VISCOUS VIBRATION DAMPING OF TORSIONAL OSCILLATION

Abstract: an apparatus for damping vibrations includes an inertial mass disposed in a cavity in a rotatable downhole component, the rotatable component configured to be disposed in a borehole in a subsurface formation, such as a resource bearing formation, the inertial mass coupled to a surface of the cavity by a damping fluid and configured to move within the cavity relative to the downhole component. the apparatus also includes a damping fluid disposed in the cavity between the inertial mass and an inner surface of the cavity, where rotational acceleration of the rotatable downhole component causes shear in the damping fluid to dissipate energy from rotational acceleration of the rotatable downhole component and causing the rotational acceleration to be reduced.

Inventor(s): Volker Peters

CPC Classification: E21B17/076 (Telescoping joints for varying drill string lengths; Shock absorbers)

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