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http://dx.doi.org/10.5394/KINPR.2003.27.2.239

Modelling of Oil Boom Failure using the Fluent  

Bae, Suk-Han (Graduate school of Korea Maritime University)
Jung, Yun-Chul (Korea Maritime University)
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Journal of Navigation and Port Research / v.27, no.2, 2003 , pp. 239-246 More about this Journal
Abstract
When oil is spilled at sea, the oil boom is commonly used to tackle the movement and spreading of oil in an early stage of oil spill combat. But the retaining capability of oil boom is affected by various factors, such as water velocity, viscosity and density of oil, water depth, oil volume and the length of boom draft. In this study, a computer modelling was peformed to investigate how these factors influence the oil retaining process. The Fluent, most popular one of many CFD(computational fluid dynamics) programs is chosen for modelling and modelling results were verified using the empirical data. It is expected that results of this study will be useful data for oil boom designer and oil spill response commander.
Keywords
CFD; Fluent; oil boom; retaining capability; computer modelling; CFD; Fluent;
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