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Volume 2
Drill Stem Design
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Fourth Edition
May 2012
First PrintingStandard DS-1°
Drill Stem Design and Operation
Fourth Edition
Tom H. Hill
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TH Hill Associates, Inc. wishes to acknowiedge the leadership and foresight of Tom H. Hill
for conceptualizing and authoring the Standard DS-1.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Foreword Tab aad
History ..
Objectives.
Sponsorship ......
‘Copyright Notice.....
Content.
Revisions and Corrections..
Assumptions...
Limitations ..
Responsibility for Compii iance ...
Terms and Conditions For Use..
Proprietary Products.
Proprietary Technology and License poere
Disclaimer of Liability.... on
Chapter 2 Drill Stem Design...
Influences
‘Summary...
Design by Hole Section
Hterative Solutions Required ..
‘Scope. :
Definitions...
Design Factors and Constraints.
Design Ranking Paramoters..
Applicabilty of Design Constraints and Design Ranking Paramoters..
Design Groupe... P 2
Chapter 3. Designing to Prevent Overioad Failure.
Load Capacity and Overload...
Load Factor
Overpull...
Design Factors
‘Special Design Factors... A
Design Factor Values and Ranges
Load Cases Defined
Applicable Load Cases.
Design Groups.
Overload Design is an iterative Process
Overload Design Summary ..
Setting up Torque and Drag Simulators.
Torque and Drag Simulator Calibration.
When to Perform Field Calibration...
Preparing for Calibration.
Estimating Bit Torque from Field Measurements
Nore iterations required .. .
Makeup Torque and Load Capectios
Too! Joint Failure Modes...
Too! Joint Load Capacity Curves