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Oil Spill Flow Calculation Worksheet
18 Feb 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Steve Wereley
Worksheet to calculate the approximate flow rate based on video images.
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BP Oil Spill Physics Challenge
17 Feb 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Steve Wereley
On May 13 Professor Wereley used optical feature tracking to estimate the volume flow of oil from the on-going BP Macondo oil field spill. Several other independent scientists also performed similar measurements at about the same time. These several measurements were all in the ballpark of...
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Measuring Disaster: the magnitude of the BP oil spill
09 Nov 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Steve Wereley
On May 13 Professor Wereley used optical feature tracking to estimate the volume flow of oil from the on-going BP Macondo oil field spill.
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Analyzing Disaster: A nanoscale guy stumbles into a mega problem
22 Jun 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Steve Wereley
Steve Wereley discusses how his knowledge and use of a technique called particle image velocimetry (PIV) led to a game-changing calculation of a flow rate for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.