Influence of the mechanical properties of materials on the ultimate pressure-bearing capability of a pressure-preserving controller

The pressure-preserving controller is the core part of deep in-situ pressure-preserving coring (IPP-Coring) system, and its pressure-preserving capability is the key to IPP-Coring technology. To achieve a good understanding of the influence of mechanical properties of materials on the ultimate pressure-bearing capability (UPB-Capability) of the pressure-preserving controller, the IPP-Coring experimental platform was developed to test the UPB-Capability of pressure-preserving controllers of four different materials. The experimental results show that the UPB-Capability of pressure-preserving controllers with different material varies greatly. A numerical model of the pressure-preserving controller was developed to study the influences of mechanical parameters of materials on the UPB-Capability of the pressure-preserving controller after the accuracy of the numerical model is verified by experiments. The results indicate that the yield strength (YS) and Poisson's ratio (PR) of the material have little effect on the UPB-Capability of the pressure-preserving controller, whereas the elastic modulus (EM) of the material has a significant effect. A generalized model of the UPB-Capability of the pressure-preserving controller is developed to reveal the mechanism of the influence of material properties on the UPB-Capability of the pressure-preserving controllers. Considering these results, the future optimization direction of the pressure-preserving controller and material selection scheme in practical engineering applications of the pressure-preserving controller are suggested.