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System Modelling: Data and Results, Lines<br />

Data for Umbilicals<br />

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The Line Type Wizard can help build a line type to represent umbilical. Umbilical cables have many applications<br />

including the carrying of electrical communication wires and hydraulic connectors to submersibles. The Line Type<br />

data quantities that the wizard derives have been estimated from a limited amount of project data. The single item<br />

of input data is:<br />

Umbilical Diameter<br />

The outer diameter of the umbilical. Each derived line type property is a function of this diameter.<br />

Data for Hoses<br />

The Line Type Wizard helps you build a line type to represent a hose, based on the following data. A limited amount<br />

of available project data has been collated and used to derive purely empirical relationships between the diameter<br />

of types of hose and certain line type data quantities. The input data consists of:<br />

Hose Inner Diameter<br />

Each derived line type property is a function of the hose inner diameter.<br />

Hose Type<br />

The Hose Type can be one of high pressure, low pressure or fold-flat. These categories roughly cover the available<br />

project data.<br />

Outer and Inner Diameters<br />

The Line Type Wizard sets up Outer and Inner Diameters for hoses and umbilicals as follows:<br />

Hoses<br />

The inner diameter (ID) is specified by the user and the outer diameter (OD) is a function of the inner diameter:<br />

Umbilicals<br />

OD = 1.40 ID m (for High Pressure) [90% 150%],<br />

OD = 1.28 ID m (for Low Pressure),<br />

OD = 1.34 ID m (for Fold-Flat).<br />

The inner diameter (ID) is set to zero and the outer diameter (OD) is specified by the user.<br />

Mass per unit length<br />

The Line Type Wizard sets up mass for hoses and umbilicals as follows:<br />

Hoses<br />

For each type of hose the mass per metre has been estimated as a function of inner diameter giving:<br />

Umbilicals<br />

Mass per metre = 0.7253 ID te/m (for High Pressure) [55% 145%],<br />

Mass per metre = 0.3642 ID te/m (for Low Pressure),<br />

Mass per metre = 0.1844 ID te/m (for Fold-Flat).<br />

For the umbilicals the mass per metre has been estimated as a function of outer diameter giving:<br />

Mass per metre = 1.8 OD 2 te/m (for Umbilical) [35% 170%].<br />

Axial and Bending Stiffness<br />

The Line Type Wizard sets up Axial and Bending Stiffness and Limit Compression for hoses and umbilicals as<br />

follows:<br />

Axial Stiffness<br />

For each type of hose the axial stiffness has been estimated as a function of inner diameter giving:<br />

Axial Stiffness = 2.80 x 10 6 ID kN (for High Pressure) [40% 160%],

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