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

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 a...

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Published inApplied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 420; no. Recent Trends in Materials and Mechanical Engineering II; pp. 259 - 262
Main Author Wu, Zhao Chun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 01.09.2013
Subjects
Mathematical models
Oil slicks
Oil spills
Spreading
Environmental Mechanics
Experimental Analysis
Spreading Law
Oil Spreading
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 2nd International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials and Mechanical Engineering (ICRTMME 2013), September 21-23, 2013, Singapore
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ISBN:3037858699
9783037858691
ISSN:1660-9336
1662-7482
1662-7482
DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.420.259