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DNV-RP-F109 · On-Bottom Stability

Will your pipeline stay put on the seabed?

Fathomline is a free, browser-based on-bottom stability calculator for subsea pipelines. Enter your section, run the DNV-RP-F109 check, and read pass or fail in seconds — with a printable report you can drop into your deliverable pack.

On-bottom stability · Play with it
8 m
40 m
80 m
d = — m
In-service stabilitySTABLE
30% utilization
1 060 N/m available · 318 N/m required
Stable at 40 mm concrete
Water depth114 m
Concrete thickness40 mm
↕ Drag the pipe, or use the sliders
How it works

From inputs to a pass/fail in three steps

An on-bottom stability check, without the spreadsheet wrangling or a heavyweight desktop licence.

Enter your section

Pipe build-up (steel, coatings, concrete, marine growth), the seabed soil, and the environmental sea states — with inline guidance on every field and a live total-OD readout.

Run the check

One click computes both the installation and operational conditions using your chosen DNV-RP-F109 criterion — Absolute or Generalised (0.5 D / 10 D / intermediate).

Read & print

See stable / unstable, the utilisation, and a full intermediate breakdown — then print or save a clean DNV-RP-F109 report as a PDF.

Why use it

Results you can trust, in a tool you'll actually enjoy

Built for pipeline engineers who need a defensible answer fast.

Answers you can defend

A faithful implementation of the DNV-RP-F109 method, checked case-for-case against established commercial software — so your results hold up in review.

Both stability methods

Run the Absolute (no-movement) criterion or the Generalised displacement criteria (0.5 D, 10 D, or an intermediate y/D) — whichever your design basis calls for.

Real directional sea states

Every heading carries its own Hs, Tp and current per return period; the tool evaluates them all and reports the governing (heaviest) condition automatically.

Live results & a printable report

Press Run and read pass/fail with the full intermediate breakdown, then export a tidy DNV-RP-F109 report to PDF for your documentation.

Nothing to install

It runs in any modern browser on any machine — no licence dongle, no IT ticket, no version drift. Just open the link and start.

Free to try

No sign-up, no account, no paywall to see if it fits your workflow — open the calculator and check a real section right now.

Check your first pipeline section in minutes

Open the on-bottom stability calculator, enter a case, and press Run. No sign-up needed.