Resonant test rigs for fatigue full scale testing of oil drill string connections

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 978-988

  Bertini, L ^a   Beghini, M ^a   Santus, C ^a   Baryshnikov, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drill pipe connections; Fretting fatigue; Full scale tests; Resonant testing machine; Test rig design

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; DRILL PIPE; FATIGUE TESTING; FRETTING CORROSION; RESONANCE;

FRETTING FATIGUE; OIL DRILL STRING; RESONANT TEST RIGS; RESONANT TESTING MACHINE;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 40649117438     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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