Study of the starting pressure gradient in branching network

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2397-2403

  Li, Yan ^a   Yu, Boming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bingham fluid flow; branching network; starting pressure gradient

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; YIELD STRESS;

BINGHAM FLUID FLOWS; BRANCHING NETWORK; FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA; FRACTURED NETWORK; LOW PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; STARTING PRESSURE;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 77955478126     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-010-4068-3     Document Type: Article

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