Prediction of slurry convection in hydraulic fractures

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 389-391

  Clark, Peter E ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DROP; VISCOSITY;

INJECTION RATE; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; POWER LAW FLOW BEHAVIOR INDEX; SLURRY CONVECTION; SLURRY FLOW;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

FRACTURING; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; SLURRIES;

EID: 0030208716     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-4105(95)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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