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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2011.35.6.617

Study of Sloshing Flow in a Rectangular Tank  

Ji, Young-Moo (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Shin, Young-Seop (Dept. of Computer Aided Design, Halla Univ.)
Park, Jun-Sang (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Halla Univ.)
Hyun, Jae-Min (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.35, no.6, 2011 , pp. 617-624 More about this Journal
Abstract
The two-dimensional sloshing problem in a rigid rectangular tank with a free surface is considered. The flow is generated by a container in harmonic motion in time along the horizontal axis, i.e., a container excited by u=Asin($2{\pi}ft$) where u denotes the container velocity imposed externally, A is the amplitude of the oscillation velocity, and f is the frequency of oscillation. Experimental apparatus is arranged to investigate the large-amplitude sloshing flows in off-resonant conditions, where the large amplitude means that A~O(1), and the distance, S, is comparable to the breadth, L, of the container, i.e., L/S~O(1). Comprehensive particle image velocimetry (PIV) data are obtained, which show that the flow physics of the nonlinear off-resonant sloshing problem can be characterized into three peculiar free surface motions: standing-wave motions similar to those of linear sloshing, a run-up phenomenon along the vertical sidewall at the moment of turn-over of the container, and gradually propagating bore motion from the sidewall to the interior fluid region, like a hydraulic jump.
Keywords
Free Surface; Harmonic Motion; Hydraulic Jump; Sloshing;
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