Direct shear tests to imply failure stresses at drill bit

Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 109-114

  Smith, J R ^a   Lund, J B ^b   Galloway, R K ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TerraTek   (United States)

^c US Synthetic Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ELASTICITY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FUNCTIONS; INFILL DRILLING; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

CONFINING STRESS; DIRECT SHEAR TEST; FAILURE STRENGTH; FAILURE STRESS; FLUID ENVIRONMENT; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 0011643361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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