Open AccessOIL SPREADING ON COASTAL WATERS
Author(s) -
Young C. Kim
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v14.131
Subject(s) - froude number , oil spill , environmental science , reynolds number , hydrology (agriculture) , petroleum , geology , oceanography , meteorology , geotechnical engineering , geography , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , environmental engineering , turbulence , paleontology , physics
The area of oil spread was measured in the laboratory and the predictable model was established in determining the spreading area of oil on coastal waters. The relationship between the oil slick and the Reynolds, Froude, and Weber numbers was examined and the influence of wind, currents, and waves on the spread area was investigated. The effects on the changes in water depth and the alteration of the net spreading coefficient on oil spreading capacity were also examined. Comparison between the existing field measurements and the laboratory work was made.