Research Article

Casing Collapse Strength Analysis under Nonuniform Loading Using Experimental and Numerical Approach

Table 1

Experimental scheme.

GroupNumberLoading angle (°)PurposeNotes

11-10° (line loading)Impact of sample length on collapsing strengthLength: sample is 1D, tooling is 1D
1-2Length: sample is 2D, tooling is 1D
1-3Length: sample is 3D, tooling is 1D

22-1Impact of loading angle on collapsing strengthLength: sample is 7D, tooling is 2D
2-215°
2-330°
2-445°

Notes: D is casing diameter; D = 139.7 mm.