Buried Piping expansion

• Sep 5, 2007

• #2

pennpiper

Mechanical

Dec 9, 2005

1,687

What kind of original soil?
What kind of backfill?
How deep will the line be?
What is the pipe material?

 

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• Sep 5, 2007

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• #3

saliba11

Mechanical

Sep 7, 2006

29

It is a tight soil.

Pipe is about 1 meter under soil.

pipe material is carbon steel api 5LgrB

regards

 

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• Sep 8, 2007

• #4

PaulDBerg

Mechanical

Sep 8, 2007

8

You can use an externally pressurized joint, shown at

http://www.flexicraft.com/p2.asp?catid=1&subcatid=382.

These can be buried, and take pretty long axial compressions of up to 8".

 

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