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Barrel Diameter
1.754 inch = Plunger Dia +clearance x 2
Plunger Diameter
1.75 inch
Fluid S.G.
TV - ID
Temperature
API Gravity
Solution GOR
180
35
200
Fluid Viscosity
Pump Rate
345 bbl/day
Plunger Length
72
RESULTS
Buckling Force
-10.09 Lbf acting on the bottom rod
Force Required to Buckle a Rod
3/4" rod
-37 Lbf
7/8" rod
-56 Lbf
1" rod
-88 Lbf
1 1/2" rod
-230 Lbf
Oil Viscosity
Z
y
x
A
B
Emulsion
Water Vol. Fraction
0
0.01
0.02
0.05
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
1.02 cp w/ gas
2.18
2.24
2.29
2.46
2.75
3.36
4.02
4.72
5.46
6.24
7.07
deg F
deg API
cubic feet/BO
Re in plunger
23389.957431
0.0063961572
TV friction
50.558694 in/sec
total psi
0.2 pipe
beta
0.2315398327
in
Reference:
Cutler and Mansure, "Fluid Dynamics in Sucker Rod Pumps", Sandia National Labs,
Sand99-0093C
Fd
2
b
vp
Fd
D p2
8
2 Dp L
Dp
vp
q
Ap
2
b
D p2
8
p 4.906 x10 L q
D D D
6
Fd drag force lb f
Db barrel ID in
D p plunger diameter in
p pressure drop through TV & plunger psi
L over all plunger length ft
fluid viscosity cp
pipe+end effects
Rod Moment
(inch)
(Lbf / ft)
Modulus (psi)
Liquid
Buckling
Force (Lbf)*
1.5
6.262
30,000,000
0.2485
#VALUE!
1.375
5.44
30,000,000
0.1755
#VALUE!
1.25
4.538
30,000,000
0.1198
#VALUE!
1.125
3.676
30,000,000
0.0786
#VALUE!
2.904
30,000,000
0.0491
#VALUE!
0.875
2.224
30,000,000
0.0288
#VALUE!
0.75
1.634
30,000,000
0.0155
#VALUE!
0.625
1.135
30,000,000
0.0075
#VALUE!
0.5
0.726
30,000,000
0.0031
#VALUE!
* Lea, Pattillo, and Studenmund, " Interpretation of Calculated Forces on Sucker Rods",
SPE # 25416, Production and Facilities, Feb. 1995.
** Long and Bennett, "Euler Loads and Measured Sucker Rod/Sinkerbar Buckling",
SPE # 35214, March 1996.
0.68174727
0.61728395
-0.7826087
Tendency
Measured Buckling
Hinged End
Euler Equation
Stress (psi)
Force (lbf)**
Force (lbf)
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
-272
-641
-220
#VALUE!
-172
#VALUE!
-130
#VALUE!
-95
#VALUE!
-162
-66
#VALUE!
-23
-44
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
1/ 3
2
EI wrf
Fc 0.795
144
-27
-15
lb
E Young's Modulus for the rod f2
in
4
d
I
rod moment of inertia in 4
64
d rod diameter in
lb
wrf w 1 0.127 L buoyed rod weight f
ft
lb
w rod air weight f
ft
L liquid specific gravity
Using Euler's Buckling Equation
with a hinged end
2 EIw2
Fc
144
1/ 3
1/ 3
2
wrf
o initiate buckling lb f
lb
lus for the rod f2
in
ment of inertia in 4
n
lb
buoyed rod weight f
ft
lbf
ft
gravity
ing Equation