Flow Visualization of Sloshing in an Accelerated Two-Dimensional Rectangular Tank

Year 2015, Volume: 1 Issue: 3, 106 - 112, 31.07.2015

Gurhan Sahin Seyfettin Bayraktar

https://doi.org/10.19072/ijet.105725

Cited By: 2

Abstract

In this paper, sloshing in a 2-Dimensonal (2-D) square liquid tank subjected to horizontal excitation is investigated by means of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique. The tank with/out the vertical and horizontal baffles located at each side walls of the tank is moved on positive (+) x-axis for the excitation of 4.5 m²/s for each case studies. After series of simulations results obtained for each tank configuration are compared and flow is visualized for the tanks 50% filled with the fresh water. 

Keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), turbulence, sloshing, fluid, accelerated tank

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