Drillstring component mass imbalance: A major source of downhole vibrations

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 234-240

  Dykstra, M W ^a   Chen, D C K ^a   Warren, T M ^a   Azar, J J ^b  

^a SPE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; BALANCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PENDULUMS; SHAFT DISPLACEMENT; TORQUE; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BACKWARD WHIRL; BORE MISALIGNMENT; DOWNHOLE LATERAL VIBRATIONS; DRILL COLLARS; DRILLSTRING; INITIAL CURVATURE; LATERAL SHOCKS; MASS IMBALANCE;

SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

DRILL STRINGS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030423393     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/29350-pa     Document Type: Article

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