HYDRODYNAMICS OF A DIVERSIONARY BOOM
Underwater video capabilities and turbulence measurement techniques are discussed and their applications to flow field determinations are shown. Certain water flow characteristics are identified that directly affect the performance of a diversionary boom. It is shown that the performance of a boom angled against a current greater than 0.5 m/s in which an oil spill is to be diverted into a collection area, cannot be easily predicted from its performance head-on against the current (catenary). Consideration must be given as to how the boom can be moored with numerous tie lines to maintain a near-constant angle against the current.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Presented at Oil Spill Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 8-10, 1977.
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Corporate Authors:
American Petroleum Institute
1220 L Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20005-4070 -
Authors:
- McCracken, W E
- Freestone, F J
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1977
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 329-334
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Flow; Flow fields; Hydrodynamics; Measurement; Oceanography; Oil booms; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Streamflow; Water; Water pollution
- Old TRIS Terms: Currents; Oil barriers
- Subject Areas: Environment; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00163092
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: No. 4284 Proceeding
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM