The Modelling of Industrial Contaminant Spillage using Hydrodynamics in conjunction with Stereophotogrammetry

School Name

Spring Valley High School

Grade Level

11th Grade

Presentation Topic

Computer Science

Presentation Type

Mentored

Mentor

Mentor: Kenny McLean, CDS Corp.

Oral Presentation Award

3rd Place

Abstract

Oil spills are a huge economic and ecological issue that many companies face every day. They cost millions of dollars to fix and cause devastating effects to the ocean’s ecosystems. In the event of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, around $54 billion was lost in total when it was all said and done. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the use of SPH modelling in conjunction with stereophotogrammetry in order model an industrial oil spill to predict which areas might be affected in a certain landscape. It is hypothesized that if a UAV is used to create a stereophotogrammetric model of a distinct landscape, this model can be integrated with SPH technology in order to accurately predict what areas of land would be affected in the event of an oil spill. First, pictures were taken of a landscape using an RTK Sensefly UAV. The point cloud data was then exported into a program called Global Mapper along with the GNS data and other aspects to create the stereophotogrammetric model. From this model, an industrial oil spill was modelled through the use of a raw digital elevation model (REM). Both an example of a saddle and a hill were tested. They showed the flow areas that were most likely to be affected and how much they would be saturated. This illustrated how the oil spread throughout the environment and the area that would be affected in a given amount of time. The model was able to successfully predict where the liquid would flow throughout the landscape and displayed this information. It showed the hypothetical pools of oil, and where they would accumulate the most during a spill. This would aid a response team reacting to the spill by giving them information on how far the oil had spread or by giving information on prevention of damage.

Location

Wall 119

Start Date

3-25-2017 11:00 AM

Presentation Format

Oral and Written

Group Project

No

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Mar 25th, 11:00 AM

The Modelling of Industrial Contaminant Spillage using Hydrodynamics in conjunction with Stereophotogrammetry

Wall 119

Oil spills are a huge economic and ecological issue that many companies face every day. They cost millions of dollars to fix and cause devastating effects to the ocean’s ecosystems. In the event of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, around $54 billion was lost in total when it was all said and done. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the use of SPH modelling in conjunction with stereophotogrammetry in order model an industrial oil spill to predict which areas might be affected in a certain landscape. It is hypothesized that if a UAV is used to create a stereophotogrammetric model of a distinct landscape, this model can be integrated with SPH technology in order to accurately predict what areas of land would be affected in the event of an oil spill. First, pictures were taken of a landscape using an RTK Sensefly UAV. The point cloud data was then exported into a program called Global Mapper along with the GNS data and other aspects to create the stereophotogrammetric model. From this model, an industrial oil spill was modelled through the use of a raw digital elevation model (REM). Both an example of a saddle and a hill were tested. They showed the flow areas that were most likely to be affected and how much they would be saturated. This illustrated how the oil spread throughout the environment and the area that would be affected in a given amount of time. The model was able to successfully predict where the liquid would flow throughout the landscape and displayed this information. It showed the hypothetical pools of oil, and where they would accumulate the most during a spill. This would aid a response team reacting to the spill by giving them information on how far the oil had spread or by giving information on prevention of damage.