Abstract Accurate pressure drop estimation is important for drill string and bit nozzles design optimized fluid circulations as well identifying the drilling problems such nozzle(s) washout or plugging. In this study, Bingham Plastic model has been modified by applying a coefficient to its turbulent loss calculations. This encompasses effects of pipe tool joints other in losses. The range was d...

This study explores the effects of silica flour and potassium chloride on rheological properties high temperature pressure gas wells. Seven different materials were used as additives which includes: fresh water, dyckerhoff, flour, antifoam, extender, fluid loss, dispersant, retarder, anti-settling agent, control dry viscosifier, accelerator. Four recipes prepared using these in mixtures. Recipe...

Mon-Williams and Bingham (2011) developed an affordance model of the spatial structure of reaches-to-grasp. With a single free parameter (P), the model predicted the safety margins (SMs) exhibited in maximum grasp apertures (MGAs), during the approach of a hand to a target object, as a function of an affordance measure of object size and a functional measure of hand size. An affordance analysis...

Direct simulations of spherical particle motion in Bingham liquids Prashant, J. J. Derksen Chemical & Materials Engineering Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G6 Canada Submitted to Computers & Chemical Engineering, October 2009 Accepted: September 2010 Abstract The present work deals with the development of a direct simulation strategy for solving the motion of spherica...

Numerical simulation of the bifurcation of Bingham fluid streamline topologies in rectangular double-lid-driven cavity, with varying aspect (height to width) ratio A, is presented. The lids on the top and bottom move at the same speed but in opposite directions so that symmetric flow patterns are generated. Similar to the Newtonian case, bifurcations occur as the aspect ratio decreases. Special...

We study the flow of concentrated hard-sphere colloidal suspensions along smooth, nonstick walls using cone-plate rheometry and simultaneous confocal microscopy. In the glass regime, the global flow shows a transition from Herschel-Bulkley behavior at large shear rate to a characteristic Bingham slip response at small rates, absent for ergodic colloidal fluids. Imaging reveals both the "solid" ...

Magnetorheological (MR) fluids are field-responsive suspensions of magnetizable particles which rheological properties can be dramatically altered by applying external magnetic fields (Phulé and Ginder 1998). Under the presence of a magnetic field, anisotropic chainlike structures result from field-induced particle magnetization as a consequence of the permeability mismatch between particle and...

This study aims at presenting a numerical model for predicting grout flow and penetration length into the jointed rock mass using Universal Distinct Element Code (UDEC). The numerical model is validated using practical data and analytical method for grouting process. Input data for the modeling, including geomechanical parameters along with grout properties, were obtained from a case study. The...

The main goal of this article is to review various results and methods concerning the numerical simulation of Bingham visco-plastic flow; these results have been obtained from the early 1970s to now. We consider first the case of flow in cylindrical pipes and then flow in multi-dimensional cavities. The methods to be discussed include classical ones relying on regularization, (kind of) Lagrange...