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Dependendo da magnitude, falhas na coluna de revestimento podem gerar grandes perdas econômicas e ambientais. Dada a complicada revisão e manutenção do revestimento durante a operação do poço, este deve ser projetado com robustez suficiente para suportar as solicitações em sua vida útil. As conexões de revestimento têm sido consideradas na literatura como os componentes mais propensos à falha. Testes são geralmente utilizados para qualificar a capacidade última das conexões no projeto de revestimento; porém, tendem a ser caros e demandam tempo considerável. Com o objetivo de diminuir os custos dos testes, modelos em elementos finitos são amplamente usados como alternativa e em complemento aos testes para avaliar o comportamento das conexões. Este trabalho apresenta um estudo de conexões de revestimento com base em modelos em elementos finitos, considerando a aplicação de torque de aperto, tração e pressão interna, tomando como caso de estudo uma conexão API 8 Round LTC 9 5/8 47 lb/ft L80. Na modelagem numérica adota-se axissimetría, a inclusão da elastoplasticidade com endurecimento isotrópico controlado pela superfície de falha de Von Mises, não linearidade geométrica e modelagem de contato para grandes deslizamentos com inclusão de fricção tangencial às superfícies de contato. Com uso de critérios mencionados na literatura e hipóteses de falha - principalmente dadas em função das pressões nos filetes, afastamento entre filetes e excessiva plasticidade - o modelo em elementos finitos desenvolvido foi utilizado para avaliar a capacidade da conexão ante os modos de falha por desacoplamento e vazamento. Os resultados da análise são satisfatórios quando comparados às resistências calculadas pela normativa API, e dados e observações experimentais presentes nas referências. Do estudo obtém-se um método para modelagem, que permite reproduzir os fenômenos observados em conexões de revestimento e estimar os modos de falha, podendo ser estendida a análise para conexões com diferentes geometrias. Este estudo é a base para pesquisas futuras sobre modelagem em elementos finitos de testes de conexões, definição de estados limites e de estudos de confiabilidade estrutural em conexões de revestimento de poço. / Casing failures can potentially generate large economic losses and environmental damages, depending on their magnitude. Opportunities for casing evaluation and repair during operation are limited; hence, casing has to be designed with sufficient robustness to bear the loads applied during service life. Casing connections have been considered in the literature as the weak points of the casing column, following observed failures. Testing is generally used to qualify connections; however, they are expensive and demand a lot of time. Aiming to diminish the costs of testing, finite element models are widely used as an alternative and complement to tests to evaluate the behavior of casing connections. This work proposes to study casing connections using finite element models, considering the application of loads of make-up, traction, and internal pressure, taking for study case an API 8 Round LTC 9 5/8 casing connection. The finite element modeling assumed axisymmetry, elastoplastic material with isotropic hardening controlled by the Von Mises yielding surface, geometrical non linearity and inclusion of contact formulation for large slides and tangential frictional behavior between the casing connection mating surfaces. Using criteria mentioned in the literature - mainly in function of flank contact pressures, opening between flanks and effects of excessive plasticity - the developed finite element model was used to evaluate the capacity of the connection for jump-out and leakage failure modes. The results of the analyses were satisfactory when compared to the capacity calculated by the API standards, and experimental observations presented in the literature. From the study, a methodology is obtained for finite element modeling of casing connections, allowing study of the behavior and analysis of failure modes in casing connections, which can be extended for connections with different geometries. This study is the base for future investigations on finite element modeling of connection testing, on limit state definition for various failure modes, and for the study of structural reliability of casing connections.

Down-hole damages such as borehole collapse, circulation loss and rock tensile/compressive cracking in the open-hole system are well understood at drilling and well completion stages. However, less effort has been made to understand the instability of cemented sections in High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) wells. The existing analysis shows that, in the perforation zones, casing/cement is subject to instability, particularly in the presence of cavities. This dissertation focuses on the instability mechanism of casing/cement in the non-perforated zones. We investigate the transient thermal behavior in the casing-cement-formation system resulting from the movement of wellbore fluid using finite element method. The critical value of down-hole stresses is identified in both wellbore heating and cooling effects. Differently with the heating effect, the strong cooling effect in a cased hole can produce significant tension inside casing/cement. The confining formation has an obvious influence on the stability of casing/cement. The proposed results reveal that the casing/cement system in the non-homogeneous formation behaves differently from that in homogeneous formation. With this in mind, a three-dimensional layered finite element model is developed to illustrate the casing/cement mechanical behavior in the non-homogeneous formation. The radial stress of cement sheath is found to be highly variable and affected by the contrast in Young’s moduli in the different formation layers. The maximum stress is predicted to concentrate in the casing-cement system confined by the sandstone. Casing wear in the cased-hole system causes significant casing strength reduction, possibly resulting in the casing-cement tangential collapse. In this study, an approach for calculating the stress concentration in the worn casing with considering temperature change is developed, based on boundary superposition. The numerical results indicate that the casing-cement system after casing wear will suffer from severe tangential instability due to the elevated compressive hoop stress. Gas migration during the cementing process results from the fluid cement’s inability to balance formation pore pressure. Past experience emphasized the application of chemical additives to reduce or control gas migration during the cementing process. This report presents the thermal and mechanical behaviors in a cased hole caused by created gas channels after gas migration. In conclusion, the size and the number of gas channels are two important factors in determining mechanical instability in a casing-cement system.

The subject of this thesis is an extension of a two-dimensional, axisymmetric, Timoshenko-beam finite-element rotordynamic code to include a three-dimensional non-axisymmetric solid-element casing model. Axisymmetric beams are sufficient to model rotors. Spring and damper forces provide the interface between the rotor and its casing and capture the dynamics of the full model. However, axisymmetric beams limit the modeling of real-case machine structures, where the casing is not axisymmetric. Axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric 3D finite element casing structures are modeled. These structures are then reduced using a technique called substructuring. Modal equations are developed for axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric casing models. In a 3D non-axisymmetric model, structural dynamics modes can be modeled by lateral modes in two orthogonal planes. Modal information of the complex 3D casing structures are generated, and then incorporated into the 2D code after a series of pre-processing steps. A reduction method called Component Mode Synthesis (CMS) is used to reduce the large dimensionality involved in calculation of rotordynamic coefficients. The results from the casing structures are merged with the rotor model to create a combined rotor-casing model. The analysis of the combined structure shows that there is a difference in the natural frequencies and unbalance response between the model that uses symmetrical casing and the one that uses non-axisymmetric casing. XLTRC2 is used as an example of a two-dimensional axisymmetric beam-element code. ANSYS is used as a code to build three-dimensional non-axisymmetric solid-element casing models. The work done in this thesis opens the scope to incorporate complex non-axisymmetric casing models with XLTRC2.

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Since the decoding of the human genome project concluded in 2003, rapid technological advances in the area of human genetics including genetic testing and bio banking have accelerated. Public discussion of genetic testing and biobanking are the focus of this thesis. Genetic profiling and predictive tests aim to establish the causal conditions for disorders such as Fragile X, cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease. Biobanking involves the storage of genetic material for genetic research and can also include genealogical research. The complex and varied relationships that Maori (indigenous peoples of New Zealand) in different social locations have with western science (and human genetics in particular) is at the heart of this thesis. The thesis explores the responses of three differently located Maori social groups to the challenges posed by genetic testing and biobanking. Focus/contact group discussion with Maori members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a group of rongoa or traditional Maori health practitioners, and a group of Maori lawyers illustrate both diversity in the ways in which Maori respond to the issues posed by human genetics, and connections among them as they draw on Maori ontologies and epistemologies. In the analyses of these discussions which constitute the core of this thesis, Maori can be seen juggling alternative frames of reference and negotiating between knowledge systems. The thesis does not purport to provide an overview of Maori responses to genetic testing. Instead it uses discussion among three groups of research participants to illustrate the relevance of temporal and relational knowledge in local situations. A range of social science and Te Ao Maori conceptual tools are used to analyse conversations among research participants. These tools include discussion of power/knowledge and governmentality, actor network theory, sociological discussions of agency as well as concepts of whakapapa, kaitiaki, mauri, and mana motuhake. My goal is to illustrate both connection and heterogeneity in Maori responses to the challenges posed by genetic testing and bio banking.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-02-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:47:00Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 zied_dc_me_botfca.pdf: 731874 bytes, checksum: db00183dc8399bff1cbd0fbe3090bc6f (MD5) / O estudo teve como objetivo analisar diversas camadas de cobertura quanto às propriedades físicas, químicas e microbiológicas em dois ambientes de cultivo e compará-las quanto à conversão energética na produção de basidiomas de Agaricus blazei. A camada de cobertura é um dos fatores que afeta a produção, a qualidade e a uniformidade no cultivo de cogumelos. Cinco combinações de solos foram coletados em duas profundidades (0,2 m e 2 m) “superfície e barranco” e avaliados como camadas de cobertura. O delineamento experimental foi em esquema fatorial 5 x 2 x 2 (cinco combinações de solo, duas profundidades de coleta e dois ambientes de cultivo – Câmara Dalsem Mushroom “ambiente climatizado” e estufa rústica), com 8 repetições cada tratamento. Cada repetição correspondeu a uma caixa com 12 kg de composto (peso úmido) adicionado das camadas de cobertura. As variáveis avaliadas foram: produção por caixa (kg), produtividade (%), eficiência biológica (%), precocidade (%), número e massa de basidiomas (g) e características físicas, químicas e microbiológicas das camadas de cobertura. Verificou-se que as diferentes combinações de solos utilizados nas camadas de cobertura não diferem entre si, em relação à produção, produtividade, eficiência biológica e número de basidiomas, embora tenham sido verificadas diferenças nas massas de basidiomas. Com relação à profundidade de coleta das amostras de solo, não foram encontradas diferenças significativas. Porém, o cultivo realizado na estufa rústica proporcionou maior produção, produtividade, eficiência biológica e número de basidiomas, enquanto que o ambiente climatizado apresentou as maiores massas de basidiomas colhidas ao longo do experimento. Foi verificado correlação positiva entre a produtividade de A. blazei e o teor de silte, densidade do solo, conteúdo de água (saturado)... / The aim of this study is to analyze different casing soils about physical, chemical and microbiological proprieties in two environments of cultivation and compare them about the energetic conversion in the yield of mushroom of Agaricus bisporus. The casing layer is one of the factors that affect the yield, the quality and the uniformity in mushrooms industry. Five combination of soils were collected in two depths (0,2 m and 2,0 m) “ surface and embankment” and considered as casing soil. The experimental design was in factorial setup 5 x 2 x 2 (five combination of soils, two depths and two environments of cultivation – Chamber Dalsem Mushrooms “controlled atmosphere” and Plastic House), with eight repetitions each treatment. Each repetition corresponded to one box with 12 kg of compost (weight wet), added to the casing soils. The analyzed variable were: yield in box (kg), yield (%), biological efficiency (%), precocity (%), number and weight of mushrooms (g) and physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics of the soils used as casing soils. It was noticed that the different combination of soil used in casing layer aren’t different among each other considering the yield in box, yield, biological efficiency and number of mushrooms, but differences appeared when were compared the weights of mushrooms. Considering the depths of the collected samples, they don’t represent any significant difference. However the cultivation in plastic house provides the biggest yield in box, yield, biological efficiency and number of mushrooms; and the controlled atmosphere has shown the biggest weights of mushrooms in harvest during the experiment...(Complete abstract, click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:58:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JairJF.pdf: 2118610 bytes, checksum: 58b235c37b06aad236571a4bddf0bd41 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-07-06 / Improving the adherence between oilwell metallic casing and cement sheath potentially decrease the number of corrective actions present/y necessary for Northeastern wells submitted to steam injection. In addition to the direct costs involved in the corrective operations, the economic impact of the failure of the primary cementing aIso includes the loss in the production of the well. The adherence between casing and cement is current/y evaluated by a simple shear tests non standardized by the American Petroleum Institute (API). Therefore, the objective of the present is to propose and evaluate a standardized method to assess the adherence of oilwell metallic casing to cement sheath. To that end, a section of a cemented oilwell was simulated and used to test the effect of different parameters on the shear stress of the system. Surface roughness and different cement compositions submitted or not to thermal cycling were evaluated. The results revealed that the test geometry and parameters proposed yielded different values for the shear stress of the system, corresponding to different adherent conditions between metallic casing and cement sheath / A boa ader?ncia mec?nica entre o revestimento met?lico e a bainha cimentante de po?os de petr?leo pode diminuir a freq??ncia de opera??es de cimenta??o corretivas hoje verificadas, principalmente na regi?o Nordeste, em po?os sujeitos ? inje??o de vapor. Al?m do custo direto de cada opera??o corretiva, o impacto econ?mico da falha da cimenta??o prim?ria tamb?m inclui a parada de produ??o do po?o. Atualmente, a ader?ncia entre o cimento e o revestimento ? aferida por meio de uma metodologia de ensaio, n?o padronizada pelas normas do American Petroleum Institute (API), que consiste em mensurar a resist?ncia ao cisalhamento entre um tubo de a?o e o cimento. Este trabalho tem por meta criar uma proposta de metodologia para padronizar os ensaios de ader?ncia de cimentos para po?os de petr?leo sobre revestimentos met?licos. Para isso utilizou-se a simula??o de um trecho de po?o cimentado. Tamb?m se usou o ensaio para caracterizar a sensibilidade das condi??es superficiais dos tubos, sem tratamento e com tratamento de hidrojateamento, assim como o comportamento termo-mec?nico de cimentos em contato com revestimento. Estes ensaios foram usados para validar novas pastas cimentantes desenvolvidas em fun??o de diferentes condi??es de po?o e m?todos avan?ados de recupera??o de ?leo. Por meio desses ensaios, com o uso de diferentes condi??es de superf?cie, aplica??o de diferentes composi??es de cimentos e varias formas de aquecimento ao sistema, foi poss?vel constatar que a geometria de ensaios proposta ? sens?vel a altera??es na ader?ncia do conjunto, causadas por situa??es reais encontradas nas condi??es. de po?os, especialmente aqueles sujeitos ? inje??o de vapor

Dependendo da magnitude, falhas na coluna de revestimento podem gerar grandes perdas econômicas e ambientais. Dada a complicada revisão e manutenção do revestimento durante a operação do poço, este deve ser projetado com robustez suficiente para suportar as solicitações em sua vida útil. As conexões de revestimento têm sido consideradas na literatura como os componentes mais propensos à falha. Testes são geralmente utilizados para qualificar a capacidade última das conexões no projeto de revestimento; porém, tendem a ser caros e demandam tempo considerável. Com o objetivo de diminuir os custos dos testes, modelos em elementos finitos são amplamente usados como alternativa e em complemento aos testes para avaliar o comportamento das conexões. Este trabalho apresenta um estudo de conexões de revestimento com base em modelos em elementos finitos, considerando a aplicação de torque de aperto, tração e pressão interna, tomando como caso de estudo uma conexão API 8 Round LTC 9 5/8 47 lb/ft L80. Na modelagem numérica adota-se axissimetría, a inclusão da elastoplasticidade com endurecimento isotrópico controlado pela superfície de falha de Von Mises, não linearidade geométrica e modelagem de contato para grandes deslizamentos com inclusão de fricção tangencial às superfícies de contato. Com uso de critérios mencionados na literatura e hipóteses de falha - principalmente dadas em função das pressões nos filetes, afastamento entre filetes e excessiva plasticidade - o modelo em elementos finitos desenvolvido foi utilizado para avaliar a capacidade da conexão ante os modos de falha por desacoplamento e vazamento. Os resultados da análise são satisfatórios quando comparados às resistências calculadas pela normativa API, e dados e observações experimentais presentes nas referências. Do estudo obtém-se um método para modelagem, que permite reproduzir os fenômenos observados em conexões de revestimento e estimar os modos de falha, podendo ser estendida a análise para conexões com diferentes geometrias. Este estudo é a base para pesquisas futuras sobre modelagem em elementos finitos de testes de conexões, definição de estados limites e de estudos de confiabilidade estrutural em conexões de revestimento de poço. / Casing failures can potentially generate large economic losses and environmental damages, depending on their magnitude. Opportunities for casing evaluation and repair during operation are limited; hence, casing has to be designed with sufficient robustness to bear the loads applied during service life. Casing connections have been considered in the literature as the weak points of the casing column, following observed failures. Testing is generally used to qualify connections; however, they are expensive and demand a lot of time. Aiming to diminish the costs of testing, finite element models are widely used as an alternative and complement to tests to evaluate the behavior of casing connections. This work proposes to study casing connections using finite element models, considering the application of loads of make-up, traction, and internal pressure, taking for study case an API 8 Round LTC 9 5/8 casing connection. The finite element modeling assumed axisymmetry, elastoplastic material with isotropic hardening controlled by the Von Mises yielding surface, geometrical non linearity and inclusion of contact formulation for large slides and tangential frictional behavior between the casing connection mating surfaces. Using criteria mentioned in the literature - mainly in function of flank contact pressures, opening between flanks and effects of excessive plasticity - the developed finite element model was used to evaluate the capacity of the connection for jump-out and leakage failure modes. The results of the analyses were satisfactory when compared to the capacity calculated by the API standards, and experimental observations presented in the literature. From the study, a methodology is obtained for finite element modeling of casing connections, allowing study of the behavior and analysis of failure modes in casing connections, which can be extended for connections with different geometries. This study is the base for future investigations on finite element modeling of connection testing, on limit state definition for various failure modes, and for the study of structural reliability of casing connections.