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 Minimum Required Pipe Wall Thickness and MAWP - U.S. Units
Minimum Pipe Wall Thickness for Specified Design Pressure

1. Calculate Required Minimum Wall Thickness, t req

User Inputs: Enter values in yellow cells only.

Pipe O.D., D = 2.375 in Design Fluid Pressure, P = 100.0

INPUTS

(See link at right for std pipe size table)

Allowable Unit Stress
Temp. Coeff., y = 0.400 of pipe material, S = 20000
Longitudinal
Quality Factor, E = 1.000 End Condition Factor, A = 0.000

Structural Minimum Wall Thickness, ts = 0.070

See notes at right for information on sources for Y, S, E, A, and ts values.

Calculations:

Pressure Design Wall Thickness, tp = 0.0059

(based on ASME 31.3, paragraphs 304.1.1 and 304.1.2)
CALCULATIONS

Required Minimum Wall Thickness, treq = 0.070

(the larger of tp and ts)

2. For New Pipe - Determine Required Schedule No.

From a table like Table 10-22 in Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook (see link at right),
find and enter the required minimum pipe schedule number for the
specified pipe O.D, and required minimum wall thickness. , SNmin = 10

3. For Pipe that has been in use and has a previous wall thickness
measurement - Calculate Remaining Pipe Life
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INPUTS

Initial Pipe Wall Current Measured Pipe

Thickness, tinit = 0.154 in Wall Thickness, tcurr = 0.110
Time between measurement of tinit and tcurr, Dtime = 10.0

Calculations:
CALC'NS

Corrosion Rate, CR = 0.0044 in/yr

Remaining Life of Pipe = 9.091

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- U.S. Units References and Equations
Pressure
For background and descriptive information about required minimum pipe
wall thickness calculations see:
Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 11th Ed, Sec 8.7.3 Pipe Fittings

Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, 2nd Ed, Sec 8.7, Pipe Wall Thickness Determination b

For a table with standard pipe size information, see:

psig Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook, 8th Ed, Table 10-22 - U.S. units

psi See the following tables in Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 11th Ed
to obtain values for y, E, and A:
in Table 8.7.12 for values of y Table 8.7.10 and 8.7.11 for values of E
Table 8.7.13 for values of A
in Values for the allowable unit stress, S, for alloy steel pipe are given in:

Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, 2nd Ed, Table 2

More extensive tables of values for S, y, E, and A are available in: ASME B31.3 - 2002, Process Piping

Values for structural minimum wall thickness, ts, are available for 1/2" to 24" diam. carbon or low-alloy
steel pipe in Table 6 of API-574, 3rd Ed, Nov, 2009. That table gives the following values:
in 0.07" for 1/2" to 2" NPS; 0.08" for 3" NPS; 0.09" for 4" NPS; 0.11" for 6" to 18" NPS
and 0.12" for 20" to 24" NPS

in The equation used to calculate pressure design wall thickness is

This is: Equation 8.7.1 in Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 11th Ed.

For a video showing how to calculate minimum pipe wall thickness and schedule number, see:
Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, 2nd Ed, Sec 8.6

For a table with standard pipe size information, see:

Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook, 8th Ed, Table 10-22 - U.S. units

l thickness
 The equations used to calculate the remaining pipe life are:

Remaining Life of Pipe = (tinit - treq)/CR

in Corrosion Rate, CR = (tinit - tcurr)/Dtime

yr

yr
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Pipe Fittings

Engineers, 11th Ed

ues of E

B31.3 - 2002, Process Piping

" diam. carbon or low-alloy

ollowing values:
r 6" to 18" NPS

neers, 11th Ed.

edule number, see:

 Minimum Required Pipe Wall Thickness and MAWP - U.S. Units
Minimum Pipe Wall Thickness for Specified Design Pressure

Calculate Maximum Allowable Working Pressure (MAWP)

for Specified Wall Thickness

User Inputs: Enter values in yellow cells only.

INPUTS

Pipe O.D., D = 2.375 in Pipe Wall Thickness, tpipe =

(See link at right for std pipe size table) Allowable Unit Stress
Temp. Coeff., y = 0.400 of pipe material, S =
Longitudinal
Quality Factor, E = 1.000 End Condition Factor, A =

See notes at right for information on sources for Y, S, E, and A values.

Calculations:
CALC'NS

Maximum Allowable Working Pressure, MAWP =

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Design Pressure
For background and descriptive information about required minim
wall thickness calculations see:
Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 11th Ed, Sec 8.7.3 Pipe F

ow cells only. Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, 2nd Ed, Sec 8.7, Pipe Wall Th

For a table with standard pipe size information, see:

Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook, 8th Ed, Table 10-22 - U.S. units
0.110 in
See the following tables in Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Eng
20000 psi to obtain values for y, E, and A:
Table 8.7.12 for values of y Table 8.7.10 and 8.7.11 for values o
0.000 in Table 8.7.13 for values of A
Values for the allowable unit stress, S, for alloy steel pipe are given in:
Handbook of Mechanical Engineering Calculations, 2nd Ed, Table 2
More extensive tables of values for S, y, E, and A are available in: ASME B31.

The equation used to calculate

the maximum allowable working pressure is:
1923.92 psig
This is equation is obtained from the following equation for pressure design wall

This is: Equation 8.7.1 in Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engi
es and Equations

formation about required minimum pipe

al Engineers, 11th Ed, Sec 8.7.3 Pipe Fittings

ulations, 2nd Ed, Sec 8.7, Pipe Wall Thickness Determination by Piping Code

mation, see:
h Ed, Table 10-22 - U.S. units

dard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 11th Ed

Table 8.7.10 and 8.7.11 for values of E

r alloy steel pipe are given in:

alculations, 2nd Ed, Table 2
, and A are available in: ASME B31.3 - 2002, Process Piping

ing equation for pressure design wall thickness by solving for P.

ndard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 11th Ed.