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© xxx SAFER, SMARTER, GREENER October 2014 DNV GL AS, [email protected], www.dnvgl.com/software SESAM™ PIPELINE StableLines ■ On-bottom stability analyses in full compliance with the DNV GL recommended practice DNV-RP-F109 ■ Makes safe decisions on necessary weight simpler ■ Thoroughly validated, verified and field tested StableLines is a VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) based pro- gram with a user-friendly Microsoft Excel spreadsheet interface. Simple creation of design criteria for on-bottom stability ■ Efficient user friendly Excel interface ■ The program is run through a main sheet, including all input and the most important results ■ Any parameter may be varied, to help designers create good criteria for the relevant conditions of their projects ■ Automatic performance and reporting of sensitivity studies Three lateral stability methods are covered ■ Absolute stability, no pipeline movement ■ Generalized stability with 0.5 OD displacement ■ Generalized stability with 10 OD displacement A professional engineering analysis software for pipelines, based on DNV GL Recommended Practice DNV-RP-F109. SOFTWARE 0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 40 60 80 100 Concrete thickness vs. water depth EMPTY CONDITIONS OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS Concrete thickness [m] Water depth [m]
