Calculate the upward floating force on buried or submerged empty pipes in high groundwater conditions.

Outside Diameter

Groundwater Height Above Pipe

Backfill Soil Density

kg/m³

Empty pipes displace water and generate massive uplift forces. Sufficient backfill or concrete anchors are needed to prevent floating.

Tool brief

Check whether groundwater uplift can float an empty buried pipe before backfill and anchoring are set.

What you enterDiameter, water height, soil

What you getNet uplift force

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