Experimental study the collapse failure mechanism of cemented casing under non-uniform load

Abstract Under non-uniform in-situ stress, the casing collapse failure often happens easily, and especially in soft rock the problem is more serious. In addition, only the few scholars do some studies about failure mechanism of cemented casing under non-uniform in-situ stress which has a strong effect on collapse properties of cemented casing, especially testing investigation. Hence, the collapsing test was performed for cemented casing under non-uniform load (NFL) by adopting self-developed testing equipment, by which the radial deformation of cemented casing and damage rules of cement sheath have been measured and the stress-strain laws of cemented casing are obtained during the testing process by the electrical method. The initial yield load and plastic limit load of cemented casing as well as the subsequent yield load have been obtained. By analyzing testing data, the stress-hardening rate and strain-hardening rate after hardening have been determined. The effects of cement sheath on collapse properties of P110SS casing and strain and deformation laws of P110SS casing after hardening have been obtained. The hardening character and failure mechanism of cemented casing have been figured out under NFL.