NONLINEAR MODELLING OF LIQUID SLOSHING （非线性模型的液体晃动）.pdfVIP

NONLINEAR MODELLING OF LIQUID SLOSHING IN A MOVING RECTANGULAR TANK * !! M. Serdar CELEBI and Hakan AKYILDIZ!! Abstract A nonlinear liquid sloshing inside a partially filled rectangular tank has been investigated. The fluid is assumed to be homogeneous, isotropic, viscous, Newtonian and exhibit only limited compressibility. The tank is forced to move harmonically along a vertical curve with the rolling motion to simulate the actual tank excitation. The volume of fluid technique is used to track the free surface. The model solves the complete Navier-Stokes equations in primitive variables by use of the finite difference approximations. At each time step, a donar- acceptor method is used to transport the volume of fluid function and hence the locations of the free surface. In order to assess the accuracy of the method used, computations are verified through convergence tests and compared with the theoretical solutions and experimental results. Key Words: Sloshing, Free Surface Flow, Navier-Stokes Equations, Volume of Fluid Technique, Moving Rectangular Tank, Vertical Baffle, Finite Difference Method 1. INTRODUCTION Liquid sloshing in a moving container constitutes a broad class of problems of great practical importance with regard to the safety of transportation systems, such as tank trucks on highways, liquid tank cars on railroads, and sloshing of liquid cargo in oceangoing vessels. It is known that partially filled tanks are prone to violent sloshing under certain motions. The large