Sand Erosion Assessment of Goodwyn 'A' Flowlines, Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 3829-3835

  Wilhelm, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSHIONING EFFECT; SAND EROSION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOWLINES; HARDNESS; MIXTURES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAND; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

EROSION;

EID: 1142277731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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