# US 10,119,337 B2 · Modeling of interactions between formation and downhole drilling tool with wearflat

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- Number: US 10,119,337 B2
- Document ID: US10119337B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/120,080
- Filed: 2014-11-20
- Published: 2017-03-02
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-11-20
- Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicants: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Inventors: Xianwu Ling
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119337B2

## CPC

- G06F 30/17: Mechanical parametric or variational design
- E21B 10/43: characterised by the arrangement of teeth or other cutting elements
- G06F 30/20: Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30)
- E21B 10/54: the bit being of the rotary drag type, e.g. fork-type bits
- G06F 2111/10: Numerical modelling
- G06F 2119/18: Manufacturability analysis or optimisation for manufacturability
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

## Abstract

A computer-implemented method of designing a downhole drilling tool may include generating a three dimensional (3D) downhole drilling tool model including a plurality of cutting elements on a plurality of blades and simulating engagement of the 3D downhole drilling tool model with a 3D model of a borehole bottom. The method may further include calculating a cutting force of a cutting element of the plurality of cutting elements, calculating a wearflat frictional force of the cutting element, and modeling a drilling efficiency of the 3D downhole drilling tool model based on the cutting force of the cutting element and the wearflat friction force of the cutting element. In addition, the method may include determining a design parameter of the 3D downhole drilling tool model based on the drilling efficiency of the 3D downhole drilling tool model.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computer-implemented method of designing a downhole drilling tool, the method comprising:
generating a three dimensional (3D) downhole drilling tool model including a plurality of cutting elements on a plurality of blades;
simulating engagement of the 3D downhole drilling tool model with a 3D model of a borehole bottom;
calculating a cutting force of a cutting element of the plurality of cutting elements based on a comparison of a cutting energy associated with the cutting element and a failure energy of a volume of formation in the 3D model of the borehole bottom;
calculating a wearflat frictional force of the cutting element;
modeling a drilling efficiency of the 3D downhole drilling tool model based on the cutting force of the cutting element and the wearflat friction force of the cutting element;
determining a design parameter of the 3D downhole drilling tool model based on the drilling efficiency of the 3D downhole drilling tool model;
adjusting the 3D downhole drilling tool model based on the determined design parameter; and
manufacturing a drill bit based on the 3D downhole drilling tool model.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising calculating an interfacial friction force on a cutting face of the cutting element.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising modeling the drilling efficiency of the 3D downhole drilling tool model based further on the interfacial friction force.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein calculating the cutting force comprises calculating a contact stress on a cutting face of the cutting element.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the failure energy is based on a strain energy of the volume of rock in the 3D model of the borehole bottom.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a back-rake angle of the cutting element based on the drilling efficiency of the 3D downhole drilling tool model.