METHOD OF DETERMINING WHEN TOOL STRING PARAMETERS SHOULD BE ALTERED TO AVOID UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS THAT WOULD LIKELY OCCUR IF THE TOOL STRING WERE EMPLOYED TO DRILL A BOREHOLE AND METHOD OF DESIGNING A TOOL STRING
First Claim
1. A method of determining when tool string parameters should be altered to avoid undesirable effects that would likely occur if the tool string were employed to drill a borehole, comprising:
- modeling portions or an entirety of the tool string in the borehole under steady state loading conditions;
identifying deflections of the tool string with the modeling when buckling would occur for specific tool string parameters; and
calculating whether whirl exhibiting similar deflections of the tool string to those identified during buckling would be undesirable.
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Abstract
A method of determining when tool string parameters should be altered to avoid undesirable effects that would likely occur if the tool string were employed to drill a borehole includes, modeling portions or an entirety of the tool string in the borehole under steady state loading conditions, identifying deflections of the tool string with the modeling when buckling would occur for specific tool string parameters, and calculating whether whirl exhibiting similar deflections of the tool string to those identified during buckling would be undesirable.
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1. A method of determining when tool string parameters should be altered to avoid undesirable effects that would likely occur if the tool string were employed to drill a borehole, comprising:
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modeling portions or an entirety of the tool string in the borehole under steady state loading conditions; identifying deflections of the tool string with the modeling when buckling would occur for specific tool string parameters; and calculating whether whirl exhibiting similar deflections of the tool string to those identified during buckling would be undesirable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of designing a tool string comprising:
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modeling the tool string; applying simulated loads at steady state on the tool string as modeled that create buckling; determining whether whirl of the tool string with a similar deflection and contact force distribution as simulated buckling will be undesirable; and setting design parameters that allow buckling of the modeled tool string as long as whirling at similar deflection and contact force distribution as simulated buckling is not undesirable. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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