Abstract
Pressure variations and three-dimensional effects on liquid sloshing loads in a moving partially filled rectangular tank have been carried out numerically and experimentally. A numerical algorithm based on the volume of fluid (VOF) technique is used to study the non-linear behavior and damping characteristics of liquid sloshing. A moving coordinate system is used to include the non-linearity and avoid the complex boundary conditions of moving walls. The numerical model solves the complete Navier-Stokes equations in primitive variables by using of the finite difference approximations. In order to mitigate a series of discrete impacts, the signal computed is averaged over several time steps. In order to assess the accuracy of the method used, computations are compared with the experimental results. Several configurations of both baffled and unbaffled tanks are studied. Comparisons show good agreement for both impact and non- impact type slosh loads in the cases investigated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2135-2149 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Ocean Engineering |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 16 |
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| Publication status | Published - Nov 2006 |
Funding
This work was carried out under a contract awarded by the Research Fund of Istanbul Technical University. Their financial support is gratefully acknowledged.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi |
Keywords
- 3D effects on sloshing loads
- Experimental studies
- Finite difference method
- Navier-Stokes equations
- Pressures variations
- Three-dimensional free surface flow
- Volume of fluid technique