Swelling Elastomers in Petroleum Drilling and Development Applications, Performance Analysis, and Material Modeling

• Other Authors: Zahid Qamar, Sayyad (Editor), Akhtar, Maaz (Editor), Pervez, Tasneem (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2021
• Subjects: Petroleum technology; numerical simulation, finite element analysis, oil and gas, mechanical testing
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Swelling elastomers are being increasingly used as sealing elements in many applications in the petroleum industry. Pre- and post-swelling material characterization and performance analysis under actual field conditions are very important before the actual deployment of swell packers. The main theme...