Numerical Modeling of the Oil Spill Trajectory and Real-Time Tracking Using Intelligent Swarm Robots

Abstract:

An oil spill is discharge of fluid petroleum such as crude oil or its by-product derivations such as diesel and gasoline on the water surface. In this paper, a numerical model of the oil spill has been introduced as a simulation of releasing oil on the sea surface. Meantime, the influence of sea waves and wind has been considered and shown. Moreover, a swarm of robots is engaged in order to track the spreading boundaries of the slicked oil, so that a novel schedule of robot locomotion is presented, based on the online sharing information in the flock network. Therefore, the swarm of robots tracks the oil spill margins intelligently and successfully.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 446-447)
• Pages: 1261-1265
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.446-447.1261
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Mohsen Pashna, Rubiyah Yusof, Zool H. Ismail
• Keywords: Intelligent Swarm Robotics, Numerical Models, Oil Spill, Real-Time Tracking, Simulation

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