Print Email Facebook Twitter Exchange Flow of Oil and Sea-Water in a Ruptured Submarine Pipeline Title Exchange Flow of Oil and Sea-Water in a Ruptured Submarine Pipeline Author Kranenburg, C. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 1983-01-01 Abstract The rupture of a submarine oil pipeline starts var10US mechanisms leading to an oil spill. Among these mechanisms the leakage of oil driven by the difference in specific gravities of oil and seawater is difficult to quantify. A simple mathematical model has been developed and laboratory experiments have been carried out to obtain an insight into the density-driven exchange flow in a pipeline initially completely filled with oil, and to determine the leak rate. The mathematical model is predictive and takes account of various relevant effects, such as those of friction and inclination of the pipeline. The experiments were done in a horizontal model pipeline. Theoretical and experimental results are in satisfactory agreement. Subject oil spillruptured pipelinedensity-drivenexchange flowleak rate To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:de2c5695-d264-4590-995e-34f87e5c2d20 Publisher TU Delft, Department of Hydraulic Engineering Source Report No. 1-83 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type report Rights (c) TU Delft, Department of Hydraulic Engineering Files PDF Kranenburg1983a.pdf 7.67 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:de2c5695-d264-4590-995e-34f87e5c2d20/datastream/OBJ/view