• 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.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.2039-2046
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• 2003

Storage tank filled with fluid has unique dynamic characteristics compared to general structures, due to the interaction between fluid and structure. The oscillation of the fluid surface caused by external forces is called sloshing, which occurs in moving vehicles with contained liquid masses, such as trucks, railroad cars, aircrafts, and liquid missles. In this study, the evaluation method for the reduction of sloshing, the optimized size and location of wing and diaphragm baffles are suggested based on the experimental results. The experimental device can simulate the translation motion. A rectangular tank and various baffles are fabricated to study on the sloshing characteristics. The forces measured using the load cell at tank wall and those are compared with each other through the Fourier transformation for various conditions. The study of the sloshing of the rectangular tank equipped with baffles is conducted under the same conditions with non-baffled rectangular tank experiment. From the experimental results, the sloshing reduction effect by the baffles is observed. In conclusion in case of diaphragm baffles, the optimized size ratio of the width of baffle to the water height is 0.44 and the installation location has no effect to the damping of sloshing. In case of wing baffles, the optimized size ratio of the width of baffle to the length of a rectangular tank is 0.1 and the optimized location ratio of the baffle to the water height is 0.9.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.101-119
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• 2005

An efficient methodology is presented to evaluate the seismic behavior of a Fluid-Elevated Tank-Foundation/Soil system taking the embedment effects into accounts. The frequency-dependent cone model is used for considering the elevated tank-foundation/soil interaction and the equivalent spring-mass model given in the Eurocode-8 is used for fluid-elevated tank interaction. Both models are combined to obtain the seismic response of the systems considering the sloshing effects of the fluid and frequency-dependent properties of soil. The analysis is carried out in the frequency domain with a modal analysis procedure. The presented methodology with less computational efforts takes account of; the soil and fluid interactions, the material and radiation damping effects of the elastic half-space, and the embedment effects. Some conclusions may be summarized as follows; the sloshing response is not practically affected by the change of properties in stiff soil such as S1 and S2 and embedment but affected in soft soil. On the other hand, these responses are not affected by embedment in stiff soils but affected in soft soils.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.311-320
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• 2017

액체가 부분적으로 채워져 있는 용기를 고속으로 이송시키면 슬로싱이 발생하므로 신속한 이송 및 조정 안정성을 위해 슬로싱을 억제할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 사각용기를 수평방향으로 이송시킬 때 삼각형 속도 프로파일의 가속도 크기와 가감속 시간이 슬로싱에 미치는 영향을 수치해석적으로 연구하였다. 선행연구에서는 슬로싱의 1차 모드만을 고려하여 용기의 가감속 시간이 1차 고유 주기와 일치할 때 슬로싱이 상당히 억제됨을 보고한 바 있다. 반면 본 연구에서는 CFD 해석을 통해 슬로싱이 최소가 되는 가감속 시간을 찾고, 1차 모드 이외에 고차 모드를 함께 고려하여 이를 설명하였다. 또한, 질량과 스프링에 기반한 등가 모델을 이용한 해석을 수행하고 CFD 결과와 비교함으로써, 등가 모델의 정확성을 평가하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.617-624
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 사각용기 내에서의 자유표면을 갖는 2차원 슬로싱 문제에 대하여 고찰하였다. 용기 내부의 유동은 수평방향의 조화운동을 통해 형성되며, 외부 가진 속도는 u=Asin($2{\pi}ft$)으로 정의 된다. 여기서 u, A�� 그리고 f는 외부로부터 작용하는 가진 속도, 변위 그리고 주파수를 각각 나타낸다. 큰 변위(A~O(1)) 슬로싱 문제의 해석을 위한 실험설비를 구축하였으며, 광범위한 영역에서의 PIV실험을 수행하였다. 실험을 통해 자유표면의 움직임(motion)을 각각 서로 다른 물리적 특성을 갖는 세 가지; 선형 슬로싱의 자유표면의 움직임과 유사한 standing wave motion, 사각용기의 속도가 0을 지나는 순간(the moment of turn-over) 측벽에서 발생하는 run-up motion 그리고 측벽으로부터 내부유체로 점차적으로 전파되는 bore motion으로 분류하였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2015

An analytical model of liquid sloshing is developed to consider the energy-loss effect through a partially submerged porous baffle in a horizontally oscillating rectangular tank. The nonlinear boundary condition at the porous baffle is derived to accurately capture both the added inertia effects and the energy-loss effects from an equivalent non-linear drag law. Using the eigenfunction expansion method, the horizontal hydrodynamic force (added mass, damping coefficient) on both the wall and baffle induced by the fluid motion is assessed for various combinations of porosity, submergence depth, and the tank's motion amplitude. It is found that a negative value for the added mass and a sharp peak in the damping curve occur near the resonant frequencies. In particular, the hydrodynamic force and free surface amplitude can be largely reduced by installing the proper porous baffle in a tank. The optimal porosity of a porous baffle is near P=0.1.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.751-759
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• 2003

The theoretical method is developed to investigate the vibration characteristics of the sloshing and bulging mode for the circular cylindrical storage tank with an annular plate on free surface. The cylindrical tank is filled with an inviscid and incompressible liquid. The liquid domain is limited by a rigid cylindrical surface and a rigid flat bottom. As the effect of free surface waves Is taken into account in the analysis, the bulging and sloshing modes are studied. The solution for the velocity potential of liquid movement is assumed as a suitable harmonic function that satisfies Laplace equation and the relevant boundary conditions. The Rayleigh-Ritz method is used to derive the frequency equation of the cylindrical tank. The effect of Inner-to-outer radius ratio and thickness of annular plate and liquid volume on vibration characteristics of storage tank is studied. The finite element analysis is performed to demonstrate the validity of present theoretical method.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.795-805
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• 2006

Tuned Liquid damper and Tuned Liquid Column are kind of passive mechanical damper which relies on the sloshing of liquid in a rigid tank for suppressing structural vibrations. TLD and TLCD are attributable to several potential advantages - low costs ; easy to install in existing structures : effective even for small-amplitude vibrations. In this paper, the shaking table experiments were conducted to investigate the characteristics of water sloshing motion in TLD (rectangular, circular) and TLCD. The parameter obtained from the experiments were wave height, base shear force and energy dissipation. The shaking table experiments show that the liquid sloshing relies on amplitude of shaking table and frequency of tank. The TLCD was more effective control vibration than TLD.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제89권4호
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• pp.421-436
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• 2024

This research addresses experimentally the relationship between the excitation frequency and both hoop and axial wall stresses in a water storage tank. A low-density polyethylene tank with six different aspect ratios (water level to tank radius) was tested using a shake table. A laminar box with sand represents a soil site to simulate Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI). Sine excitations with eight frequencies that cover the first free vibration frequency of the tank-water system were applied. Additionally, Ricker wavelet excitations of two different dominant frequencies were considered. The maximum stresses are compared with those using a nonlinear elastic spring-mass model. The results reveal that the coincidence between the excitation frequency and the free-vibration frequency of the soil-tank-water system increases the sloshing intensity and the rigid-like body motion of the system, amplifying the stress development considerably. The relationship between the excitation frequency and wall stresses is nonlinear and depends simultaneously on both sloshing and uplift. In most cases, the maximum stresses using the nonlinear elastic spring-mass model agree with those from the experiments.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.27-37
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• 1998

선박이 대형화되고, LNG선의 건조가 활발해지면서 액체화물탱크의 내부유동을 뜻하는 슬로싱에 대한 연구가 중요해지고 있다. 슬로싱에 의한 충격압력의 크기와 특성을 파악하기 위하여 직사각형 모델에 대한 체계적인 실험을 수행하여 회전각, 동요주파수, 적재수심에 따른 내부유동의 특성을 분석하였고, 충격압력이 가해지는 탱크벽면의 구조응답을 계측하여 유탄성효과를 고찰하였다. 탱크의 내부유동은 고차경계요소법을 이용하여 해석하였고, 평판의 진동에 의해 유기되는 유체력은 고유함수 전개법을 이용하여 부가질량과 감쇠력으로 표현하였다. 충격하중이 작용하는 경우 유탄성 효과를 고려한 탱크 벽면은 부가질량의 영향으로 그 때의 수심에 해당하는 접수진동수로 진동하였고, 벽면에서 압력은 유탄성효과를 고려하지 않은 경우에 비해 두 배 이상 크게 나타났다. 이를 실험과 계산에서 모두 확인하였고, 충격하중에 의한 평판의 거동에서 유탄성효과를 규명하였다