Infrapipe - SDR vs SN

WHAT IS SRP PIPE?

An SDR solid wall pipe is designed to contain internal pressure (10-20 bar). This requires very thick walls to resist the bursting forces.

An SN profile pipe needs only resist external buckling forces.

For gravity pipe you only need a SN rated profile pipe, no bursting strength is required.

A profile pipe works by using the height of the profile to maximise the Distance of Inertia and the Moment of Inertia from having more mass at a distance to create the same mechanical strength as a solid wall pipe but with only 20%-30% of the weight. The savings are significant:

SDR vs SN - Use the right pipe

Figure 1 SDR and profile pipes with Cost as Size

Figure 1 SDR and profile pipes with Cost as Size

INFRAPIPE can easily be continuously welded like solid wall pipe, or bolted

Table 1 Data for Figure 1 showing SDR for PN

SN

SDR

PN

kg/m

8

0.8

39

16

0.8

54

12

0.8

47

23

0.8

61

39

0.8

82

93

0.8

190

4.9

26

6.3

131

12

21

8

179

23

17

10

228

39

13.6

12

278

91

11

16

389

Above SN16 is only 7m+ deep installations, KiwiRail and airports. The use of SDR (pressure) pipe for gravity applications is incorrect and three times more expensive and should be avoided.

The profile pipe has the same SN rating with 20% of the weight by using mechanical advantage

Figure 2 The profile pipe has the same SN rating with 20% of the weight by using mechanical advantage

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