New friction-factor correlations for non-Newtonian fluid flow in coiled tubing

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-76

  Zhou, Yunxu ^a   Shah, Subhash N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION METHODS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COILED TUBING; CURVED PIPES; FLOW EQUATIONS; FRICTION-FACTOR CORRELATIONS; POWERLAW-MODEL FLUID;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION METHODS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PIPE; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRIBOLOGY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CORRELATION; FRICTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33645997350     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.09.037     Document Type: Article

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