Effects of friction on post-buckling behavior and axial load transfer in a horizontal well

SPE Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1110-1124

  Gao, Guohua ^a   Miska, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LOADS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; FRICTION; HORIZONTAL WELLS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BUCKLING EQUATION; CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS; LOAD-TRANSFER ANALYSIS; NATURAL BOUNDARY CONDITION; POSTBUCKLING BEHAVIOR; PRACTICAL PROCEDURES; VELOCITY ANALYSIS;

BUCKLING;

EID: 78651364212     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/120084-pa     Document Type: Article

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