Use of booms for oil slick control / by Y.L. Lau and J. Moir.: En36-522/113-1978E-PDF
"Experiments were conducted to determine the conditions for no containment of oil by a boom, the oil-water interfacial friction coefficient and the maximum angle which a boom can be angled to the flow to deflect an oil slick. The criterion that the densimetric Froude number has to be smaller than about 5 for containment was verified. In addition, a new criterion was discovered which specifies a minimum boom draught. The local value of the interfacial friction coefficient was evaluated along the slick; using measured slick profiles, and was found to decrease along the length of a slick. The friction coefficient also increased with increasing oil viscosity. Based on the experimental results, an empirical relationship was derived for the maximum angle at which a barrier could be angled to the flow to completely divert an oil slick"--Abstract.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. Canada Centre for Inland Waters. Hydraulics Research Division. |
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| Title | Use of booms for oil slick control / by Y.L. Lau and J. Moir. |
| Series title | Unpublished report |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. "April 1978." Includes bibliographical references (page 16). Includes abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | [Burlington, ON] : Hydraulics Research Division, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, 1978. |
| Author / Contributor | Lau, Y. L., author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (iv, 16, [9] pages) : figures. |
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| Subject terms | Oil spill booms. Barrages flottants. |