Doktorarbeit / Dissertation aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften - Maschinenbau, Note: mit Auszeichnung bestanden, Technische Universitat Berlin (Institut fur Land- und Seeverkehr), 27 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This Ph.D. thesis presents the optimization of the (mostly) sea state independent oil skimming system SOS by means of numerical and experimental analyses. Here the SOS performance of counteracting oil disasters at open sea is closely examined. As a result of the evaluation of the functional principle of the system, it is found that...