A new approach to the analysis of drillstring fatigue behavior

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-83

  Baryshnikov, Anatoly ^a   Calderoni, Angelo ^a   Ligrone, Angelo ^a   Ferrara, Paola ^b  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

^b AGIP SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; OIL WELL DRILLING EQUIPMENT; TORQUE; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DRILLSTRING;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

DRILL STRINGS; FATIGUE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031171479     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/30524-pa     Document Type: Article

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