Residual drilling mud during conditioning of uneven boreholes in primary cementing. Part 1: Rheology and geometry effects in non-inertial flows

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 220, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-98

  Roustaei, A ^a   Gosselin, A ^a   Frigaard, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bingham fluid; Mud circulation; Primary cementing; Washout

Indexed keywords

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; YIELD STRESS;

BINGHAM FLUID; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; GEOMETRY EFFECTS; MUD CIRCULATION; NARROW CHANNEL; PRIMARY CEMENTING; SELF-SIMILARITIES; WASHOUT;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84939975526     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2014.09.019     Document Type: Article

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