For the first time in Brazil, Coppe welcomes international colloquium on deep drilling
Planeta COPPE / Mechanical Engineering / News
Date: 08/07/2024
Coppe/UFRJ welcomed last week the 6º International Colloquium on Nonlinear Dynamics and Control of Deep Drilling Systems.
Carried out in Brazil for the first time, the event was coordinated by professors Thiago Ritto and Daniel Castello, from the Mechanical Engineering Program, and by professors Balakumar Balachandran (Maryland University, USA); Emmanuel Detournay (Minnesota University, USA); and Nathan van de Wouw (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands).
There were 18 presentations by invited researchers, a panel about the challenges in the research of deep drilling dynamics and a technical visit to the Acoustics and Vibrations Laboratory [Laboratório de Acústica e Vibrações](Lavi).
The presentations highlighted that in order to satisfy the increasing demands on drilling practices, new advances require collaborative efforts in diverse research areas, including computer science, dynamic systems, nonlinear structural vibrations, geomechanics, drilling technology and control theory.
The event was promoted by the Brazilian Association of Engineering and Mechanical Sciences (ABCM) and had the sponsorship and support of Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support in the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (Capes), National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the companies Tomax, SLB, Halliburton and ExxonMobil.