Journal Article

·2015

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

Gurhan Sahin YTU , Seyfettin Bayraktar YTU

International Journal of Engineering Technologies IJET

Abstract

In the present paper, sloshing in a Two-Dimensional (2D) 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 m 2 /s for each case study.After series of simulations results obtained for each tank configuration are compared and flow is visualized for the tanks that are 50% filled with the fresh water.

Keywords

Slosh dynamics Flow visualization Mechanics Flow (mathematics) Visualization Environmental science Materials science Engineering Physics Mechanical engineering

Subject Areas

Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions ·Computational Mechanics ·Physical Sciences
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