Finite element modeling of the mechanical behavior of unbalanced drillcollars

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1997-August, Issue , 1997, Pages

  De Costa, F S M ^a   Ribeiro, P R ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BOTTOM-HOLE ASSEMBLY; DRILLS; GASOLINE; INFILL DRILLING; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; OIL WELLS;

BEAM COLUMN ELEMENT; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; GEOMETRIC NON-LINEAR; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NEWTON'S METHODS; SMALL DEFORMATIONS; STATIC BEHAVIORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 33244496523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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