Well-bore bottom stress concentration and induced core fractures

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1909-1925

  Li, Yongyi ^b   Schmitt, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

DRILLING INDUCED CORE FRACTURES; WELLBORE BOTTOM STRESS CONCENTRATION;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 0031270181     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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