Numerical Simulation of Motion of Rotating Drill Pipe due to Magnus Effect in Riserless Drilling

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoya Inoue ◽  
Hiroyoshi Suzuki ◽  
Thaw Tar ◽  
Hidetaka Senga ◽  
Kazuyasu Wada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Critical Phenomenon ◽  
Drill Pipe ◽  
Ocean Current ◽  
Absolute Nodal Coordinate ◽  
Lifting Force ◽  
Drag Forces ◽  
Magnus Effect ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
The Absolute

During riserless drilling operations, which are carried out in some scientific drillings and in the initial stages of all drilling operations in oil and gas exploration, a lifting force is generated in addition to a drag forces in ocean current environment owing to the ocean current and the rotation of the drill pipe. This is called the Magnus effect, and it is a critical phenomenon during such operations. First, the lifting and drag forces are calculated using the computational fluid dynamic (CFD), and the lift and drag coefficients are calculated for several rotational velocities of the drill pipe and the velocities of the ocean current. It can be observed through the calculations that the lifting force increases as the rotational velocity of the drill pipe increases, and it reaches a level of approximately several times that of the drag force. The force reaches such a considerably high magnitude that it can induce the motions of the drill pipe, resulting in the generation of a high bending moment. An analytical model of a drill pipe has been established by applying an absolute nodal coordinate formulation (ANCF), which can express a relatively flexible and long pipe, such as a drill pipe. ANCF is a finite element method, and was basically developed to analyze deformable linear objects such as the cable. With ANCF, the absolute slopes of elements are defined based on the absolute nodal coordinate. Finally, the drill pipe motions are simulated using the established model by applying the results of CFD simulations for sample cases and referencing the operation of the Chikyu.

Experimental and Numerical Study of Motion of Rotating Drill Pipe Owing to Magnus Effect

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoya Inoue ◽  
Hiroyoshi Suzuki ◽  
Tokihiro Katsui ◽  
Keita Tsuchiya ◽  
Yusuke Notani
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Model ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Drill Pipe ◽  
Ocean Current ◽  
Gas Drilling ◽  
Pipe Model ◽  
Magnus Effect ◽  
Drilling Operations

Abstract During riserless drilling operations conducted in some scientific drillings and the initial stages of all oil and gas drilling operations, drill pipe motions such as vortex induced vibration, whirl motion, and motion due to the Magnus effect are generated. The last motion represents an interesting and important phenomenon that generates a lift force in addition to a drag force due to the ocean current and the rotation of the drill pipe. Accordingly, this study focuses on the drill pipe motions owing to the Magnus effect. An analytical model of a drill pipe was established by applying an absolute nodal coordinate formulation (ANCF) that can capture the behavior of a relatively flexible and long pipe, such as a drill pipe. The lifting and drag forces are calculated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and the lift and drag coefficients are calculated for several different drill pipe rotational velocities and ocean current velocities. A series of model experiments were conducted in a towing tank, with changing water flow velocities and rotational speed of the drill pipe model to observe the corresponding changes in the Magnus effect and to measure the resulting drill pipe motions. Additionally, the resulting drag and lift forces were measured. It was observed from the experiments that the motions in the cross-flow direction increased as the rotational speed of the drill pipe model increased, and that the lifting force increased as the rotational speed increased. The drill pipe motions were then simulated using a previously established analytical model and the results of the CFD simulations. The results of the simulations were evaluated against the results of the experiments, and reasons for observed discrepancies are discussed.

scholarly journals The effect of drill–pipe rotation on improving hole cleaning using polypropylene beads in water-based mud at different hole angles

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1253-1262 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Katende ◽  
B. Segar ◽  
I. Ismail ◽  
F. Sagala ◽  
H. H. A. R. Saadiah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Buoyancy Force ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Drill Pipe ◽  
Drilling Mud ◽  
Hole Cleaning ◽  
Drag Forces ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Drilling Operations ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Pipe Rotation

AbstractHole cleaning is always a problem, particularly during drilling operations, and drilling fluid plays an important role in transporting drill cuttings through an annular section of wellbore to the surface. To transport the cuttings, a water-based mud with added polypropylene beads was selected since it is environmentally friendly and cost efficient. The polypropylene beads help to transport cuttings by providing an additional buoyancy force that lifts the cuttings to the surface via the influence of collision and drag forces. This experiment was performed using a 20 ft test section, 10 ppg drilling mud and 0.86 m/s annular velocity in a laboratory scale rig simulator, and the concentration of polypropylene beads was varied from 0 to 8 ppb. As the concentration of polypropylene increases, the cutting transport ratio also increases. It was observed that the fewest cuttings are lifted at a critical angle of 60°, followed by 45°, 30°, 90° and 0°. Additionally, cutting sizes had moderate effects on the cutting lifting efficiency, where smaller cutting sizes (0.5–1.0 mm) are easier to lift than larger cutting sizes (2.0–2.8 mm). Furthermore, a study of buoyancy force and impulsive force was conducted to investigate the cutting lifting efficiencies of various concentrations of polypropylene beads. This lifting capacity was also assisted by the presence of polyanionic cellulose (PAC), which increases the mud carrying capacity and is effective for smaller cuttings. The results show that in the presence of pipe rotation, the cutting lifting efficiency is slightly enhanced due to the orbital motion provided by the drill pipe for better hole cleaning. In conclusion, polypropylene beads combined with pipe rotation increase the cutting transport ratio in the wellbore.

Performance of the Incremental and Non-Incremental Finite Element Formulations in Flexible Multibody Problems

1999 ◽  
Vol 122 (4) ◽  
pp. 498-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcello Campanelli ◽  
Marcello Berzeri ◽  
Ahmed A. Shabana
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Multibody Systems ◽  
Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation ◽  
Flexible Multibody Systems ◽  
Large Displacement ◽  
Body Motion ◽  
Absolute Nodal Coordinate ◽  
Flexible Multibody ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Finite Element Formulations

Many flexible multibody applications are characterized by high inertia forces and motion discontinuities. Because of these characteristics, problems can be encountered when large displacement finite element formulations are used in the simulation of flexible multibody systems. In this investigation, the performance of two different large displacement finite element formulations in the analysis of flexible multibody systems is investigated. These are the incremental corotational procedure proposed in an earlier article (Rankin, C. C., and Brogan, F. A., 1986, ASME J. Pressure Vessel Technol., 108, pp. 165–174) and the non-incremental absolute nodal coordinate formulation recently proposed (Shabana, A. A., 1998, Dynamics of Multibody Systems, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge). It is demonstrated in this investigation that the limitation resulting from the use of the infinitesmal nodal rotations in the incremental corotational procedure can lead to simulation problems even when simple flexible multibody applications are considered. The absolute nodal coordinate formulation, on the other hand, does not employ infinitesimal or finite rotation coordinates and leads to a constant mass matrix. Despite the fact that the absolute nodal coordinate formulation leads to a non-linear expression for the elastic forces, the results presented in this study, surprisingly, demonstrate that such a formulation is efficient in static problems as compared to the incremental corotational procedure. The excellent performance of the absolute nodal coordinate formulation in static and dynamic problems can be attributed to the fact that such a formulation does not employ rotations and leads to exact representation of the rigid body motion of the finite element. [S1050-0472(00)00604-8]

Elastic Forces and Coordinate Systems in the Finite Element Formulations

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcello Berzeri ◽  
Marcello Campanelli ◽  
A. A. Shabana
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Coordinate Systems ◽  
Absolute Nodal Coordinate ◽  
Floating Frame Of Reference ◽  
Elastic Forces ◽  
Floating Frame ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Finite Element Formulations

Abstract The equivalence of the elastic forces of finite element formulations used in flexible multibody dynamics is the focus of this investigation. Two conceptually different finite element formulations that lead to exact modeling of the rigid body dynamics will be used. These are the floating frame of reference formulation and the absolute nodal coordinate formulation. It is demonstrated in this study that different element coordinate systems, which are used for the convenience of describing the element deformations in the absolute nodal coordinate formulation, lead to similar results as the element size is reduced. The equivalence of the elastic forces in the absolute nodal coordinate and the floating frame of reference formulations is shown. The result of this analysis clearly demonstrates that the instability observed in high speed rotor analytical models due to the neglect of the geometric centrifugal stiffening is not a problem inherent to a particular finite element formulation but only depends on the beam model that is used. Fourier analysis of the solutions obtained in this investigation also sheds new light on the fundamental problem of the choice of the deformable body coordinate system in the floating frame of reference formulation. A new method is presented and used to obtain a simple expression for the elastic forces in the absolute nodal coordinate formulation. This method, which employs a nonlinear elastic strain-displacement relationship, does not result in an unstable solution when the angular velocity is increased.

A Numerical Approach to Solving Flexible Multibody Systems Using the Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Y. Yakoub ◽  
A. A. Shabana
Keyword(s):  
Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation ◽  
Sparse Matrix ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
Absolute Nodal Coordinates ◽  
Absolute Nodal Coordinate ◽  
Velocity Transformation ◽  
Flexible Multibody ◽  
Nodal Coordinates ◽  
The Absolute

Abstract By utilizing the fact that the absolute nodal coordinate formulation leads to a constant mass matrix, a Cholesky decomposition of the mass matrix can be used to obtain a constant velocity transformation matrix. This velocity transformation can be used to express the absolute nodal coordinates in terms of the generalized Cholesky coordinates. In this case, the inertia matrix associated with the Cholesky coordinates is the identity matrix, and therefore, an optimum sparse matrix structure can be obtained for the augmented multibody equations of motions. The implementation of a computer procedure based on the absolute nodal coordinate formulation and Cholesky coordinates is discussed in this paper. A flexible four-bar linkage is presented in this paper in order to demonstrate the use of Cholesky coordinates in the simulation of the small and large deformations in flexible multibody applications. The results obtained from the absolute nodal coordinate formulation are compared to those obtained from the floating frame of reference formulation.

scholarly journals Numerical Investigation of the Flow around a Feather Shuttlecock with Rotation

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
John Hart ◽  
Jonathan Potts
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Drag Coefficient ◽  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamic ◽  
High Reynolds Number ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Flow Structures ◽  
Drag Forces ◽  
High Reynolds

This paper presents the first scale resolving computational fluid dynamic (CFD) investigation of a geometrically realistic feather shuttlecock with rotation at a high Reynolds number. Rotation was found to reduce the drag coefficient of the shuttlecock. However, the drag coefficient is shown to be independent of the Reynolds number for both rotating and statically fixed shuttlecocks. Particular attention is given to the influence of rotation on the development of flow structures. Rotation is shown to have a clear influence on the formation of flow structures particularly from the feather vanes, and aft of the shuttlecock base. This further raises concerns regarding wind tunnel studies that use traditional experimental sting mounts; typically inserted into this aft region, they have potential to compromise both flow structure and resultant drag forces. As CFD does not necessitate use of a sting with proper application, it has great potential for a detailed study and analysis of shuttlecocks.

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