Elton Wright, DOE/Sandia National Laboratories (IMAGE)

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Elton Wright, DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

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Elton Wright shows a torsional spring that's used to simulate the rotational vibration of the drill string in a Sandia experiment.

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Photo by Randy Montoya

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