Predicting Coiled Tubing Life Should Consider Diameter Growth in Addition to Low-Cycle Fatigue

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Hampson ◽  
Eric Jantz ◽  
Tyler Seidler
Keyword(s):  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Diameter Growth ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Coiled Tubing

Latest Development in Physics-Based Modeling of Coiled Tubing Plasticity and Fatigue

SPE Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Zhanke Liu ◽  
Steven Tipton ◽  
Dinesh Sukumar
Keyword(s):  
Damage Accumulation ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
State Variables ◽  
Coiled Tubing ◽  
Wall Thinning ◽  
Fatigue Damage Accumulation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Novel Algorithms

Summary Coiled tubing (CT) integrity is critical for well intervention operations in the field. To monitor and manage tubing integrity, the industry has developed a number of computer models over the past decades. Among them, low-cycle fatigue (LCF) modeling plays a paramount role in safeguarding tubing integrity. LCF modeling of CT strings dates back to the 1980s. Recently, novel algorithms have contributed to developments in physics-based modeling of tubing fatigue and plasticity. When CT trips into and out of the well, it goes through bending/straightening cycles under high differential pressure. Such tough conditions lead to low- or ultralow-cycle fatigue, limiting CT useful life. The model proposed in this study is derived from a previous one and is based on rigorously derived material parameters to compute the evolution of state variables from a wide range of loading conditions. Through newly formulated plasticity and strain parameters, a physics-based damage model predicts CT fatigue life, along with diametral growth and wall thinning. The revised modeling approach gives results for CT damage accumulation, diametral growth, and wall thinning under realistic field conditions, with experimental validation. For 20 different CT alloys, it was observed that the model improved in accuracy overall by approximately 18.8% and consistency by 14.0%, for constant pressure data sets of more than 4,500 data points. The modeling results provide insights into the nonlinear nature of fatigue damage accumulation. This study allowed developing recommendations to guide future analytical modeling and experimental investigations, summarize theoretical findings in physics-based LCF modeling, and provide practical guidelines for CT string management in the field. The study provides a fundamental understanding of CT LCF and introduces novel algorithms in plasticity and damage.

Fracture Toughness of HSLA Coiled Tubing Used in Oil Wells Operations

2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wainstein ◽  
J. Perez Ipiña
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Toughness ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Arc Length ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Steel Tubes ◽  
Small Thickness ◽  
Coiled Tubing ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Tubing Material

Coiled Tubings are thin walled steel tubes of 25–89 mm diameter and thousands meters long, used in the oil industry for production and maintenance services. They suffer plastic deformation during unwinding of the reel, passing through a goosneck arch guide and an injector unit. Strain levels are of 2–3%, making the tubing fail by low cycle fatigue in around 100 wrap–unwrap cycles. As coiled tubing material generally behaves in a ductile manner at surface and down well temperatures, the R curve has to be known to make instability analyses. J-R curves were determined to characterize the fracture toughness of nonused coiled tubing, using nonstandard specimens due to difficulties with their small thickness and diameters. Different crack lengths and crack locations were tested to analyze the 2C0/W ratio and the influence of the longitudinal weld. The R curves obtained show crack arc length dependence and are influenced by the position of the longitudinal weld.

Latest Development in Physics-Based Modeling of Coiled Tubing Plasticity and Fatigue

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanke Liu ◽  
Steven M. Tipton ◽  
Dinesh Sukumar
Keyword(s):  
Damage Accumulation ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
State Variables ◽  
Coiled Tubing ◽  
Wall Thinning ◽  
Fatigue Damage Accumulation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Novel Algorithms

Abstract Coiled tubing (CT) integrity is critical for well intervention operations in the field. To monitor and manage tubing integrity, the industry has developed a number of computer models over the past decades. Among them, low-cycle fatigue (LCF) modeling plays a paramount role in safeguarding tubing integrity. LCF modeling of CT strings dates back to the 1980s. Recently, novel algorithms have contributed to developments in physics-based modeling of tubing fatigue and plasticity. As CT trips into and out of the well, it goes through bending-straightening cycles under high differential pressure. Such tough conditions lead to low- or ultralow-cycle fatigue, limiting CT useful life. The model proposed in this study is derived from a previous one and based on rigorously derived material parameters to compute the evolution of state variables from a wide range of loading conditions. Through newly formulated plasticity and strain parameters, a physics-based damage model predicts CT fatigue life, along with diametral growth and wall thinning. The revised modeling approach gives results for CT damage accumulation, diametral growth, and wall thinning under realistic field conditions, with experimental validation. For 20 different coiled tubing alloys, it was observed that the model improved in accuracy overall by about 18.8% and consistency by 14.0%, for constant pressure data sets of more than 4,500 data points. The modeling results provide insights into the nonlinear nature of fatigue damage accumulation. This study allowed developing recommendations to guide future analytical modeling and experimental investigations, to summarize theoretical findings in physics-based LCF modeling, and to provide practical guidelines for CT string management in the field. The study provides a fundamental understanding of CT LCF and introduces novel algorithms in plasticity and damage.

Effects of work hardening models on low-cycle fatigue evaluations of coiled tubing with CT-100 steel

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 5055-5061
Author(s):  
Tae-Young Ryu ◽  
Jae-Boong Choi ◽  
Nam-Su Huh ◽  
Soo-Chang Kang ◽  
Ki-Seok Kim
Keyword(s):  
Work Hardening ◽  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Coiled Tubing ◽  
Hardening Models

Effect of Texture and {10-12} Twin on the Low Cycle Fatigue Properties of Rolled AZ31 Mg Alloy

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 325-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung Hyuk Park ◽  
Seong-Gu Hong ◽  
Chong Soo Lee ◽  
Ha Sik Kim
Keyword(s):  
Low Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Mg Alloy ◽  
Fatigue Properties ◽  
Cycle Fatigue ◽  
Az31 Mg Alloy
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