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Research Article

Modeling of yield-power-law fluid flow in an eccentric annulus with fixed horizontal cuttings bed

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Pages 11082-11097 | Received 01 Jul 2019, Accepted 06 Oct 2019, Published online: 23 Oct 2019

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