Characterization of flow regime in concentric annuli and pipes for yield-pseudoplastic fluids

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 45-60

  Gucuyener I H ^a   Mehmetoglu T ^b  

^a TURKISH PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PIPE; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

BINGHAM PLASTIC FLUIDS; CONCENTRIC ANNULI; HANKS STABILITY PARAMETER; LAMINAR TURBULENT TRANSITION; ROBERTSON-STIFF MODEL; YIELD PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUIDS;

TRANSITION FLOW;

FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; PIPE FLOW; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUIDS;

EID: 0030240452     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-4105(96)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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