US 12,406,113 B2
Computer-aided engineering toolkit for simulated testing of pressure-controlling component designs
Yaou Wang, Sugar Land, TX (US); Christopher Nault, Houston, TX (US); Matthew Givens, Houston, TX (US); Micah Threadgill, Cypress, TX (US); William Berry, Houston, TX (US); and Ke Ken Li, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,474.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,763, filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0342506 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 30/23 (2020.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 30/17 (2020.01); G06F 111/04 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/23 (2020.01) [G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 30/17 (2020.01); G06F 2111/04 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system, comprising:
at least one memory configured to store a computer-aided engineering (CAE) toolkit;
at least one processor configured to:
present a graphical user interface (GUI) of the CAE toolkit, wherein the GUI of the CAE toolkit is not configured to receive finite element analysis (FEA) information input from a user, the FEA information input including FEA meshing information and FEA boundary condition information; and
execute instructions of the CAE toolkit to perform actions comprising:
importing a component model of a blowout preventer (BOP) shear ram;
receiving, from the user via the GUI, system property values including one or more conduit properties and one or more wellbore properties of a system including the BOP shear ram, wherein the one or more conduit properties include a boundary condition of a conduit;
generating a system model of the system, the system model including the BOP shear ram and the conduit, based on the component model and the system property values;
automatically generating a finite-element analysis (FEA) model based on the system model, wherein automatically generating the FEA model includes:
automatically defining boundary conditions of the FEA model without receiving the FEA boundary condition information input from the user; and
automatically creating a meshing for the FEA model without receiving the FEA meshing information input from the user;
automatically using the FEA model to perform a simulation of an operation of the BOP shear ram in the system to generate simulation results including deformation of the conduit, deformation of the BOP shear ram, and shearing force during the operation of the BOP shear ram; and
automatically post-processing the simulation results to generate post-processed simulation results including at least one of (i) a shear pressure curve based on the shearing force simulation results or (ii) a 3D animation of the operation of the BOP shear ram based on the deformation of the conduit simulated results and on the deformation of the BOP shear ram simulation results.