A new concept of sand production prediction on the basis of bifurcation theory

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1097-1104

  Van Den Hoek, R J ^a,b   Papamichos, E ^c   Renter, C J ^a  

^a SHELL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b NAM Business Unit Oil   (Netherlands)

^c SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOREHOLES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; ROCK MECHANICS; SAND; SANDSTONE;

BIFURCATION THEORY; COMPRESSIVE FAILURE; CONSTITUTIVE PROPERTIES; CONVENTIONAL THEORY; INTACT SANDSTONE; SAND PRODUCTION; SMALL CAVITIES; TENSILE FAILURES;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 69149090716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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