Transport and dispersion of particles in visco-plastic fluids

This thesis focuses on development of a model to predict “spreading” of the solids (i.e. proppant) fraction during the fracturing operation. We develop a 1D model that allows us to estimate dispersion of solid particles along a vertical pipe in a fully turbulent flow of a shear thinning yield str...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hormozi, Sarah
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45002