Calculate area (sq ft) of 6" diameter pipe (lf)

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Calculate area (sq ft) of 6" diameter pipe (lf)

Postby bolstadt » Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:25 pm

I've tried searching for the formula to calculate how many square feet of insulation there are in a linear foot of 6" diameter pipe but I'm not having any luck.

So if someone can give me the formula here is the basic problem:

240 LF of 6" Diameter pipe = how many Square feet of surface area (OD area)?

Thanks for any help!

Tony
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Re: Calculate area (sq ft) of 6" diameter pipe (lf)

Postby Guest » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:50 am

bolstadt wrote:I've tried searching for the formula to calculate how many square feet of insulation there are in a linear foot of 6" diameter pipe but I'm not having any luck.

So if someone can give me the formula here is the basic problem:

240 LF of 6" Diameter pipe = how many Square feet of surface area (OD area)?

Thanks for any help!

Tony


The insulation will build up the thickness of the pipe, so add twice the thickness to the diameter, if 1" insulation, use D = 8" for example. The circumerference is pi*D, 3.14*8 in the example or 25.1". There are 12in/ft, so 2.1 feet. Since it is 240' long, you need 240' x 2.1' = 504 ft²
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Postby Guest » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:57 am

Thanks! That's what I was looking for. Seems so obvious now - just couldn't come up with the D * pi to get circumference.

Tony
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