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Conductor Cone Guide Design for MFP Jacket

This document summarizes the design of conductor cone guides used in an MFP jacket. It defines material properties, conductor parameters, and design checks for the cone guide. Key details include the cone's top and bottom diameters, thickness, and angle. Bending stress and section modulus calculations ensure the design meets the material's yield strength allowable stress. The summary checks indicate the bending stress is less than the allowable, and the unity check passes.

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Conductor Cone Guide Design for MFP Jacket

This document summarizes the design of conductor cone guides used in an MFP jacket. It defines material properties, conductor parameters, and design checks for the cone guide. Key details include the cone's top and bottom diameters, thickness, and angle. Bending stress and section modulus calculations ensure the design meets the material's yield strength allowable stress. The summary checks indicate the bending stress is less than the allowable, and the unity check passes.

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1.

INTRODUCTION
This sheet designs the conductor cone guides used in the MFP jacket..

2. MATERIAL PROPERTIES
Yield Strength Fy := 345  MPa

Poission Ratio := 0.3

Young's Modulus 5
E := 2.10  10  MPa

Shear Modulus 4
G := 8  10 MPa

kg
Density s := 7850 3
m

Doc G00A-ST-RPT-01-00137-107-00 Appendix A4-1 of A4-3 Rev :A


3. CONDUCTOR PARAMETERS
Diameter D c := 762mm

Thickness t c := 25mm

Length of conductor to be guided lc := 34.6m

4. DESIGN CHECKS FOR CONDUCTOR CONE GUIDE


Top diameter of the cone D t := 1152mm

Bottom diameter of the cone D b := 852mm

Thickness of the cone plate t p := 25mm

Cone angle := 45deg

The conductor cone would be supported by four 12 mm stiffener plates. Considering a section between the
stiffener plates, it will act as a conical plate with three sides fixed and one end free. For ease of design, the
plate is conservatively analysed to be a cantilever with the bottom end of the cone fixed. The conductor is
assumed to hit the guide on the free edge, and a horizontal load of 10% the weight of the conductor is also
considered in the design.

Average width of the plate section (taking the effective


(Dt + D b)
bp :=  = 786.969  mm
rectangular section of the cone) 4 2

Doc G00A-ST-RPT-01-00137-107-00 Appendix A4-2 of A4-3 Rev :A


2
Weight of the conductor W :=  D - D c - 2  t c
4  c
( )2 lc  s  g = 154.178  kN

Lever arm for the vertical force


(Dt - Db)
yv := = 150  mm
2

yh := yv  tan ( ) = 150  mm
Lever arm for the horizontal force

Total moment on the plate M p := W  yv + 0.1  W  yh = 25.439  kN  m


2
bp  t p
4 3
Section modulus of the plate Zp := = 8.198  10  mm
6
Mp
Maximum bending stress bend := = 310.328  MPa
Zp

The cone guide is designed to yield and hence all := Fy = 345  MPa
allowable bending stress is
Check := "OK" if bend < all
"Redesign!" otherwise

Check = "OK"

bend
Unity Check UC := = 0.9
all

Doc G00A-ST-RPT-01-00137-107-00 Appendix A4-3 of A4-3 Rev :A

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