Casing Tensile Strength - Oil & Gas Casing Design
Casing Tensile Strength

The tensile load of the pipe is the weight of the casing which acts to pull the pipe apart. The tension is always the greatest at the surface and decreases with depth due to the casing weight below the point of interest.

In designing a casing string the upper most joint of the string is considered to have the maximum load on it since it has to carry the total weight of the casing string. Tensile loads are used to select pipe couplings.
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