Tubing buckling - The state of the art

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-370

  Mitchell, Robert F ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; LOADS (FORCES); OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; STABILITY CRITERIA; TUBING;

BENDING STIFFNESS; BUCKLING PROBLEMS; CRITICAL BUCKLING LOADS; ENGINEERING ANALYSIS; HELICAL CONFIGURATION; LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; STABILIZING EFFECTS; VERTICAL WELLBORE;

BUCKLING;

BUCKLING; CRITICAL LOAD; STIFFNESS; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 58149330418     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/104267-pa     Document Type: Article

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