Study on failure mechanism and sealing performance optimization of compression packer

In order to accurately describe the mechanical behavior of rubber materials, and the uniaxial tensile and uniaxial compression experiments of three common rubber materials of packer are carried out combined with the function requirements of the rubber cylinder of packer. In addition, the sealing performance of the compression packer is studied in the setting stage by using the finite element software based on the investigation and analysis of the hyper elastic mechanical properties and constitutive models of rubber materials in this paper. It is found that contact deformation of the rubber cylinder begins to accelerate as the time increases through the analysis. When the packer completes sealing process, the upper rubber cylinder mainly plays a sealing role, and excessive stress will cause the shoulder of the upper rubber cylinder to be compressed and fatigue failure. The contact sealing performance of expanded rubber cylinder under different radius clearance and different pressure difference is studied. Under the given wall thickness and radius clearance, the limit pressure load is applied, the rubber cylinder is in a safe working state, and the sealing width is close to the contact length of the rubber cylinder, which ensures good sealing performance. Moreover, the rubber cylinder is in a good elastic deformation range without serious backlog.

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This study investigates the mechanical behavior and sealing performance of rubber materials used in a compression packer. Through experiments and analysis, it is found that the contact deformation of the rubber cylinder accelerates over time, and excessive stress can lead to compression and fatigue failure of the upper rubber cylinder. The contact sealing performance of the expanded rubber cylinder is studied under different radius clearance and pressure difference, and it is determined that adjusting these parameters ensures a safe working state and good sealing performance of the rubber cylinder.