Title
Studies of the simulation of drifting oil by polyethylene sheets
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1970
Abstract
Rudimentary, comparative tests in laboratory tanks suggested that thin, polyethylene sheet will drift with the uppermost layer of surface water and thereby simulate the movement of an oil slick in the ocean. A series of drift experiments with circular polyethylene sheets in Narragansett Bay showed that both tidal currents and surface with friction were of equal importance in producing the motion of a thin surface layer. In Narragansett Bay, theoretical predictions of the surface motion suggested that errors in the available tidal-current charts produce the major uncertainty in estimates of this motion. © 1970.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Ocean Engineering
Volume
2
Issue
1
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Teeson, Douglas, Frank M. White, and Hilbert Schenck. "Studies of the simulation of drifting oil by polyethylene sheets." Ocean Engineering 2, 1 (1970): 1-11. doi: 10.1016/0029-8018(70)90008-9.