Drilling response of drag bits: Theory and experiment

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1347-1360

  Detournay, Emmanuel ^a,b   Richard, Thomas ^b   Shepherd, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutting; Drilling

Indexed keywords

BITS; FRICTION;

CONTACT FORCES; CONTACT LENGTH; CONTACT PROCESS; DEPTH OF CUT; DRAG BITS; FRICTIONAL CONTACT; PDC BIT; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; RATE OF PENETRATION; WEIGHT ON BITS;

DRAG;

CUTTING; DRILL BIT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRICTION; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 55749094489     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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