Viscous creep in room-dried unconsolidated Gulf of Mexico shale (II): Development of a viscoplasticity model

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 50-55

  Chang, Chandong ^a   Zoback, Mark D ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep; Plastic yield model; Shale; Viscoplasticity; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIDGE; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; CREEP STRAIN; EFFECT OF STRAIN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUNCTION OF TIME; GULF OF MEXICO; IN-SITU; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODIFIED CAM-CLAY MODEL; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PERZYNA; PLASTIC YIELD; PLASTIC YIELD MODEL; POWER-LAW FUNCTIONS; SIMPLE MODEL; STATIC YIELD; VISCOPLASTIC; VISCOPLASTIC DEFORMATION; VISCOPLASTICITY MODELS;

ALGEBRA; CREEP; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SHALE; STRAIN HARDENING; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

STRAIN RATE;

CALIBRATION; CAM-CLAY MODEL; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; CREEP; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SHALE; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN RATE; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM; VISCOPLASTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 77954815197     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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