Friction on PDC cutters at high normal stress

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 146-153

  Smith, John Rogers ^a   Lund, Jeffrey B ^b   Galloway, Robert Keith ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hughes Christensen   (United States)

^c US Synthetic Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITS; FRICTION; MINERAL OILS; ROCKS; STRESSES;

NORMAL STRESSES;

DRILLING;

EID: 0036758561     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1485745     Document Type: Article

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