Research Article

Research on Formation Identification Based on Drilling Shock and Vibration Parameters and Energy Principle

Table 15

Statistics of rock structure types based on drilling specific energy.

Rock classificationVI-V/IVIV-IIIIII/IIII-II/I

Rock structureSoil and soft rockFragmented hard rockMedium hard rockHard rock
Average drilling specific energy (kN·m·cm−3)0.06260.29520.65921.2915
Range of drilling specific energy (kN·m·cm−3)0.0116–0.57850.0685–0.74960.2598–1.12680.7635–2.6951