DESIGN OF WATER PIPELINE CROSSING ETIHAD RAIL

Project Location:
Date: 22-11-2014

Client: Etihad Rail

Contractor: Al Salmeen General Contracting LLC

Scope:
This design report comprises the design of water pipeline crossing the proposed
Railway Track at west Samha. The pipeline is designed as per the guideline provided
by the Client. (Appendix C). The crossing arrangement must be so designed to
withstand the load imposed by the rolling stock.

Design Criteria:

The Design Calculations have been based on AWWA (American Water Works
Association) Standards.

General:

The basis of design is to encase the 600 carrier pipe in 1000 GRC casing pipe,
to be enclosed in Reinforced concrete to withstand the dead and live loads imposed
by the train operation. The space between carrier pipe and casing pipe will be
pressure grouted later on in order to provide it stability. The minimum depth of the

pressure grouted later on in order to provide it stability. The minimum depth of the
RCC protection system is kept 2.3 m from the reduced ground level, as our
crossing is lying in the area where the existing ground level is above the proposed cut
level of the railroad.

2. Loading

2.1 Material densities

The following material densities are used to calculate the dead load of the
members.

Reinforced Concrete = 2400 kg/m3

Rail = 70 kg/lm
Concrete Sleepers ( 2 m long) = 335 kg
Ballast = 1200 kg/m3
Backfill material = 19 kN/m3

2.2 Live Load

The crossing is designed to withstand the axle load of Cooper E80 loading. The
details or this loading are shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1

Design consideration in GRP Casing Pipe

Allowable defelection from ring beding

Mean Pipe Diameter

D 1000 mm

Shape Factor

Df 4.5

structural wall thikness

t 14.2 mm

thickness of liner

tL 1 mm

total thickness

E 17 GPa

tt t + tL = 15.2 mm

Long term Ring bending strain, mm/mm Sb 1.3%

Fig 1
Design Factor

FS 1.5

Maximum ring bending strain due to deflection

Sb
1
b
= 0.009
mm
FS
mm

Maximum allowable vertical pipe deflection

b
D
ya D = 126.706 mm
Df
tt

Calculation of prediced vertical pipe declection , y

Deflection Log Factor
Soil Unit Weight

DL 1.5
kN
19
m3

Overburden Depth

H 3.05 m

Dead Load

WC H = 57.95 kPa

Wheel Load Cooper E 80

P 39 kPa

Table 5-2

Impact factor

((2.44 m H))
If 1 + 0.33
= 0.918
2.44 m

If 1

Multiple presence Factor

Live Load

Mp 4

WL P If Mp = 156 kPa

Bedding Coefficient
Pipe Stiffness

Kx 0.083
PS 5 kPa

Constrained soil modulus of the native

soil at pipe elevation

Msn 10.3 MPa

Bd 1.25 m

Constrained soil modulus of the

pipe zone embedment

Msb 29 MPa
'
Msn
= 0.355

Msb
Sc 0.45

Ms Sc Msb = 13.05 MPa

Predicted vertical pipe deflection

D
y DL WC + WL Kx 10 3 = 0.025 mm
149 PS + 61000 Ms
ya
= 0.127

y
= 2.533 10 5

y ya
<
=1

D
D

Ok

Combined Loading

The check for pipe pressure and deflection combined is as follows

Working pressure
Hydraulic Design Basis
Working Strain

Pw 1600 kPa
Pw
HDB
= 1066.667 kPa
FS
D
mm
pr Pw = 0.003
mm
((2 t E))

Rerounding coefficient

Pw
rc 1
= 0.467
3000 kPa

rc
b = 0.311
Sb

pr 1 kPa
1

HDB
= 0.667
FS

pr 1 kPa
1

rc
HDB
b < = 1
Sb
FS

OK

Buckling check

Design factor
Scalar calibration factor to account
for some nonlinear effects

FSb 2.5
Cn 0.55

Factor to account for variability

s 0.9
in stiffness of compacted soil
Poissons ratio for soil
v 0.3

Modulus correction factor for

Poissons ratio, v, of the soil
Correction factor for depth of
fill

((1 2 v))
kv ((1 + v)) = 0.743
((1 v))
11.4
Rh = 1.036

D
11 +

1000 H

Allowable buckling pressure

.67
.33
Rh
1
6

(
)
qa
1.2
C

0.149

PS

10

k
= 1135.593 kPa
(
)

n
s
s
v
1000
FSb

Specific weight of water

N
w 9800
m3

height of water table

hw 1.5 m

Water buoyancy factor

hw
Rw 1 0.33 = 0.838
H

w hw + Rw WC + WL = 219.245 kPa

w hw + Rw WC + WL < qa = 1

Safe against buckling