Stress-dependent brittle-to-ductile deformation of tuff in geothermal wells

46th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 984-993

  Lee, J S ^a   Maharidge, R L ^b   Franquet, J A ^b   Dick, A ^b  

^a CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOMHOLE; BRITTLE-TO-DUCTILE TRANSITION; CONFINING STRESS; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; DEFORMATION CONDITIONS; DRILLING EFFICIENCY; DRILLING PERFORMANCE; DRILLING SIMULATORS; ELASTIC AND PLASTIC DEFORMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; OREGON , USA; ROCK DEFORMATION; ROCK STRENGTH; SCALE EFFECTS; SPECIMEN DIMENSION; STRESS-DEPENDENT; TRIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE TESTS;

GEOMECHANICS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; OIL WELL DRILLING; ROCK MECHANICS; TESTING;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84873123725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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