Profile of oil spill confined with floating boom

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-473

  Chebbi, Rachid ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Containment; Environment; Fluid mechanics; Mathematical modelling; Momentum transfer; Oil slick

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAG; FLUID MECHANICS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; MECHANICS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OIL SPILLS;

CONTAINMENT; DRAG COEFFICIENT MODELS; DRAINAGE FAILURES; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; OIL CIRCULATIONS; OIL SLICK; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 58149288241     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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