I) Input 

Steel Pipe Outer diamerer D = 168.275 mm 6.625 in

Steel pipe Nominal wall thickness t = 9.53 mm 0.375 in
Steel Pipe Inside diameter Di = 149.215 mm 5.875 in
Steel Grade = API 5L X60

Steel material specified minimum yield strength SMYS = 415 Mpa 60191 psi

Steel density ρs = 7850 kg/m3 309.0551 in
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Cladding density  (if applicable) ρClad = 8137.89 kg/m 320.389 in
Cladding Thickness (if applicable) tClad = 3 mm 0.118 in
Dynamic factor f = 0 0.000 in
Width of bearing strip W = 203.2 mm 0.667 ft
Effective number of flat bearing strips B = 2

Specified length of pipe L = 12.2 m 40.026 ft

Assumed contact angle of pipe with wooden sleeper θ = 2 deg

Allowable compressive stress of wooden sleeper fba = 48.263 N/mm2 7000 psi

Span between adjacent wooden sleepers l = 6.1 m 240.157 in

II) Calculations
a) Based on API RP‐5LW

= 0.426 ∗ 1 ∗ 0.152 1] + 0.426 ∗ 1 ∗ 0.152 1
Static load stress for a single layer,  σs
 σs = 686.88827 psi
Allowable Stress,  σa = SMYS/(1+f)
 σa = 60190.77 psi

Allowable number of stacked layers, n = σa/σs
n = 87.628182

b) Based on wodden Sleeper Strength

Assumed contact surface width of wooden sleeper with pipe = (θ/360)*π* D
A = 2.9369528 mm

United Weight of steel pipe Ws = π(D‐t)t* ρs/106
= 37.308903 kg/m

United weight of cladding Wclad = π(Di‐tclad)tclad* ρclad/106

= 11.21437 kg/m
Total United Weight W = Ws+Wclad
= 48.523273 kg/m

Compressive stress on wooden sleeper with a single stacked layer = {9.81w(1+g)L/B}/(A*W)
σc = 4.8655088 N/mm2

Allowable number of stacked layers nw = fba/σc
= 9.92
III) Summary
Allowed number of stacking layers = min(ns,nw)
= 9.92

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