The Spread of Oil Slicks on a Calm Sea

Abstract

Methods are developed for estimating both the rate of spread of a finite quantity of oil on still water and the spread of a slick from a steady source in a moving stream. Comparison is made with field observations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0696876

Entities

People

  • James A. Fay

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Fluids
  • Fuel Oils
  • Gravity
  • Layers
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Observation
  • Oil Spills
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Surface Energy
  • Surface Tension
  • Thickness
  • Tidal Currents

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Marine Ecotoxicology