Research on Drill Pipe’s Fatigue Life Prediction Based on Reliability

Abstract:

Fatigue life of drill pipe is studied systematically based on reliability analysis. Calculation results show that bending and tensile stress in drill pipe body is significantly greater than that in the tool joint during drilling process. Drill pipe body’s fatigue strength is about 500MPa under the condition that the stress ratio is -1. The fatigue strength of tool joint is about 360MPa under the condition that the average tensile stress is 496MPa. The fatigue fracture position of drill pipe is concentrated on pipe body, and most fatigue cracks originate from pipe’s outer surface. Compared with material fatigue life, the fatigue life of whole drill pipe is significantly lower. Under the condition that the confidence level is 95% and deviation is 5%, drill pipe’s fatigue life distribution is normal distribution while the stress amplitude is 660MPa, 620MPa, 580MPa and 540MPa respectively. With the decreasing of stress amplitude, the peak of logarithmic fatigue life’ probability density distribution curve decreases gradually, and its dispersion increases gradually. Drill pipe’s fatigue life prediction equations whose reliability are 50%, 90%, 99% and 99.9% are calculated separately.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 944)
• Pages: 975-980
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.944.975
• Online since: January 2019
• Authors: Fang Po Li*
• Keywords: Drill Pipe, Fatigue Life, Fatigue Life Prediction, Reliability

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