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An Experimental Analysis Of Oil Spill Drift Caused By Water Waves, Jan Michael Pottinger
An Experimental Analysis Of Oil Spill Drift Caused By Water Waves, Jan Michael Pottinger
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"A study was conducted to determine the effect of waves on oil spill drift. The investigation was performed in a long narrow tank equipped with a mechanical wave generator at one end and a beach to suppress wave reflection at the other end. It was found that a special procedure for taking data was necessary in order to assure that the data was consistent and that the waves were indeed deep water waves, and therefore similar to open ocean conditions.
The data indicated that waves do influence oil spill movement, and the velocity of the oil was found to be …