A statistical study of rheological models for drilling fluids

SPE Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 473-485

  Weir, Iain S ^a,c   Bailey, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOMETERS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FANN VISCOMETER; NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 0030349405     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/36359-pa     Document Type: Article

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