A comparison of two sanding criteria in physical and numerical modeling of sand production

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-70

  Nouri, Alireza ^a   Vaziri, Hans ^b   Kuru, Ergun ^a   Islam, Rafiqul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experimental modeling; Mohr Coulomb; Numerical modeling; Sanding; Shear failure; Strain softening

Indexed keywords

MOHR-COULOMB; SAND PRODUCTION; SANDING; SHEAR FAILURE; STRAIN SOFTENING;

BOREHOLES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OIL WELL COMPLETION; SEEPAGE; SHEAR STRESS;

SANDSTONE;

COULOMB CRITERION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MOHR THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 29944444853     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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