K&M Buckling Performance Calculator (Dawson-Paslay)

BMF, March 2013

Note: Dawson-Paslay buckling criteria only apply to straight, inclined hole. Use other criteria (Wu and Juvkam-Wold - SPE 25503) for curved wellbores.
Inputs
OD= 5.000 Outside Diameter, in
ID= 4.276 Inside Diameter, in
W= 23.89 Adjusted Air Weight, lbs/ft
MW= 10.0 Mud Density, ppg
E= 30,000,000 Young's Modulus, psi
H= 12.25 Hole Size, in
q= 90 Inclination, degrees
Calculated Performance
Bs= 28.2 Sinusoidal Limit, k lbs compression
Bh= 39.9 Helical Limit, k lbs compression

Inc Bs Bh
45
(deg) (k lbs) (k lbs)
0 0.0 0.0
40
5 8.3 11.8
10 11.8 16.6
35
15 14.4 20.3
20 16.5 23.3
30
Critical Buckling Limit (k lbs)

25 18.4 26.0
30 20.0 28.2
25
35 21.4 30.2
40 22.6 32.0
20
45 23.7 33.6
50 24.7 34.9 Sinusoidal Buckling Limit
15 Helical Buckling Limit
55 25.5 36.1
60 26.3 37.2
10
65 26.9 38.0
70 27.4 38.7
5
75 27.7 39.2
80 28.0 39.6
0
85 28.2 39.8 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
90 28.2 39.9 Wellbore Inclination (deg)
 Sinusoidal Buckling Limit
Helical Buckling Limit

60 70 80 90
g)