Development of a fully coupled approach for evaluation of wellbore stability in hydrocarbon reservoirs

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 781-790

  Rocca, Vera ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desai plastic model; Implicit coupling approach; Iteratively coupled approach; Wellbore design

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; DRILLING; ELASTOPLASTICITY; GEOMECHANICS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS; WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 76149137268     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2009.781.790     Document Type: Article

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