NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF OIL SLICK TRANSPORT IN BAYS
A computer model for simulating oil spreading and transport has been developed. The model can be utilized as a useful tool in providing advance information and thus may guide decisions for an effective response in control and clean-up once an accidental spill occurs. The spreading motion is simulated according to the physical properties of oil and its characteristics at the air-oil-water interfaces. The transport movement is handled by super imposing the spreading with a drift motion caused by winds and tidal currents. By considering an oil slick as a summation of many elementary patches and applying the principle of superposition, the model is capable of predicting the oil size, shape, movement as a function of time after a spill originates. Field experiments using either cardboard markers or soybeam oil to simulate a spill were conducted at the Long Beach Harbor. Computer predictions showed good agreement with the field traces. Data are presented in graphical form.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Coastal Eng Conf, 14th Int, Proceeding, V3, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 24-28, 1974.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Authors:
- Wang, S
- Hwang, L S
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1975
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 2227-44
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Dynamics; Oil spills; Simulation
- Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill behavior; Oil spill simulation; Oil spreading dynamics
- Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00129775
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 10 1976 12:00AM