• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.399-413
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• 2020

The numerical simulation of liquid sloshing in the three-dimensional tanks under horizontal excitation and roll excitation was carried out, and the inhibition effect of different baffles on the sloshing phenomenon was investigated. The numerical calculations were carried out by the nonlinear Boundary Element Method (BEM) with Green's theorem based on the potential flow, which was conducted with the governing equation corresponding to the boundaries of each region. The validity of the method was verified by comparing with experimental values and published literatures. The horizontal baffle, the vertical baffle and the T-shaped baffle in the sloshing tanks were investigated respectively, and the baffles' position, dimension and the liquid depth were provided and discussed in detail. It is drawn that the baffle shape plays a non-negligible role in the tank sloshing. The vertical baffle is a more effective way to reduce the sloshing amplitude when the tank is under a horizontal harmonic excitation while the horizontal baffle is a more effective way when the tank is under a roll excitation. The amplitude of free surface elevation at right tank wall decreases with the increasing of the horizontal baffle length and the vertical baffle height. Although the T-shaped baffle has the best suppression effect on tank sloshing under horizontal excitation, it has limited suppression effect under roll excitation and will complicate the sloshing phenomenon when changing baffle height.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.925-936
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• 2020

To ascertain the characteristics of pool sloshing behavior that might be encountered during a core disruptive accident of sodium-cooled fast reactors, in our earlier work several series of experiments were conducted under various scenarios including the condition with mono-sized solid particles. It is found that under the particle-bed condition, three typical flow regimes (namely the bubble-impulsion dominant regime, the transitional regime and the bed-inertia dominant regime) could be identified and a flow-regime model (base model) has been even successfully established to estimate the regime transition. In this study, aimed to further understand this behavior at more realistic particle-bed conditions, a series of simulated experiments is newly carried out using mixed-size particles. Through analyses, it is verified that for present scenario, by applying the area mean diameter, our previously-developed base model can provide the most appropriate predictive results among the various effective diameters. To predict the regime transition with a form of extension scheme, a correction factor which is based on the volume-mean diameter and the degree of convergence in particle-size distribution is suggested and validated. The conducted analyses in this work also indicate that under certain conditions, the potential separation between different particle components might exist during the sloshing process.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.423-440
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• 2003

Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian finite element methods gain interest for the capability to control mesh geometry independently from material geometry, the ALE methods are used to create a new undistorted mesh for the fluid domain. In this paper we use the ALE technique to solve fuel slosh problem. Fuel slosh is an important design consideration not only for the fuel tank, but also for the structure supporting the fuel tank. "Fuel slosh" can be generated by many ways: abrupt changes in acceleration (braking), as well as abrupt changes in direction (highway exit-ramp). Repetitive motion can also be involved if a "sloshing resonance" is generated. These sloshing events can in turn affect the overall performance of the parent structure. A finite element analysis method has been developed to analyze this complex event. A new ALE formulation for the fluid mesh has been developed to keep the fluid mesh integrity during the motion of the tank. This paper explains the analysis capabilities on a technical level. Following the explanation, the analysis capabilities are validated against theoretical using potential flow for calculating fuel slosh frequency.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2023

Sloshing of the fluid having a free surface produces an impact force on a tank wall subjected to external excitation. This paper investigates the effect of cylindrical structures in a rectangular sloshing tank under translational harmonic excitations. By varying the number of installed cylinders in the tank, the characteristics of the free-surface deformation is experimentally observed, and the peak pressure on the tank wall is extracted by threshold values. To predict the peak pressure, the numerical simulation is also conducted using smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), and the peak values are compared with the experimental results. Furthermore, pressure and velocity fields in the tank and free-surface shape are analyzed at the moment of impact.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.759-765
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 유한요소 최소자승법에 기반한 level-set 방정식의 이류방정식과 재초기화 방정식의 이산화기법을 3차원 슬로싱 문제에 적용한 코드를 개발하고, 그 성능을 평가한다. 사용된 수치기법은 정렬 격자계를 이용하여 다양한 표준 예제들에 대하여 검증이 수행되었다. 제안된 방법은 상대적으로 성긴 격자계에서 다른 기법들에 비하여 개선된 해를 줌을 확인하였다. 두 가지의 격자계에 대하여 수행한 3차원 슬로싱 해석은 상당히 성긴 격자계에서도 압력의 시간 이력이 실험결과와 잘 일치함을 보여주며, 조밀한 격자계에서는 최대압력의 크기가 크게 예측이 됨을 확인하였다. 한편, 본 연구에서 개발한 기법은 유한요소법의 특성에 의해서 비정렬 격자계를 이용하여 복잡한 형상을 가지는 용기 내의 슬로싱 문제의 해석으로 바로 확장할 수 있다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.950-959
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• 2009

Liquid fluctuation called sloshing within liquid-storage tank gives rise to the significant effect on the dynamic stability of tank. This liquid sloshing can be effectively suppressed by installing baffles within the tank, and the suppression effect depends strongly on the design parameters of baffle like the baffle configuration. The present study is concerned with the parametric evaluation of the sloshing suppression effect for the CNG-storage tank, a next generation liquefied fuel for vehicles, to the major design parameters of baffle, such as the baffle configuration, the installation angle and height, the hole size of baffle. The coupled FEM-FVM analysis was employed to effectively reflect the interaction between the interior liquid flow and the tank elastic deformation.

• 대한조선학회 특별논문집
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• 대한조선학회 2005년도 특별논문집
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• pp.22-30
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• 2005

Sloshing loads, produced by the violent liquid free-surface motions inside the cargo tank have become an important design parameter in ship building industry since there have been demands for the increased sizes of the cargo containment system of LNG carriers. In this study, sloshing impact pressure acting on the shell of the spherical cargo tank of an LNG carrier as well as dynamic pressure and flow behavior around the pump tower located at the center of the tank have been calculated. Comparative numerical sloshing simulations for a spherical LNG tank using 2-D LR.FLUIDS which is based on the finite difference method and 3-D MSC.DYTRAN which is capable of calculating nonlinear fluid-structure interaction have been carried out. A method of calculating sloshing-induced dynamic loads and the subsequent structural strength analysis for pump tower of a spherical LNG carrier using MSC. DYTRAN and MSC.NASTRAN have been presented.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.33-44
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• 1992

2차원 및 3차원 sloshing 문제의 해석을 위해 수치기법들을 적용하여 보았다. 2차원 탱크 내의 유동을 source 분포법과 유한차분법을 이용해 해석하였고 실험과 선형해의 결과와 비교하였다. 이 방법들의 계산결과에는 큰 차이를 발견하지 못하였고, 다만 유한차분법을 이용하는 경우 탱크 내의 내부재에 대한 고려가 용이하나 계산시간이 많이 소요되었고 source 분포법을 이용하여 해석하는 경우에는 3차원으로의 확장이 용이하나 내부재의 고려와 대진폭 운동에 대해서는 적용하기 힘들 것으로 판단된다. 3차원 문제는 source 분포법을 이용하여 해석하였고 계산모델은 사각형 및 구형탱크이다. 그러나, 이러한 sloshing 해석기법을 보다 실용적으로 사용하기 위해서는 유체의 충격력에 대한 많은 연구가 있어야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2013

In the present paper, the sloshing resistance performance of a huge-size LNG carrier's insulation system is evaluated by the fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis. To do this, the global-local analysis which is based on the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method is adopted to accurately calculate the structural behavior induced by internal LNG sloshing of a KC-1 type LNG carrier insulation system. During the global analysis, the sloshing flow and hydrodynamic pressure of internal LNG are analyzed by postulating the flexible insulation system as a rigid body. In addition, during the local analysis, the local hydroelastic response of the LNG carrier insulation system is computed by solving the local hydroelastic model where the entire and flexible insulation system is adopted and the numerical analysis results of the global analysis such as initial and boundary conditions are implemented into the local finite element model. The proposed novel analysis techniques can potentially be used to evaluate the structural integrity of LNG carrier insulation systems.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.216-223
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 3차원 비선형 슬러싱 유동에 대한 수치해법을 개발하였다. 탱크내에서 과도한 슬러싱 유동이 일어나는 경우에는 슬러싱 유동에 의해 유기되는 유체 충격력에 의해 탱크 내부 부재나 탱크 자체의 손상을 야기할 수 있다. 비선형 슬러싱 유동을 포텐셜 유동 이론에 근거한 자유표면파 문제로 정식화하고, 엄밀한 비선형 자유표면 경계조건을 적용하여 수치적으로 해석하였다. 안정된 수치 해법 개발을 위해 해밀톤 원리에 근거한 변분법을 사용하였으며 얻어진 변분식에 유한 요소법을 적용하여 해석하였다. 비선형 자유표면 유동은 시간영역에서의 초기치 문제로 해석하였으며 자유표면의 위치는 매 계산 시간 간격마다 반복계산에 의해 결정되었다. 수치 해석 결과로는 탱크내에 위치한 파이프에 비선형 슬러싱 유동에 의해 야기되는 유체 충격력을 구하였다.