Computational and experimental analysis of ballast water exchange

Naval Engineers Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Wilson, Wesley ^a,b   Chang, Peter ^a,b,c,d   Verosto, Stephan ^a,e   Atsavapranee, Paisan ^a   Reid, David F ^f,g,h   Jenkins, Capt Philip T ⁱ  

^a NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND   (United States)

^b ASME

^c NSWCCD   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Environmental Quality Department

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NOAA Invasive Species Program Management Team

^h NOAA National Center for Research

ⁱ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLAST WATER EXCHANGE; BULK CARRIER; EXCHANGE EFFECTIVENESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEPOSITION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

BALLAST TANKS;

EID: 33847757495     PISSN: 00281425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-3584.2006.tb00460.x     Document Type: Article

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