A Comment on Fay's Formulae about the Spread of Oil Slick on Water Surface

Zhao Chun Wu

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.420.259

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A Comment on Fay's Formulae about the Spread of Oil Slick on Water Surface

Abstract:

Fays formulae of oil spreading in open calm sea are widely quoted in relevant literatures. According to Fays model, the spread of oil slick on water surface can be divided into three different stages, i.e., gravity-inertia stage, gravity-viscous stage and surface tension-viscous stage. Through the analysis of Fays formulae by numerical example, an implied feature of oil spill is revealed that when the oil spill volume is lower than a certain amount, the second stage of oil spreading might not exist. Meanwhile, the numerical example shows that the length of spreading time of oil slick at each stage depends strongly on the oil spill volume.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 420)

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Zhao Chun Wu

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Environmental Mechanics, Experimental Analysis, Oil Spreading, Spreading Law

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