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NUR AIN BINTI ZAWAWIBPMA: COMMERCIAL STEEL PIPE BURST PRESSURE TOOLSB.TECH (HONS) BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMNUR AIN BINTI ZAWAWIBUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMUNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONASMAY 2015MAY 2015

BPMA: Commercial Steel Pipe Burst Pressure ToolsByNur Ain Binti Zawawi15866Dissertation submitted in partial of the requirement for theBachelor of Technology (Hons)(Business Information System)MAY 2015Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS32610 Bandar Seri IskandarPerak Darul Ridzuan1

CERTIFICATION OF APPROVALBPMA : Commercial Steel Pipe Burst Pressure ToolsByNur Ain Binti Zawawi15866A project dissertation submitted to theBusiness Information System ProgrammeUniversiti Teknologi PETRONASIn partial fulfilment of the requirements for theBachelor of Technology (Hons)(Business Information System)Approved by(Dr. Shuib Basri)UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONASTRONOH, PERAKMay 20152

CERTIFICATION OF ORIGINALITYThis is to certify that the author are responsible for the work submitted for thisproject, that the originality work is author’s own except as specified in the references andacknowledgements, and that the original work contained herein have not been undertakenor done by unspecified sources or persons.(NUR AIN BINTI ZAWAWI)3

ABSTRACTThis report deliberated about the project work and the understanding of thechosen topic, which is BPMA (Burst Pressure Mobile Application) asCommercial Steel Pipe Burst Pressure Tools for Chemical EngineeringDepartment, entitled Burst Pressure Mobile Application. A research conducted,mobile technology plays major role in recent education trend nowadays. ForGeneration Y and Generation Millennium, mobile technologies such as mobilephones, smart phones, tablets and laptop create a bridge over the educational gapthat teachers, parents and adults left behind because younger generation nowadayshave become more independent to learn things for the future. The difficulty ofassociating the technology and life has been one of the key factors for children tocatch-up with current lifestyle. In addition, nowadays many mobile applicationwas developed to make the way of learning easier and effective to the students.Besides, the mobile apps help student to learn fast and help them to solve theirproblem. In engineering fields, research has shown that the allowable pressure andburst pressure in pipe is very important for safety purposes and to avoid any failureoccur. Besides that, the pressure could be considered countenance of the maximumpressure which something can sustain before it will break or burst. Pressure andburst pressure in pipe is very important in designing any system especially in Oiland Gas Industry. Hence, there is a need to develop Burst Pressure MobileApplication. This mobile application will help all the users – Lecturers,Engineering Students, even Engineers, Oil and Gas Services Company, Pipe’ssuppliers, Technologist and Researcher to determine allowable pressure and burstpressure in commercial steel pipe in easier way. Additionally, it has beenacknowledged that there are no any mobile application to determine allowablepressure and burst pressure in commercial steel pipe that can be used in the GoogleApps Store, while instantaneously providing motivation and courage by creatingthis mobile application it will provide a great solution for the concern arise. Thereare many mobile applications to determine pressure in pipe for the user, yet thereis no any mobile application to determine allowable pressure and burst pressurespecific in commercial steel pipe. The objective of this project is to provide asimple mobile application to calculate the allowable pressure and burst pressurein commercial steel pipe and the output of the calculation will determine whether4

the pressure and burst pressure calculated is upper or lower the limit and whetherit safe or not safe to be use. Furthermore, a prototype for the mobile applicationwas developed using the Rapid Application Development and Agile Developmentmethods. The mobile application was designed in such a way that it can be useat anytime and anywhere using Smartphone with internet connection and allthe information needed at user’s fingertips.5

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSFirst of all, Alhamdulillah for everything. All praises and thanks to Allah SWT,whom with His willing giving me the opportunity be able to complete this FinalYear Project which is BPMA: Commercial Steel Pipe Burst Pressure Tools just intime given. This final year project report was prepared for Department Computer &Information Sciences (CIS), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) whichbasically for final year students’ to complete the undergraduate program that leadsto the degree of Bachelor of Business Information System.It is a genuine pleasure to express my deep sense of thanks and gratitude to mysupervisor, mentor and guide Dr. Shuib Basri. His dedication and keen interestabove all his overwhelming attitude to help his students had been solely and mainlyresponsible for completing my project. His timely advice, scholarly advice and allhis approach have helped me to a very great extent accomplish this project.It is also my honor to thank my co-supervisor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Fatimah WanAhmad, for her constant advice throughout my research and study. Last but notleast, I owe my deep sense of gratitude to another co-supervisor, Mr. Mohd ZamriAbdullah from Chemical Engineering Department. Thanks for his guide on me atevery stage of my research and study related to Chemical Engineering Subject.Thanks for providing me necessary technical suggestions, allow me to collaboratewith his students to done the testing system and for his support during my research.Lastly, I would like to thanks to all of my friends that helping me throughout tocompleting this project. I also owe my deep sense of gratitude and honor to mylovely family that always support me from the beginning until I finish my study inUTP. They were very helpful in order to maintain my physical and emotionalstability and give me moral support in completing this final year project.Thanks you so much and I very appreciate it.6

Table of ContentsCERTIFICATION OFAPPROVAL . . 2CERTIFICATION OFORIGINALITY . . .3ABSTRACT . . 4ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . .6CHAPTER 11.1 Background of study . 71.2Problem Statement . 91.3 Problem Identification . 91.3Objectives . 111.4 Scope of study. 111.5 Relevancy of Project . 121.6 Practicality of the Project within the Scope and Time Frame . 13CHAPTER 22.1Introduction . 142.2 The Evolution of Mobile Learning . 142.2 Mobile Application in Education . 152.3 Mobile Application for Chemistry . 172.4 Existing Mobile Application for Pipeline . 192.4 Mobile Apps for Android or iOs . 25CHAPTER 33.1 Research Methodology . 283.2 Project Activities. 313.3 Key Milestone . 373.4 Gantt Chart . 383.5 Tools . 39CHAPTER 44.1 Pilot study . 404.2 Results. 414.3 Prototype Design. 484.4 Burst Pressure Mobile Application Development: . 504.5 Commercial Potential and Limitation of Steel Pipe Burst Pressure Mobile application . 544.6 Burst Pressure Mobile Application Testing Results . 55CHAPTER 55.1 Conclusion . 565.2 Recommendations . 577

List of FiguresFigure 1: ASTM DatabaseFigure 2: Android’s Internal Architecture and WorkingFigure 3: Rapid Application DevelopmentFigure 4: Implementation of SLDC in the development of the mobile applicationFigure 5: Use Case DiagramFigure 6: Key Milestones FYP1 & FYP2Figure 7: Occupations of the respondentFigure 8: Mobile Devices that respondent hasFigure 9: Operating System of the Respondents’ SmartphoneFigure 10: The number of apps installed in respondents mobile phoneFigure 11: The types of apps are the most useful for respondentsFigure 12: The frequently of the respondents use the mobile apps in dailyFigure 13: The needs of mobile apps in learningFigure 14: Uses of mobile apps in daily activitiesFigure 15: Problems in memorizing data, formula or calculationFigure 16: Formula in Engineering and Mathematical SubjectFigure 17: Mobile Apps help to solve the problemsFigure 18: Mobile Apps to calculate pressure and burst pressure in commercialsteel pipeFigure 19: The tendency of pipe system failure can be reduce by having the mobileappsFigure 20: Willingness to use or buy the mobile appsFigure 21: Prototype Main PageFigure 22: Prototype Introduction PageFigure 23: Prototype Calculation PageFigure 24: Respondents’ Feedback on Burst Pressure Mobile Application SystemTestingList of TablesTable 1: The existing mobile applicationsTable 2: Technical Specification of Android and iOSTable 3: System RequirementsTable 4: Gantt Chart FYP 1Table 5: Gantt Chart FYP 28

CHAPTER 11.1 Background of studyNowadays, technology plays a massive role for education purposes for anevery single level of educations not only in Malaysia but all around the world. Theusage of computers, laptops, desktop, projector, audio and visual materials havealready been used in education and it is proven as a good platform to attract students’attention and give a good influence in today's education. However, mobiletechnology is moving forward rapidly, education can become so much easy andmore interactive and dynamic to get. The awareness of getting up to date with thetechnology need to be cultured for the future young generation.In engineering field, a pipeline system is very important because pipelinesystem is all part of the physical facility where liquids or gases such as oil, crude oiland natural gas are transported usually for a long distances between producingregion and a local distribution system. Nowadays, with increasing of new oil andgas industry - pipelines are the most desired medium and an understanding of thepressure and burst pressure of pipelines become the most importance to oil and gasindustry. Therefore the determination of pressure and burst pressure of pipelines hasbeen studied over the years by many researchers. According to MacDonald et al.(2008), Hossam et al. (2010) and Liu et al. (2010), after period of time in services,the number of cases of pipe failure has been reported. In addition, the failure of thepipes is due to the failure pressure. Netto et al. (2005) stated that the defect on thepipes give significant effect on the failure pressure.In this respect, this mobile application was introduced as a problem solvingto determine the pressure and burst pressure in commercial steel pipe into theEngineering field and oil and gas industries. According to Cutlip et al. (1998) andShacham and Cutlip (1999), Mathematical software packages are currently usedfor routine numerical problem solving in Engineering education and practice asthey are easy to use and provide the most time efficient route for obtainingaccurate solutions. The dominant position of the computers and laptops in the7

personal computing field has been challenged lately by the mobile devices suchas smartphones and tablets. Furthermore, according to Wingfield (2013), it ispredicted that by 2017 the leading operating system for all computing devices willbe Google's Android. Relying on these days trend, we decided to check thepossibility of the use of Android-based smartphones, tablets and computers forgeneral numerical problem solving. This mobile application will helps todetermine the pressure and allowable pressure in commercial steel pipe based onthe Nominal Pipe Size (Outer D

burst pressure in pipe is very important in designing any system especially in Oil and Gas Industry. Hence, . in commercial steel pipe and the output of the calculation will determine whether . 5 the pressure and burst pressure calculated is upper or lower the limit and whether it safe or not safe to be use. Furthermore, a prototype for the mobile application was developed using the Rapid .