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Viscous–gravity spreading of an oil slick

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

J. Buckmaster
J. Buckmaster
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University
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Abstract

A two-dimensional oil slick is examined as it spreads on water under the influence of gravitational and viscous forces. An exact analytical and numerical description of the flow is obtained in a certain rational asymptotic limit. The central result is an expression for the size of the slick as a function of time. This expression contains no free parameters to be empirically determined, and is in substantial agreement with experiment.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , 17 July 1973 , pp. 481 - 491
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© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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