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  1. oilcivil

    Pipeline Support Piles

    Thanks, yeah where I work in southern california there are only a handful of times a year where we get below freezing. Sometimes we use sonotubes, sometimes we don't but the foundation is always designed using the pole embedment calculation method from section 18 of the CBC. It is common...
  2. oilcivil

    Pipeline Support Piles

    Thanks for the input. Yeah just to be clear I'm talking about a 'T' support supporting a pipeline only in the vertical direction. No guides or anchors on the support. Thanks again :)
  3. oilcivil

    Pipeline Support Piles

    Out here in California petroleum, we typically use 'T' supports with cast in place concrete "pile" foundations. Some supports have lateral forces but many are only providing vertical support. Right now there is a school of thought that all of the supports should have rebar cages in the...
  4. oilcivil

    Pipeline Support Piles

    Hi There, In the Petroleum industry in California there is lots of debate regarding pipe supports. Obviously there is lots of opportunity for optimization on a long pipeline with many supports. We typically use a 'T' type support made of cut and welded ERW pipe. We typically have thermal stress...
  5. oilcivil

    API 43 Crude

    Hey Gang, Does anyone out there know (or know how to figure out) the molecular weight for API 43 Crude. I'm looking all over for it. Thanks in advance.
  6. oilcivil

    Crane Lift - Rectangular Tank

    If I am using just one spreader beam to hold the cables apart (cables come down from boom, then 'V' out with spreader) is the K value in the spreader beam considered to be pinned/pinned and therefore 1?
  7. oilcivil

    CAESAR II

    Hi There, I'm sure you guys out there are familiar with the pipe stress analysis program CAESAR II. I'm working at an upstream oil and gas consulting firm and would like to learn the software. Do you know of any good online learning resources or are there good tutorials in the software? If you...
  8. oilcivil

    Crane Lift - Rectangular Tank

    Hey Gang, I posted a while back about rectangular tank design and found some very good resources. Thanks to everyone that helps. I can provide some research papers for anyone interested. Anyway, now I'm analyzing the tank for a crane lift. The tank will have four lifting eyes and I want to do...
  9. oilcivil

    Corrugated metal properties

    Hey Gang, I'm designing an A-36 rectangular metal tank. The sheet metal used for the walls is 1/4" thick. There are corrucations in the metal on the two longest sides. The corrugations run top to bottom. I know the corrugations increase the stiffness and tensile strength of the steel...
  10. oilcivil

    Advice

    Hey gang, I'm a Civil Engineer - PE, worked 5 years in Land Development and now making a career move into an upstream oil and gas engineering company. Pretty cool huh. I will be doing pipe support design and foundation design along with project management. Anybody out there have any advice for...
  11. oilcivil

    Rectangular Tank Design

    I'm trying to design a steel rectangular tank for water. I understand there is a spreadsheet out there on a previous post that is based on a paper by Kanti Mahajan. Does anyone have the spreadsheet?? I've can do some calcs like hydrostatic pressure on the bottom and sides. I can calc the...

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