EFFECT OF WAVES ON A FLEXIBLE CONTAINMENT OIL BARRIER
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EFFECT OF WAVES ON A FLEXIBLE CONTAINMENT OIL BARRIER

  • Amini, Azin Ecole Polytechnique Fídírale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions (LCH), Station 18, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, phone: +41 021 6932376; fax: +41 021 6932264;, email: azin.amini@epfl.ch; jean-louis.boillat@epfl.ch; anton.schleiss@epfl.ch
  • Boillat, Jean-Louis Ecole Polytechnique Fídírale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions (LCH), Station 18, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, phone: +41 021 6932376; fax: +41 021 6932264;, email: azin.amini@epfl.ch; jean-louis.boillat@epfl.ch; anton.schleiss@epfl.ch
  • Schleiss, Anton Ecole Polytechnique Fídírale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions (LCH), Station 18, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, phone: +41 021 6932376; fax: +41 021 6932264;, email: azin.amini@epfl.ch; jean-louis.boillat@epfl.ch; anton.schleiss@epfl.ch
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  • International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings. - International Oil Spill Conference. - 2008, vol. 2008, no. 1, p. 463-467
English ABSTRACT
The main aim of the research project is to investigate the efficiency limits of a flexible barrier in containment of oil spills in deep undulating water. For this purpose, two-dimensional experiments with a flexible oil containment barrier have been carried out in a laboratory flume equipped with a pneumatic wave generator. The results have been analyzed and compared with similar cases for a rigid barrier.
The hydrodynamic basics describing oil containment behind a rigid barrier have been reviewed. influence of waves on containment procedure was scarcely investigated even in case of a rigid barrier. The initial failure velocity of containment system was measured in presence of waves with different heights and periods. To take into account the effect of barrier'S geometry, different drafts and ballast weights were examined.
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