Author(s): A. Konno; K. Izumiyama
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Abstract: Interfacial tension force which acts on the edge of an oil slick was believed to be derived from oil-water, ice-water, and ice-oil interfacial tensions and the contact angle, but its precise formulation was not known. This study investigated interfacial tension force theoretically and presents an accurate and original model of this force. Oil-spill experiments were carried out at the ice model basin at National Maritime Research Institute to verify this model and to observe the behavior of oil under ice covers. Theoretical estimation of oil slick size was also carried out. These results conform closely to one another.
Year: 2002