Plumbing insulation jacket area calculator

Calculate jacket outside diameter and jacket area including lap with your own figures.

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Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Pipe outside diameter (mm)
28
Insulation thickness (mm)
20
Insulated length (m)
30
Lap allowance (%)
10
Jacket outside diameter (mm)
68
Jacket area including lap (m²)
7.049734
Insulation volume (m³)
0.090478

Try another scenario

Pipe outside diameter (mm)
29
Insulation thickness (mm)
20
Insulated length (m)
30
Lap allowance (%)
10
Jacket outside diameter (mm)
69
Jacket area including lap (m²)
7.153406
Insulation volume (m³)
0.092363
Calculation method

Calculation method

Jacket outside diameter (mm)

Cylinder lateral area at outside insulation diameter; annulus volume between pipe and insulation exterior.

Jacket area including lap (m²)

Cylinder lateral area at outside insulation diameter; annulus volume between pipe and insulation exterior.

Insulation volume (m³)

Cylinder lateral area at outside insulation diameter; annulus volume between pipe and insulation exterior.

Symbols and units
a
Pipe outside diameter (mm)
b
Insulation thickness (mm)
c
Insulated length (m)
d
Lap allowance (%)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • User-supplied measurements and assumptions; Cylinder lateral area at outside insulation diameter; annulus volume between pipe and insulation exterior. Supported limits: Finite numeric values bounded to 1e9 magnitude; lists and tables contain 1–100 records unless a stricter bound is stated. Inputs use the units shown. Lists explicitly paired by a method must have matching lengths; independent polynomial coefficient vectors may differ. Respect stated physical, interpolation, policy and computational domain limits.
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