The Transport of Non-Spherical Particles In a Simulated Ocean Environment

Authors

Hannah Reed, Portland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2018

Subjects

Microplastics, Ocean -- Environmental aspects -- Simulation, Plastic marine debris -- Environmental aspects, Transport theory

Abstract

Plastic particles contaminating the world’s oceans and accumulating in oceanic gyres has become a ubiquitous problem and the solution involving how to clean up the debris efficiently has still not been found. One particular issue is understanding where the greatest densities of debris may be. It is known that floating trash will tend to accumulate in large circular systems of ocean water called gyres, however these areas span thousands of miles of ocean. The present study aims to understand the transport of anisotropic particles in conditions similar to an oceanic environment using experimental methods in an effort to better predict the regions of ocean in which the highest densities of plastic pollution reside, and to investigate the effect of particle size and shape on such motion.

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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26235

Citation Details

Reed, Hannah, "The Transport of Non-Spherical Particles In a Simulated Ocean Environment" (2018). REU Final Reports. 2.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26235