TY - GEN
T1 - Fabrication of experimental setup for investigation of drill string fatigue failure
AU - Abdo, Jamil
AU - Hassan, Edris
AU - Al-Shabibi, Abdullah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 ASME.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Drill string and downhole tool failure usually results from failing to control one or more of the vibration mechanisms. The solution starts with the ability to measure different modes and hence identify the different vibration mechanisms. An in house experimental setup was developed to imitate the downhole axial, lateral and torsional vibration modes and mechanisms. Single and coupled vibration modes and mechanisms were created. This paper mainly focused the design and fabrication of the experimental setup. Capability of the setup for creating different vibration modes were examined. Experiments were performed to investigate the effects of rotational speeds and lateral vibration mode on the fatigue life of drill strings. Fatigue life is measured from the number of cycles associated with the amplitude of the stress cycles created due to lateral vibration Results showed that drill string size and lateral vibration stress cycles have significant effects on the fatigue life of the drill string. Investigations also showed that operating on a rotation speed higher than 90% of the drill string critical speed leads to yielding of the drill string. Such setup is essential for oil/gas industries as it can be utilized to investigate and provide solutions for very common problems such as drill string fatigue failure.
AB - Drill string and downhole tool failure usually results from failing to control one or more of the vibration mechanisms. The solution starts with the ability to measure different modes and hence identify the different vibration mechanisms. An in house experimental setup was developed to imitate the downhole axial, lateral and torsional vibration modes and mechanisms. Single and coupled vibration modes and mechanisms were created. This paper mainly focused the design and fabrication of the experimental setup. Capability of the setup for creating different vibration modes were examined. Experiments were performed to investigate the effects of rotational speeds and lateral vibration mode on the fatigue life of drill strings. Fatigue life is measured from the number of cycles associated with the amplitude of the stress cycles created due to lateral vibration Results showed that drill string size and lateral vibration stress cycles have significant effects on the fatigue life of the drill string. Investigations also showed that operating on a rotation speed higher than 90% of the drill string critical speed leads to yielding of the drill string. Such setup is essential for oil/gas industries as it can be utilized to investigate and provide solutions for very common problems such as drill string fatigue failure.
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC2017-68188
DO - 10.1115/DETC2017-68188
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85034817121
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
BT - 29th Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2017
Y2 - 6 August 2017 through 9 August 2017
ER -