Buoyancy driven slump flows of non-Newtonian fluids in pipes

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 236-243

  Malekmohammadi, S ^a   Naccache, M F ^b   Frigaard, I A ^a   Martinez, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exchange flows; Slump flows; Visco plastic fluids; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CEMENT PLUGS; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; EXCHANGE FLOW; IN-PIPE; INTERFACE SHAPE; INTERFACIAL EFFECTS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OIL AND GAS WELL; PLASTIC FLUIDS; QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; SHEAR THINNING; SLUMP FLOW; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; VISCO-PLASTIC FLUIDS;

BUOYANCY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OIL WELLS; PIPE; RHEOLOGY; SETTING; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

YIELD STRESS;

BUOYANCY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HORIZONTAL PIPE; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PIPE FLOW; VISCOPLASTICITY;

EID: 77953698224     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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