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Study on mechanical behaviors of double shoulder drill pipe joint

thread
Liangliang Dong a, Xiaohua Zhu a, *, Desheng Yang b
a
School of Mechatronic Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
b
Sichuan Bomco special Vehicle Manufacturing Co.,Ltd., Guanghan 618300, China

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t

Article history: Double shoulder drill pipe joint (DSJ) is a novel thread structure which appears in recent years. Its
Received 30 June 2017 strength reduced efficiently while the structure design is not appropriately, for the DSJ’s mechanical
Received in revised form behaviors weren’t well studied. In this paper a 3D whole structure finite element model of DSJ was
6 December 2017
established based on the Principle of Virtual Work, and validated the model’s computing results by
Accepted 17 January 2018
experimental results. The authors analyzed the stress and strain distribution with the 3D whole structure
finite element model’s computing results under torque moment, compression force, tension load, and
Key words:
bend moment. And then acquired the DSJ’s mechanical behaviors under each load. The research works of
Double shoulder
Drill pipe joint
this paper refer accordance to recognize and design the DSJ.
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1. Introduction deformation coordination relationship under tension or compression

Drill strings are constituted by a great number of drill pipes and
down hole tools, and connect by drill pipe thread joints, most times
the thread joint is the weakest of the whole drill string, and the failure
accidents occurred frequency on the thread joint. According to the
statistics, the failure accidents occurred more than 500 times in the oil
and gas field in China, the direct loss is more than 40 million [1]. In the
recent years, DSJ was developed to enhance the drill pipe joint’s
torque moment resistant ability, and applied in the well site [2-4].
Some researchers analyzed failure mechanism of DSJ during drilling
process, and pointed out the main reason of failure is the unreason-
able load distribution of thread [5, 6]. So that it is significant to study
the mechanical behaviors of DSJ to better recognize and design.
The Stress Computing model is the fundamental of mechanical
behaviors research. For the thread structure mechanical behaviors
research, 2D model is the usual method in the early stage; this
method simplified the thread structure as a 2D plate structure and
analyzed its stress and strain state under load, and then got
* Corresponding author.
E-mail address: zxhth113@163.com (X. Zhu).
Peer review under responsibility of Southwest Petroleum University.
load [7-9]. However, the 2D model cannot simulate the mechanical
behaviors during bending load. Some scholars established 3D
axisymmetric finite element model by ignoring the helix angle to
simulate the thread’s mechanical behaviors under bend moment [10,
11]. The model which is said above ignored the impact of helix angle,
and cannot simulate the DSJ’s mechanical behaviors due to torque
moment. It is the torque moment that the thread mainly bears. A
certain extent torque moment was imposed to drill pipe thread to
make up, and a continual torque moment applied on the drill pipe
thread while the rotation of drill string was derived by torque loading.
The thread’s fatigue life also was affected by making up torque.
Therefore, it is significant to establish 3D whole structure model on
solving the above-mentioned problem. It greatly increases the diffi-
cult to establish a 3D whole structure model for its irregular thread
structure, tiny-surfaces and large span of structure sizes. In this paper,
a 3D whole structure model was established to study the DSJ’s me-
chanical behaviors under torque moment, compression force, tension
load, and bend moment. The research works of this paper provides
the basis to reasonably understand and design of DSJ.
2. Finite element model

2.1. Governing equation

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during individual special working condition. The section has a ten- Where f (sij) is the yield function, above-mentioned function rep-
dency to decrease with the tension process, and DSJ’s section will resents a hyper surface in six dimensional stress spaced. Six
increase with the compression process. In elastic-plastic stage, it is dimensional stress space is an abstract space consisting of six stress
shown through experiment that the strain in the Y and Z direction components, it is called six dimensional stress space because of six
relates to the strain in the X direction when tension load is along X, stress components. Each point in the space represents a specific
namely, the strain is changed in X direction and simultaneously stress state; in this space yield function is a curved surface. It is
changed in the Y and Z direction because of the stress in the X di- different from the curved surface in ordinary geometric space to be
rection. It is shown below that the relation between normal stress called hyper surface. Each point on the surface represents one yield
component and normal strain component [12]: stress state, and called yield surface.
9
1
 
εx ¼ sx  n sy þ sz > >
>
>
E >
>
> 2.2. 3D FEA whole structure model and validation
1
=
εy ¼ sy  nðsx þ sz Þ (1)
E >
> The NC38 numerical drill pipe joint thread is chose as an
>
>
1
  >
>
> example to be studied, the geometrical parameters is shown in
εz ¼ sz  n sx þ sy ; reference [13], double shoulder structure(DSS) keep the same
E
outside diameter, other parameters vary according to the actual
It is shown below the relation between shear stress component
situation, and the material of threaded connection is 35CrMo
and normal shear strain component with the condition of pure
steel with the processes of oil-quenching and tempering in
shear stress in elastic-plastic:
850  C and 550  C respectively, whose elastic modulus E is
txy tyz txz 208,000 MPa, Poisson’s ratio is 0.3, values of yield strength and
gxy ¼ ; gyz ¼ ; gxz ¼ ; tensile strength are 835 MP and 980 MPa in accordance with the
G G G
API standard. The C3D8R octahedral reduced element is used to
Where G ¼ 2ð1þE
nÞ is the shear modulus. meshing the model. In order to reduce computing time, only
The relation which is shown below is the elastic strain and stress chose the joint to analysis by impose torque moment, compres-
with the state of 3D stress and strain state: sion force, tension load, and bend moment. The finite element
9 mesh model is shown in Fig. 1:
1
 
εx ¼ sx  n sy þ sz > >
>
>
E >
>
>
>
>
1
= 2.2.1. Boundary conditions
εy ¼ sy  nðsx þ sz Þ Original state of model presumes that the teeth of pin and box
E >
>
>
> (2) engaged correctly, and the primary shoulder contacted exactly. The
>
>
1
  >
>
> contact formation of the teeth pin and box is surface- surface, the
εz ¼ sz  n sx þ sy ;
E type of friction is Coulomb friction and the coefficient of friction is
txy tyz txz 0.114 [14]. Fixed constraints are applied at the end of box, and the
gxy ¼ ; gyz ¼ ; gxz ¼ coupling is applied between pin’s sections and the reference which
G G G
must be on the axis line of joint thread, joint loading is accom-
If plastic deformation occurred on drill joint thread, the
plished by means of applying loads at the coupling point such as
constitutive relation of material is elasticeplastic. During the
torque moment, compression force, tension load and bend
elastic-plastic analysis process, firstly elastic stage or plastic stage is
moment, the rest surfaces are free boundary conditions.
estimated according to the criterion of yield condition. Under the
single direction force, it is shown that when the stress is equal to
yield stress through experiment, the plastic deformation occurs
gradually. And that’s yield condition under the condition of single
directional force. Under the complicated stress condition, the stress
state at certain point is determined by six stress components.
Obviously, the stress component value selected arbitrarily at certain
point is not the criterion to determinate whether or not material is
in plastic stage. Therefore, the conception of stress space is intro-
duced, and the stress space is represented by the stress compo-
nents. In the space, each point represents a stress state. A curve is
described by variation of stress or strain in the corresponding space
which is named Stress Path.
It is the experimental results which is acquired in various stress
paths that can determinate each boundary which is the yield point
from the elastic to plastic. It can be generated a division surface of
elastic and plastic by connect all the yield point in the space which
is called yield surface. The mathematical expression to describe the
yield surface is called yield function, which is the yield condition
expressed by analytical form.
In general, yield condition relates to the stress state which is
considered, or yield condition consists of six independent stress
component functions at the point,
Fig. 1. 3D thread connection element mesh model.
f (sij) ¼ 0
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2.2.2. Model validation
Studied the experimental working condition in reference [15],
to validate the accuracy of the simulation model. The research
object is the casing pipe thread joint whose parameters are
139.7 mm  7.72 mm, the steel grades of J55 and the model of
LCSG, the patch is on the external surface of coupling, which is
shown Fig. 2:
Stress distribution measured on the external diameter of thread,
the comparison of simulation and experimental results of Mises
stress at each displacement of shoulder is shown in Fig. 3, and can
be seen that the maximum stress value of simulated results is
similar to that of experimental results for each teeth, and the
variation tendency of stress is completely fit of the two methods.
Thus the 3D FEA whole structure model could be used to simulate
the mechanical behaviors of drill pipe joint.
3. Mechanical behaviors analysis of DSJ
Compute the stress and strain state of the drill pipe joint under
torque moment, compression force, tension load, and bend
moment with the 3D whole structure FEM, and analysis the me-
chanical behaviors of DSJ.
3.1. Mechanical behaviors of DSJ due to torque moment
3.1.1. Stress character of DSJ due to torque moment
The Mises stress distribution cloud charts of DSJ due to torque
moment are shown by Figs. 4 and 5. Fig. 6 is the Mises stress dis-
tribution cloud chart of API thread due to torque moment. The
Mises stress value of pin and box are respectively 838.9 MPa and
848 MPa under torque moment 30000 N$m, and the material
strength already reaches the plastic yield strength. However, the
maximum Mises stress value of DSJ is 790 MPa which is far less the
maximum Mises stress value of API thread under torque moment
30000 N$m; the region of larger stress value of API thread is
obviously more than that of DSJ under the function of the same
torque moment. The Mises stress value of pin and box of thread
joint for DSJ reaches the plastic yield strength of material under
torque 45000 N$m, the yield strength of DSJ increases 50% by
comparing with that of API thread.
Fig. 7 is the Misses stress distribution cloud chart of pin’s half-
section under the torque moment 30000 N$m. The maximum
stress value concentrates on the teeth. Not only the API structure’s
Stress value of thread is higher than DSJ’s, but also the continuous
area’s stress value is much higher from the root of the first engaged
tooth (the first engaged tooth is the one nearest to the pin’s main
shoulder, the last engaged tooth is near the pin end.) to the inner
wall of joint. Thus causing fracture of API structure mostly occurs
due to overload in this area.
Fig. 8 shows the maximum stress value of thread joint gradually
decreases with the variation of distance away from shoulder.
However, the stress distribution of DSJ presents saddle-sharp. Its
force bearing state is higher in both ends and lower in the middle.
For DSJ, the stress value of the last pair of engaged thread is higher
Fig. 2. The location of stress measurement.
Fig. 3. The comparison of simulated and experimental results.
than that of API structure, but the maximum Mises stress level is
less than that of API thread joint. For DSJ, properly increasing the
stress value of the last engaged thread while decreasing peak stress
and whole Mises stress level of joint make the stress distribution
and the bearing of each thread much reasonable.
Fig. 9 shows that the Mises stress and the Contact stress of
different structures due to torque moment distributes along the
circumference direction. The minimum contact stress of the second
shoulder is 374 MPa, and satisfy the sealing requirements. Mises
stress and Contact stress value of API obviously exceed the DSS’s
with the same load. The maximum Mises stress and contact stress
of API structure are 645 MPa and 855 MPa due to torque
30000 N$m, respectively, and that of DSS are 532 MPa and 631 MPa.
The Mises stress and contact stress of shoulder are reduced by DSS.
This structure ensures the safety of sealing while effectively de-
creases thread gluing accidents and the friction due to overload of
shoulder during the construction process.
3.1.2. Displacement characteristics of DSJ due to torque moment
During the process of make-up, relative rotation occurs on the
teeth of thread because of helix angle, and axial displacement be-
tween pin and box occurs, which includes rigidebody displacement
and axial strain deformation of joint. The displacement cloud charts
of DSJ and API thread joint is shown in Fig. 10:
It can be seen from Fig. 10 that, joint body and thread away from
joint shoulder are in state of tension while the primary shoulder is
in state of compression. Displacement and deformation of joint
shoulder and teeth of thread of structures yet are different. The
compression value of shoulder of box for API structure is 0.185 mm
and for the DSS is 0.11 mm; the compression value of API structure
shoulder of pin is 0.17 mm and for the DSS is 0.0918 mm. It can be
seen that DSS protects the primary shoulder much better and in-
creases the bearing capacity. The maximum displacement charts of
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Fig. 4. Mises stress distribution cloud chart of DSJ due to torque 30000 N$m.

Fig. 5. Mises stress distribution cloud chart of DSJ due to torque 45000 N$m.

Fig. 6. Mises stress distribution cloud chart of API thread due to torque 30000 N$m.

Fig. 7. Mises stress distribution cloud chart of API thread due to torque 45000 N$m Double shoulder.

thread are provided in Fig. 11 and Fig. 12 to compare the displace-
ment situation of thread teeth of structures under the torque load.
It can be seen from Fig. 11 that the axial displacement of the first
thread of API structure is minus, the axial displacement of the first
engaged thread of DSS is positive and the axial displacement of box
body is positive, but the forces of thread teeth of box between teeth
should be positive under torque load. For API structure the high
displacement of the first engaged thread of box on shoulder causes
that the first and the second engaged thread move to the negative
direction, the pressures between the first and the second engaged
thread much concentrate due to this structure. Comparing the
displacement of the DSS under torque load 30000 N$m and
45000 N$m, it can be seen that the displacement tendency of
thread teeth is approximate coincident when the torque load
increases, and the displacement value increases. The axial
displacement of each tooth behind the DSS gradually increases
because of the contact of the second shoulder, which decreases the
axial displacement of the primary shoulder and force the pin move
out, and increases the axial displacement of thread teeth close to
the second shoulder, the value is less than that on shoulder, the
increase of displacement has no effect on connection performance
of joint.
From Fig. 12, it is shown the pin’s axial displacement during the
make-up process, the end surface of box is regarded as a reference,
because of relative rotation between the thread teeth, pin body has
a relative displacement relative to the box’s end surface, which will
increase gradually with the increase of load, but the displacement
of pin body of API structure is higher than that of DSS, the negative
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Fig. 8. The maximum Mises stress of engaged thread of structures and DSJ due to
torque 30000 N$m. Fig. 11. The maximum axial displacement of each tooth of box.

Fig. 9. Mises stress and Contact stress of the shoulders due to torque 30000 N$m.

Fig. 12. The maximum axial displacement of each tooth of pin.

Fig. 10. The axial displacement chart of joint.

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displacement of each tooth also exceeds the DSS’s and the relative
displacement of thread teeth and body is also higher than the DSS’s
. Therefore, thread joint of DSS can decrease the displacement of
body and the relative displacement between thread teeth and body,
and also can increase the deformation resistant capability of joint
due to the function of torque moment. It can be seen from the
variation displacement tendency between thread teeth that the
displacement of shoulder has an effect on the first engaged thread
of pin, thus the negative displacement is less than other teeth. As a
whole, the displacement of each tooth of double shoulder is
generally the same, but the value of axial displacement of API
structure gradually increases, the difference value between the first
and the last engaged thread reaches 0.105 mm, which illustrates
that the deformation of each tooth of DSJ is relative even under the
function of torque, but the bearing load of each tooth of API joint
decreases gradually. Therefore, when DSJ is designed, the bearing
proportion of the primary and the second shoulder, the first and the
last engaged thread should be distributed reasonably, then to in-
crease the bearing capability of DSJ.
3.2. Mechanical behaviors of DSJ due to compression force
During the working process of drill string, upon the neutral
point the force is tension and under the neutral point is compres-
sion, most failure accidents for drill joint occur under the neutral
point, it is necessary to study the compression resistance property
of joint. In this part mechanical behaviors and bearing capacity of
DSJ are studied under the load of compression force, and to analyze
the compression characteristics by comparing the API structure.
3.2.1. Stress character of DSJ due to compression force
Figs. 13 and 14 show that the Mises stress cloud charts of API
thread joint under the compression force 300ton and 400ton, it can
be seen from the charts that the maximum stress value of API
thread joint under compression load concentrates on the root of the
last engaged thread, when the compression force reaches 300ton,
the Mises stress value of the root of the last engaged thread of box
already reaches yield limit and the maximum Mises stress value of
Fig. 13. Mises stress cloud of API structure due to compression force 300 ton.
Fig. 14. Mises stress cloud of API structure due to compression force 400 ton.
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pin (the root of the last engaged thread) is only 569.5 MPa. With
increasing the force to 400ton, the box further more yield, but the
maximum Mises stress value of pin is only 730.3 MPa, peak stress
value between pin and box still differs greatly. Under the function
of compression force, the Mises stress distribution of thread joint of
API structure utilizes the material behaviors inadequately, pin is
still in good condition while the box occur yield.
Figs. 15 and 16 show that the Mises stress cloud charts of thread
joint of DSS under the compression force 300ton and 400ton. It can
be seen from the charts that thread teeth and shoulder of DSJ both
have not occurred plastic deformation, the maximum Mises stress
value is on the root of each tooth and shoulder of box. The
maximum Mises stress value of pin and box is still same probably.
The Mises stress peak of pin and box of DSS is more even by
comparing with the API structure, and the region of higher Mises
stress value is not only on the root of thread teeth while the pri-
mary and the second shoulder has equal value, the compression
force is distributed more evenly on thread teeth and shoulder with
DSS.
Fig. 17 shows that the maximum Mises stress of thread teeth and
shoulder of different thread joints under compression forces
300ton,400ton,500ton and 600ton, it can be seen from the charts
that compression yield strength of API structure and DSS are
300ton and 600ton, respectively, and compression yield strength of
DSS increases twice times comparing with API structure, under the
function of compression load Mises stress values of the last few
teeth of pin and box for API structure are obvious higher than that
of previous teeth, but the Mises stress value of thread teeth of DSS
distributes relative evenly ,which bears the load evenly. Comparing
the Mises stress value of shoulder, it can be seen that the Mises
stress value of primary shoulder is less than that of thread teeth and
the Mises stress value of the second shoulder is equal to that of
thread teeth. Therefore, during the deign process of thread joint, to
properly increase the size of thread teeth and the second shoulder
to balance the Mises stress value of each part, and to make the
bearing capacity much higher in the existing design space of
thread.
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Fig. 15. Mises stress cloud of DSS due to compression force 500 ton.

Fig. 16. Mises stress cloud of DSS due to compression force 600 ton.

Fig. 18. The contact stress of DSJ due to compression force.

Fig. 17. Mises stress value of thread teeth and shoulder due to compression force.
3.2.2. Contact stress distribution of DSJ due to compression force
Fig. 18 shows that the contact stress value of thread teeth and
shoulder of different thread joints under compression forces
300ton, 400ton, 500ton and 600ton, it can be seen from the figure
that the contact stress distribution of DSS and API structure is
saddle-type that bearing form is in the shape of U, for API structure
the region of higher contact stress mainly concentrates on shoulder
and the last engaged thread under compression force. For DSS the
region of higher contact stress mainly concentrates on the second
shoulder under compression force, thus effectively decreasing the
contact stress value of thread teeth; DSS is bi-direction sealing, the
primary and the second shoulder produce larger contact stress and
forms sealed portion where is the teeth of box and pin, preventing
the gluing and the galling caused by that mud entering the sealed
portion of engaged thread.
can be seen from the charts that the stress distribution cloud charts
of DSJ and API structure is highly similar and the stress peak value
of pin and box is same nearly under different loads. Therefore,
tension resistance capacity of thread teeth of DSS almost approxi-
mates to API structure. There is no analysis on the mechanical be-
haviors and bearing regularity in subsequent calculation.
Combined with mechanical behaviors of DSS under compres-
sion fore and tension load, it is studied that when the structure is
designed, the angle between guide surface and bearing surface can
be changed, the force is low under compression force on guide
surface, therefore increasing the angle of guide surface and
decreasing the angle of bearing surface to increase the torsion
resistance ability and tension resistance ability of DSS in the cir-
cumstances that decreasing portion of compression resistance
ability.
3.4. Mechanical behaviors of DSJ due to bend moment

With the popularization and application of these special process

3.3. Mechanical behaviors of DSJ due to tension load wells such as Horizontal wells, directional wells, multilateral wells
and large displacement wells, drill strings in down hole bears
Figs. 19 and 20 show that the stress distribution cloud charts of conventional loads while bears the function of bend moment, thus
thread joint of DSS and API structure under tension force 200ton. It causing that the failure on the bend portion of drill string is higher
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Fig. 19. The stress distribution cloud of API structure due to tension load 200ton.

Fig. 20. The stress distribution cloud of DSS due to tension load 200ton.

than the vertical portion during the drilling process, researching
mechanical behaviors of thread joint under bend moment can
provide the basis for reasonably using and optimizing.
3.4.1. Stress character of DSJ due to bend moment
It can be seen from Figs. 21e24 that stress distribution cloud
charts of thread joint of different structures under bend moment
30 /30 m and 60 /30 m, stress peak and stress distribution of
thread joint of different structures are same probably under same
bending displacement.
Figs. 25 and 26 show stress value of the first engaged thread of
box and pin due to bend moment 30 /30 m,40 /30 m,50 /30 m and
60 /30 m, respectively. It can be seen from the charts that stress
value of DSJ gradually increases under the function of bend
moment while the uneven phenomenon occurs along the circum-
ference direction. When the first engaged thread of pin is under
bend state, the region of high stress values concentrated on the side
of tension and compression. Stress value of the first engaged thread
of pin at the side of tension and compression reaches the yield
strength when the bending displacement is 60 /30 m, but stress
value of pin without tension and compression is a little small. Due
to the appearance of uneven phenomenon along the circumference
direction, the decreasing of bearing capacity and the un- stability of
drill string should be considered well when the structure strength
of thread joint is designed. Stress distribution of the first engaged
thread of box differs greatly comparing with pin, the maximum
stress value of the first engaged thread of box concentrates on the
middle position varied load between tension and compression.
Stress value is relative low at the side of tension and compression,
for box the yield occurs with bend moment 60 /30 m. According to
stress situation of DSJ under the function of bend moment, it is
studied that bend moment has a greatly effect on the connection
property of thread joint, which should be considered to increase
the safety factor of thread joint when wellbore trajectory is
designed and types of joint are selected.
The stress of the first engaged thread of box, the side of tension
from Figs. 27 and 28, for double shoulder thread the curve of stress
value of pin at the side of tension and compression, it shows that
stress variation tendency of thread teeth at the side of compression
gradually decreases when the distance away from shoulder in-
creases, the middle portion exists fluctuation because of the contact
of the second shoulder which increases stress value of the last few
teeth. Under different displacement loads, the variation tendency of
thread teeth of pin at the side of compression is same and stress
value increases when bending deformation increases, but the
variation tendency of pin at the side of tension is different, the
variation tendency of thread teeth is same under bend moment of
30 /30 m and 40 /30 m. Stress peak changes tiny when bend

Fig. 21. The stress distribution cloud chart of API structure due to bend moment 30 /30 m
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Fig. 22. The stress distribution cloud chart of API structure due to bend moment 60 /30 m

Fig. 23. The stress distribution cloud chart of DSS due to bend moment 30 /30 m

Fig. 24. The stress distribution cloud chart of DSS due to bend moment 60 /30 m

Fig. 26. The stress of the first engaged thread of box.

Fig. 25. The stress of the first engaged thread of pin.
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Fig. 27. The stress value of thread teeth at the side of compression.
Fig. 28. The stress value of thread teeth at the side of tension.
moment increases, but stress value of the second and the third
engaged thread gradually approaches that of the first and the sec-
ond engaged thread when bend moment increases, and the
increasing of bending deformation just increases this region of high
stress while the effect on peak stress is very low, therefore, stress
value at the side of tension is high when bending deformation is
very small, but stress value at the side of compression is high when
bending deformation is relative high.
3.4.2. Contact stress characteristic of DSJ due to bending moment
In order to study the sealing characteristic of DSJ due to bending
moment, the contact stress characteristic of DSJ is analyzed under
the function of make-up torque.
The contact stress value of the primary and the second shoulder
of DSJ is shown in the Figs. 29 and 30, it can be seen that the sealing
is already failure on the primary and the second shoulder, the
contact stress value on the primary shoulder is higher than that on
the second shoulder when the bending displacement is 30 /30 m,
and the sealing failure region on the second shoulder is much more
than that on primary shoulder. The contact stress on the primary
and the second shoulder is shifted to the side of compression,
which causes the contact stress value is greatly high at the side of
compression and the zero contact stress at the side of tension.
Bending moment has a greatly effect on the sealing property of
thread joint especially the primary shoulder, the sealing failure
accidents of shoulder at the side of tension occur while the wearing
or damage of shoulder occurs at the side of compression because of
excessive contact stress.
Figs. 29 and 30show the contact stress value of DSJ at the
location of the first and the last engaged thread, comparing the
contact stress value of double shoulder it can be seen that the
region of high stress value of thread teeth mainly concentrates on
the side of tension and the contact stress value is relatively small
at the side of compression. The greater the bending displacement
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Fig. 29. The contact stress of the primary shoulder.
Fig. 30. The contact stress of the second shoulder.
at the location of the first engaged thread, the lower the contact
stress at the side of compression, the greater the contact stress of
thread teeth at the side of tension. The contact stress value of the
last engaged thread gradually increases when the bending
displacement increases. Though the sealing failure accidents of
thread joint occur on shoulder, the contact stress of the first and
the last engaged thread turn still keeps upon 260Mpa under the
bending displacement 60 /30 m, and then which has a function of
sealing. Therefore, thread joint of DSS has a good effect on
resisting the sealing failure due to the function of bending
moment. (See Figs 31 and 32).
Drill pipe joint is usually in the stage of low level in the working
process, therefore, the contact stress value at the side of tension is
much higher under the load of bending moment and the failure
accidents occur much easily. Considering the force of thread teeth
at the side of tension side is same as that under the load of torque
and tension force, when the angle of guide and bearing surface is
designed, the angle can be designed according the function of
torque and tension and the bearing property should be considered
at the side of compression.
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Fig. 31. The contact stress value of the first engaged thread of pin.
Fig. 32. The contact stress value of the last engaged thread of pin.
4. Conclusions
This paper focus on the problem of DSJ bearing capacity
decreasing which caused by the unreasonable design, 3D whole
structure FEM of DSJ was established to analyze stress and strain
states under torque moment, compression force, tension load,
bending moment and contact stress distribution of thread teeth
and shoulders, to analyze the mechanical behaviors under loads,
respectively. The conclusions are shown below.
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(1) Provide accordance of DSJ’s design by analysis the stress,
strain, displacement, contact stress characteristics.
(2) Contrast the deformation coordination of DSJ and API under
compression load, and analyzed the DSJ’s load distribution
characteristics of the shoulder and each tooth.
(3) The deformation coordination of DSJ and API are nearly the
same under tension load.
(4) Contrast the load distribution and sealing performance of DSJ
and API under bending moment.
(5) Propose to increase the angle of guide surface properly when
DSJ is designed and decreased the angle of bearing surface in
order to increase the compression behaviors and the tension
property, and also should consider the bearing property of
the compression side under bending moment.
Acknowledgements
This research is supported by Scientific Research Starting Project
of SWPU (No. 2017QHZ012), Major Project by Education Office of
Sichuan Province (No. 17ZA0418), supported by the Natural Science
Fund for Outstanding Youth Science Fund (Grant No. 51222406),
Scientific Research Innovation Team Project of Sichuan Colleges and
Universities (2017TD0014).
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