CPC E21B 43/119 (2013.01) [E21B 43/116 (2013.01); F16F 7/003 (2013.01); F16F 7/12 (2013.01); F16F 2224/0208 (2013.01); F16F 2226/04 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
15. A method of downhole ballistics damping, comprising:
positioning a ballistics device in a target portion of a well, wherein the ballistics device is a part of a tool string;
detonating one or more charges from the ballistic device, the detonation generating an amount of impact energy;
receiving at least a portion of the impact energy by a shock absorption module on the tool string, the shock absorption module comprising a rigid structure and an elastic body molded around the rigid structure;
at least partially plastically deforming or breaking the rigid structure due to the received impact energy; and
reducing the impact energy transferred to another portion of the tool string.
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