A coupled erosion-stress deformation model for sand production using streamline upwind finite elements

Numerical Models in Geomechanics - 8th Proceedings of the International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, NUMOG 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 301-309

  Wan, R G ^a   Wang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EROSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDIZATION; GEOMECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION; FLUID PRESSURE GRADIENT; FORCE EQUILIBRIUM EQUATIONS; NON LINEAR GOVERNING EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; STRESS DEFORMATIONS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84986216981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/9781439833797-c44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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