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- 37Fayek, Aminah Robinson
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- 33Grondin, Gilbert Y.
- 29Alireza Nouri
- 21Simmonds, S. H.
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2013-01-01
M. Haftani, B. Bohloli, M. Moosavi, A. Nouri, M. Moradi, M.R. Maleki Javan
In this Paper, UCS of limestone rock was determined by indentation testing on rock fragments. The size of the fragments was in the range of 2 to 5 mm, which is within the size range of drill cuttings. Here, scatter of the data was investigated by calculating the coefficient of variation that...
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2014-01-01
M. Haftani, A. Nouri, M. Moosavi, B. Bohloli, M.R. Maleki Javan
Size DependencyIn this study, uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of limestone rocks was estimated by indentation testing on small rock fragments. Here, the effects of rock fragment dimensions (particularly area and thickness) on indentation indices were studied. The investigation shows size...
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Structural Behaviour of Textile and Steel Reinforced Ceramic Composite Slabs
2014-09-30
Lubell, Adam S., Tassew, Samson T.
Magnesium potassium phosphate cement (MPPC) is an innovative chemically bonded cement formed by the reaction of magnesium oxide and monopotassium phosphate. Concrete produced using a MPPC binder can exhibit faster strength gain and results in lower overall environmental impacts from greenhouse...
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2014-01-01
Rahmati, H, Nouri, A, Chan, D, Vaziri, H
Rock failure is observed around boreholes often with certain types of failure zones formed which are called breakouts. Drilling experiments in some high porosity quartz-rich sandstone have shown that breakouts are formed by developing a narrow localized compacted zone in the minimum horizontal...
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Sand Rate Model and Data Processing Method for non-Instructive Ultrasonic Sand Monitoring in Flow Pipeline
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Guowang Gao, Ruirong Dang, Alireza Nouri, Huiqin Jia, Lipin Li, Xudong Feng, Bo Dang
Sand production is a critical issue during oil and gas production from sandstone reservoirs. Uncontrolled sand production not only poses the risk of well failure, but also can cause extensive damage to surface and subsurface facilities such as tubing, pumps, valves and pipelines. In recent...
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Numerical Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing in Cohesionless Sand: Validation Against Laboratory Experiments
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Slavash Taghipoor, Alireza Nouri, Dave Chan
Summary In this paper, a new hydraulic-fracturing model is introduced for cohesionless sand, which is also applicable to weak sandstone formations with high permeability and low shear strength. Phenomena such as shear-band development and shear-enhanced permeability are of paramount importance...
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Influence of Penetration Rate and Indenter Diameter in Strength Measurement by Indentation Testing on Small Rock Specimen
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Mohammad Haftani, Bahman Bohloli, Alireza Nouri, Mohammad Reza Maleki Javan, Mahdi Moosavi, Majid Moradi
Indentation testing has been developed as an unconventional method to determine intact rock strength using small rock specimens within the size of drill cuttings. In previous investigations involving indentation testing, researchers have used different indenter stylus geometries, penetration...
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2015-01-01
A. Bahadori, M. Mahmoudi, A. Nouri
Heavy-oil development is becoming increasingly important because of the continuous decline in conventional-oil production. For heavy-oil reservoirs, the oil viscosity usually varies dramatically during production processes such as in thermal processes. When producing heavy oil, the high viscosity...
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2016-01-01
Mojtaba Rahimi, Dave Chan, Alireza Nouri
This paper presents a constitutive model for describing the stress-strain response of sands under cyclic loading. The model, formulated using the critical state theory within the bounding surface plasticity framework, is an upgraded version of an existing model developed for monotonic behavior...
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2016-01-01
Mahdi Mahmoudi, Vahidoddin Fattahpour, Alireza Nouri, Saad Rasool, Michael Leitch
The quantification of fines migration in the vicinity of sand control screens in SAGD wells is of paramount importance to operating companies, who require the wells to operate under optimum conditions for a period of 10-15 years. Fines migration can lead to the plugging of pore spaces...