Exact analytic solutions for pipe buckling in vertical and horizontal wells

SPE Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 373-390

  Mitchell, Robert F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; BUCKLING; CALCULATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PIPE; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

BENDING STRESSES; BUCKLING SOLUTION; NUMERICAL EVALUATIONS; PIPE BUCKLING;

WELL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0036964870     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/72079-PA     Document Type: Article

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