Stability analysis of vertical boreholes using the Mogi-Coulomb failure criterion

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1200-1211

  Al Ajmi, A M ^a,b   Zimmerman, R W ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Drucker Prager failure criterion; Failure criteria; Mogi failure criterion; Polyaxial test data; Wellbore stability

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS; STABILITY; STRESSES;

CRITICAL MUD WEIGHT; LINEAR ELASTICITY THEORY; MOGI-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; POLYAXIAL FAILURE DATA; WELLBORE STABILITY ANALYSIS;

BOREHOLES;

BOREHOLE STABILITY; COULOMB CRITERION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MOHR THEORY; ROCK MECHANICS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748523012     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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