A weakly compressible flow model for the restart of thixotropic drilling fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 166, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 1369-1381

  Negrão, Cezar O R ^a   Franco, Admilson T ^a   Rocha, Leandro L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Compressible flow; Elasto visco plastic fluid; Start up flow; Thixotropy

Indexed keywords

ELASTO-VISCO-PLASTIC FLUID; EQUATION OF STATE; MOMENTUM CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; NEWTONIANS; SHEAR RATES; START-UP FLOW; THIXOTROPIC FLUIDS; THIXOTROPY; TRANSIENT FLOW; VISCO-PLASTIC FLUID FLOW;

COLLOIDS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRILL PIPE; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING EQUIPMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOPLASTICITY;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 80054951515     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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