Mitigation of cutting-induced stick-slip vibration during drilling with drill bits having depth of cut controllers

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a computing device, the instructions comprising:

• instructions to determine at least one value for one or more drill bit performance parameters for a design of a drill bit, wherein the one or more drill bit performance parameters comprises a functional characteristic of a depth of cut controller in the cone of the drill bit;
• instructions to correlate one or more instances of cutting-induced stick-slip vibration for at least one prior drilling operation to the at least one value for the one or more drill bit performance parameters;
• instructions to generate drill bit design rules that mitigate cutting-induced stick-slip vibration based on the correlation, wherein the instructions to generate drill bit design rules include defining a threshold value for the functional characteristic of the depth of cut controller;
• instructions to adjust the value for the functional characteristic of the depth of cut controller to satisfy the defined threshold value;
• instructions to update the drill bit design rules based on the adjusted value for the functional characteristic of the depth of cut controller;
• and
• instructions to communicate with drilling tools positioned downhole to adjust drilling parameters in real time according to the updated drill bit design rules.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• determine at least one value for one or more drill bit performance parameters for a design of a drill bit, wherein the one or more drill bit performance parameters comprises a functional characteristic of a depth of cut controller in the cone of the drill bit;
• correlate one or more instances of cutting-induced stick-slip vibration for at least one prior drilling operation to the at least one value for the one or more drill bit performance parameters;
• generate drill bit design rules that mitigate cutting-induced stick-slip vibration based on the correlation, wherein generating drill bit design rules includes defining a threshold value for the functional characteristic of the depth of cut controller;
• adjusting the value for the functional characteristic of the depth of cut controller to satisfy the defined threshold value;
• updating the drill bit design rules based on the adjusted value for the functional characteristic of the depth of cut controller;
• and
• communicate with drilling tools positioned downhole to adjust drilling parameters in real time according to the drill bit design rules.