Displacement Flow of Compressible Non-Newtonian Fluids in Annular Geometries for Well Cementing Applications

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I wish to thank my family for their support and encouragement throughout my studies, especially to my mother (Regina) which inspired me to follow further academic studies.To my wife Sara Lorena and my son Rafael, for patience and love when I had to focus on this work at home.To my advisor, Prof. Mônica Feijó Naccache, for the guidance and trust throughout the development of this work.To all professors and employees of PUC-Rio, for great lectures and partnership in developing and maintaining this remarkable university, and to all GReo (Rheology Group) team as well.To Petrobras for providing incentives for my continuous development in the mechanical engineering master. To the managers that provided me with the dedication time to the course and to my company colleagues that supported me taking some of the work when developing this dissertation, especially Gilson Campos and Thiago Piedade.