ENTER DATA IN THE YELLOW FIELDS

Barrel Diameter
1.754 inch = Plunger Dia +clearance x 2
Plunger Diameter

1.75 inch

Fluid S.G.

0.85 volumetric average of water + oil

TV - ID

Temperature
API Gravity
Solution GOR

180
35
200

0.844 inch from Table 6-12

Total Plunger Length

6 ft from entrance to pull rod connection

Fluid Viscosity

1 cp -see chart below

Pump Rate

345 bbl/day

Plunger Length

72

RESULTS
Buckling Force
-10.09 Lbf acting on the bottom rod
Force Required to Buckle a Rod
3/4" rod

-37 Lbf

7/8" rod

-56 Lbf

1" rod

-88 Lbf

1 1/2" rod

-230 Lbf

Oil Viscosity
Z
y
x
A
B

2.18 cp dead oil

2.32435
211.03281884
0.5028842993
0.5679037405
0.7511106168

Emulsion
Water Vol. Fraction

Live Emulsion Dead Emulsion

Viscosity (cp) Viscosity (cp)
1.02
1.05
1.07
1.15
1.29
1.57
1.88
2.21
2.55
2.92
3.31

0
0.01
0.02
0.05
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7

1.02 cp w/ gas

2.18
2.24
2.29
2.46
2.75
3.36
4.02
4.72
5.46
6.24
7.07

deg F

Down Stroke Friction Analysis

deg API

max vel in plunger 4.2132244898 ft/sec

cubic feet/BO

Re in plunger

23389.957431

0.0063961572

TV friction

50.558694 in/sec
total psi

0.2 pipe

beta

3.5833453 pipe+end effects

0.2315398327

in
Reference:
Cutler and Mansure, "Fluid Dynamics in Sucker Rod Pumps", Sandia National Labs,
Sand99-0093C

Fd

2
b

vp
Fd

D p2
8

2 Dp L

Dp

vp

q
Ap

2
b

D p2
8

p 4.906 x10 L q
D D D
6

Fd drag force lb f
Db barrel ID in

D p plunger diameter in
p pressure drop through TV & plunger psi
L over all plunger length ft

fluid viscosity cp

q pump rate bbl/day

pipe+end effects

andia National Labs,

Buckling Reference Material

Data
Rod Diameter Rod Air Weight Rod Young's

Rod Moment

(inch)

of Inertia (in^4) S.G.

(Lbf / ft)

Modulus (psi)

Liquid

Buckling
Force (Lbf)*

1.5

6.262

30,000,000

0.2485

#VALUE!

1.375

5.44

30,000,000

0.1755

#VALUE!

1.25

4.538

30,000,000

0.1198

#VALUE!

1.125

3.676

30,000,000

0.0786

#VALUE!

2.904

30,000,000

0.0491

#VALUE!

0.875

2.224

30,000,000

0.0288

#VALUE!

0.75

1.634

30,000,000

0.0155

#VALUE!

0.625

1.135

30,000,000

0.0075

#VALUE!

0.5

0.726

30,000,000

0.0031

#VALUE!

* Lea, Pattillo, and Studenmund, " Interpretation of Calculated Forces on Sucker Rods",
SPE # 25416, Production and Facilities, Feb. 1995.
** Long and Bennett, "Euler Loads and Measured Sucker Rod/Sinkerbar Buckling",
SPE # 35214, March 1996.

Rod Diameter Rod Air Weight Buckling Force

(inch)
(Lbf / ft)
in Water (Lbf)6
1.5
6.262
-230
1.375
5.44
-186
1.25
4.538
-145
1.125
3.676
-110
1
2.904
-80
0.875
2.224
-56
0.75
1.634
-37
0.625
1.135
-23
0.5
0.726
-13

Buckling Force Measured Buckling

in Air (Lbf)6
Force in Air (Lbf)7
-252
-204
-641
-159
-120
-88
-62
-162
-41
-23
-25
-14

0.68174727

0.61728395
-0.7826087

Tendency

Measured Buckling

Hinged End
Euler Equation

Stress (psi)

Force (lbf)**

Force (lbf)

#VALUE!
#VALUE!

-272
-641

-220

#VALUE!

-172

#VALUE!

-130

#VALUE!

-95

#VALUE!

-162

-66

#VALUE!

-23

-44

#VALUE!
#VALUE!

1/ 3

2
EI wrf

Fc 0.795

144

Fc critical force to initiate buckling lb f

-27
-15

lb
E Young's Modulus for the rod f2
in
4
d
I
rod moment of inertia in 4
64
d rod diameter in
lb
wrf w 1 0.127 L buoyed rod weight f
ft
lb
w rod air weight f
ft
L liquid specific gravity
Using Euler's Buckling Equation
with a hinged end
2 EIw2
Fc

144

1/ 3

1/ 3

2
wrf

o initiate buckling lb f

lb
lus for the rod f2
in

ment of inertia in 4

n
lb
buoyed rod weight f
ft
lbf
ft
gravity

ing Equation