Design and Optimization of Rubber Tube of Orifice BoP

Abstract

The rubber tube is made of rubber material. It is the important part of the orifice boP. The rubber tube is squeezed and deformed to contact with the drill pipe to achieve the sealing function. There are large deformation and contact problems in the sealing process of rubber, which is difficult to calculate theoretically. In this paper, finite element analysis software is used to analyze the contact stress between the designed rubber cylinder and the drill pipe under different loads and the influence of friction factor on the contact stress. The influence rules are summarized, the structure of the rubber cylinder is optimized, and the contact stress of the optimized rubber cylinder is analyzed. The results meet the design requirements.