Drilling - Drill head design
- Drilling fluids
- Horizontal wells
| - Reliable cutting operations in harsh environments
- Rapid product development cycle
- Efficiency of cuttings removal is critical to maximize rate of penetration (ROP)
- Nozzle design plays a major role in cuttings removal
- Measurements and model visualizations are difficult and expensive
| - Analysis of drill bit and inner row interaction effectiveness
- Detailed information for the flow field and shear rate characteristics, indicating effective drilling mud removal
- Optimization
- Cone cleaning, bottom hole cleaning
- Cuttings evacuation
- Erosion prediction
- Understanding of cutting stresses
- Ability to design for torque related mechanical stresses
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| Cementing/Mudflow in Casings | - Complex flow of non-Newtonian fluid in eccentric gaps
- Applications are common in directional drilling, cement jobs, and wellbore completion
- Cutting accumulations in narrow gaps
- Inconsistent cementing in casing
| - Detailed mapping of fluid including cutting, drilling fluid through the gap
- Understanding the effect eccentricity and fluid viscosity
- Evaluation of flow through casing for completion, cement job
- Study of bore holing
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Offshore Structures
Wind and Wave Loading | - Structural safety for different wave and wind loading
- Effect of wind direction and the associated forces
- Fire and gas dispersion
| - Detailed mapping of wind loads on all elements of the structure
- Ability to study the effect of underwater waves
- Fluid-induced motion (FIM) studies
- Studies which can account for extreme loads due to storms, including the effect of wind headings
- Enhanced understanding of the forces and flow details around helicopter decks
- Visual illustrations of recirculation and low flow areas for smoke and pollutant dispersion concerns
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| Offshore Structures and Hydrodynamics | - Multi-body hydrodynamics
- Wind/wave forces on offshore structures
- Global performance
- Moorings and DP systems
- Load transfer for structural analysis
- Fatigue and extreme condition design
| - Structural integrity of floating/fixed platforms
- Multi-body linear and non-linear hydrodynamics and motion
- 3D diffraction/radiation analysis
- Frequency domain analysis
- Non-linear time-history simulation
- Analysis of coupled-line dynamics
- Code compliance
- Launch and jack-ups
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