Flow Field Analysis on the Erosion Prone Parts of the Drilling Equipment

Abstract

The erosion and wear mechanism for drilling equipment is studied in this paper, which is for the problem of unstable performance of drilling system and short lifetime caused by the erosion of drilling equipment by drilling fluid. The flow field, surface pressure of the erosion prone parts and drilling fluid flow rate are calculated by the finite element method. The results demonstrate the parts eroded seriously by drilling fluid appear in where the curvature of the curve of the wall changes suddenly and where the rate of change in the stress field is greater, which provide a theoretical basis on design, optimize, repair of drilling equipment.