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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Zhehua Zhang, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Jiaqing Yu, Conroe, TX (US);
Assignee:
SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); E21B 10/55 (2006.01); E21B 10/567 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 10/55 (2013.01); E21B 10/567 (2013.01); G06F 17/5018 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method for analyzing a fixed cutter drill bit, said method including selecting a cutter; selecting an earth formation; simulating drilling performance of the fixed cutter bit having at least once cutter thereon; performing finite element analysis using outputs from the simulating; and outputting stress on the at least one cutter.