The scratch test for strength and fracture toughness determination of oil well cements cured at high temperature and pressure

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 942-946

  Ulm, Franz Josef ^a   James, Simon ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (France)

Author keywords

Compressive strength (C); Curing (A); Fracture toughness (C); Oil well cement (E); Temperature (A)

Indexed keywords

CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; COMPRESSION TESTS; FIELD APPLICATION; FRACTURE PROPERTY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE; NON DESTRUCTIVE; OIL WELL CEMENT (E); OIL WELL CEMENTS; SCRATCH TEST; SILICA FLOUR; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; STRENGTH PROPERTY; WATER-TO-BINDER RATIO;

BRITTLENESS; CEMENTS; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CURING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OIL WELL CEMENTING; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; SILICA; TESTING; WELL CEMENTING;

OIL WELL TESTING;

EID: 79960030684     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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