Study of Inhibitory Effects of Elastic Membranes on Liquid Sloshing in Partially Filled Tank Vehicles

QI Wenchao; WANG Qiongyao; PING Kai; CHEN Xiner

doi:10.21656/1000-0887.440271

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QI Wenchao, WANG Qiongyao, PING Kai, CHEN Xiner. Study of Inhibitory Effects of Elastic Membranes on Liquid Sloshing in Partially Filled Tank Vehicles[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2024, 45(3): 365-378. doi: 10.21656/1000-0887.440271

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Study of Inhibitory Effects of Elastic Membranes on Liquid Sloshing in Partially Filled Tank Vehicles

doi: 10.21656/1000-0887.440271

Faculty of Intelligent Manufacturing, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529020, P.R.China

Received Date: 2023-09-18
Rev Recd Date: 2023-11-21
Publish Date: 2024-03-01

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To improve the braking performance and roll stability limits of liquid tank vehicles, a numerical bi-directional fluid-structure coupling model was established to study the anti-slosh effects of elastic membranes on liquid sloshing in partially filled tank vehicles. Laboratory experiments were conducted to verify the validity of the numerical model. The validated model was further used to study the effects of various configurations of elastic membranes on sloshing responses, such as liquid load transfer, sloshing forces, pitch moments, and tank wall pressures. Two different tank configurations, namely tanks without membrane and tanks with various combinations of elastic membranes, were considered in the study for comparison. The results show that, the addition of membranes can significantly limit the movement of the liquid, resulting in dramatically reduced pitch moments caused by sloshing, which will improve the braking performance and roll stability limits of the tank vehicles.
- liquid sloshing,
- elastic membrane,
- fluid-solid coupling,
- numerical simulation,
- OpenFOAM

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