Tubing buckling - The state of the art

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages 4937-4952

  Mitchell, R F ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUCKLING; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; TORQUE;

CRITICAL BUCKLING LOAD; STABILIZING EFFECT; TUBING BUCKLING;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751016356     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/104267-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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