A borehole temperature during drilling in a fractured rock formation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 385-394

  Fomin, S ^a   Hashida, T ^b   Chugunov, V ^c   Kuznetsov, A V ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAZAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bore face; Borehole; Fluid circulation; Fluid loss; Heat flux; Integral balance method; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COOLING; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DRILLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOPHYSICS; HEAT CONDUCTION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WELLS;

BORE-FACE TEMPERATURES; DRILLING VELOCITIES; FLUID LOSS; THERMAL INTERACTIONS;

BOREHOLES;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION;

EID: 9244259164     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.07.042     Document Type: Article

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