Pipe deflection questions in AWWA M11
Pipe deflection questions in AWWA M11
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Hi im trying to understand the formula for pipe deflection in the AWWA M11 page 75. Using the metric formula (7-6M), i calculated the deflection to be 2.27mm for a 6m long 250mm OD steel water pipe with 4.55mm wall thickness.
Is this deflection calculation correct? I also cant seem to get the same deflection when using the imperial formula (7-6). I tried using various online pipe deflection calculators and the deflection seems to be more (around 20mm).
The parameters i used is in oage 103
Pipe OD = 250mm
Wall thk = 4.55mm
W = 78.87kg/m x 9.81 x 6m
L = 6m
E = 206.84GPa
I = 2.7725x10^7
Is this deflection calculation correct? I also cant seem to get the same deflection when using the imperial formula (7-6). I tried using various online pipe deflection calculators and the deflection seems to be more (around 20mm).
The parameters i used is in oage 103
Pipe OD = 250mm
Wall thk = 4.55mm
W = 78.87kg/m x 9.81 x 6m
L = 6m
E = 206.84GPa
I = 2.7725x10^7





RE: Pipe deflection questions in AWWA M11
RE: Pipe deflection questions in AWWA M11
RE: Pipe deflection questions in AWWA M11
I note the weight you have is a pipe full of water.
Is there a different calculation for single pipe of 6 m or continuous pipe with supports at 6m spacing?
This http://www.wermac.org/steel/pipesupports_spacing.h... seems to back up the 2.5mm cas as a 10" pipe is around 6m max spacing of supports based on stress but also a max 2.5mm deflection.
Is the pipe really 250mm OD exactly? 10" pipe I use is actually 10.75" OD.
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RE: Pipe deflection questions in AWWA M11
The formula used is for ‘maximum theoretical deflection for a simple span’, for uniformly distributed loads and free ends. This formula is from page 75 of AWWA M11 if you have the book.
Metric Y = (5x10^6)/(384) * (WL^3)/EI
Imperial Y = 22.5 * (WL^3)/EI
Y = max deflection at center span (mm) <inches>
W = total load on span (N) <lbf>
L = length of span (m) <Ft>
E = modulus of elasticity (206.84GPa for steel pipe) <30,000,000psi>
I = moment of innertia of pipe (mm4) <in4>
I just took a sample 250mm (10 inch) OD pipe size from Section modulus and inertia table to test out the calculations. This table also contains the size you mentioned 10.75 inches OD
Iam also curious as to why my deflection calculation results are different when using the metric and imperial formulas.
RE: Pipe deflection questions in AWWA M11
RE: Pipe deflection questions in AWWA M11
PS : when I have to do similar calc I always transform only the result
RE: Pipe deflection questions in AWWA M11