Abstract
The flow of drilling fluid through the kelly hose, kelly, drillpipe and collars may be considered to be flow through a series of circular pipes. Laminar flow in pipes can be analyzed quite readily for most of the fluid models, and a considerable amount of experimental work has been performed on turbulent flow of non-Newtonian fluids in pipes. If the drilling fluid conforms closely to the fluid model in use, the nature of flow in the drillstring can be calculated with confidence.
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Whittaker, A. (1985). The Drillstring. In: Whittaker, A. (eds) Theory and Applications of Drilling Fluid Hydraulics. The EXLOG Series of Petroleum Geology and Engineering Handbooks, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5303-1_5
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