
  15. escapizm

    Recipe for Concrete using postcrete and 20mm gravel please

    Found this A basic mixture of mortar can be made using the volume proportions of 1 water : 2 cement : 3 sand. Most of the student activities can be conducted using this basic mixture. Another "old rule of thumb" for mixing concrete is 1 cement : 2 sand : 3 gravel by volume. Mix the dry...
  16. escapizm

    Recipe for Concrete using postcrete and 20mm gravel please

    Im a simple subsea engineer and have googled the above and got mixed info. Can anyone please advise the ratio of water, postcrete and gravel (ive loads of gravel) for a simple foundation I’m preparing for a green house. I will dig a foundation pit 8 inches deep for 3 inches of hardcore (using...
  17. escapizm

    Steel Submerged weight - is there a rule of thumb ratio

    folks I appreciate the difference is minus the displaced volume of seawater but is there a rough ratio I can apply, ie if steel weighs 7850kg/m^3 and water is 1000kg/m^3 can I apply the ration (7850-1000)/7850=0.872 roughly providing no etrapted air? Tks

Part and Inventory Search