The buckling behavior of pipes and its influence on the axial force transfer in directional wells

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 129-135

  Kuru, Ergun ^a,c   Martinez, Alexander ^a   Miska, Stefan ^a   Qiu, Weiyong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0012324076     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1289767     Document Type: Article

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