Instability study of oil slicks contained by a single boom

Environment Canada Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar (AMOP) Proceedings

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 447-468

  Fang, Jianzhi ^a   Wong, Kau Fui Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROUDE NUMBER; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; STABILITY; SURFACE TENSION; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; VISCOSITY;

CRITICAL VALUE; DRAINAGE FAILURE; INSTABILITY CRITERION; MARINE OIL SPILLS; OIL WATER INTERFACES; REDUCED GRAVITY; TECHNICAL SEMINARS; VANCOUVER , BRITISH COLUMBIA;

PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 11244266852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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