Fluid flow in a skewed annulus

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-97

  Haci, M ^a,b   Cartalos, U ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b 12227 A FM 529   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FORECASTING; GEOMETRY; LAMINAR FLOW; LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELLS; PIPE FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

ANNULAR FLOW; CONCENTRIC ANNULUS; DRILLING WELL GEOMETRIES; ECCENTRICITY; FLOW RATE RELATIONSHIPS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FRICTIONAL PRESSURE LOSSES; SKEWED ANNULUS; SKEWNESS; SLOT FLOW APPROXIMATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0030169105     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2792710     Document Type: Article

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