A FLUME FOR THE STUDY OF CONTAINED OIL SLICKS

The hydrodynamics associated with a contained, and nearly stationary, oil layer above a moving water current are far from completely understood. As an aid in studying this hydrodynamical problem, a special flume was designed in the Ocean Engineering Department of MIT. Design elements, based on a combination of a literature survey of existing flumes and experimental studies of two, 1/4 scale model flume configurations, are described in this report. Construction methods and materials for building the "hybrid" flume that resulted from the MIT studies are presented.

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Sea Grant Program, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Milgram, J
  • Van Houten, R
• Publication Date: 1977-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 41 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containing equipment; Hydrodynamics; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill behavior; Oil spill containment
• Subject Areas: Environment; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168248
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Report/Paper Numbers: MITSG 77-19
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM