Stress strain characterization of sand packs under uniform loads as determined from computer assisted tomography

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 48-52

  Kantzas, A ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a Tomographic Imaging Porous Media L   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NOVA Res and Technology Corporation   (Canada)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f CSChE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAND PACKS; STRESS STRAIN CHARACTERIZATION;

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; HYSTERESIS; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

SAND;

EID: 0031164824     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/97-06-04     Document Type: Article

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