Abstract
Water jet barrier was studied by experiments and numerical simulation in order to contain or collect spilled oil on the sea surface. High-pressure water jet obliquely injected to the water surface forms an exlusive zone enclosed with a parabolic front line. Floating oil can not come inside the exclusive zone.
Experimental measurements were carried out on characteristic lengths determing the size of the exclusize zone. The measured data were arranged to eqations providing the lengths.
Numerical simulation was also conducted using a particle model and compared to the experiments. Good agreemet was found between the experiments and the simulation.
