Effect of baffle size and orientation on lateral sloshing of partially filled containers: a numerical study

Authors

  • Sajid Ali Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • Muhammad Ali Kamran Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Sikandar Khan Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1080/17797179.2017.1386023

Keywords:

Fluid sloshing, rollover stability, baffles configurations, tanker’s shapes

Abstract

The fluid sloshing in partially filled road tankers has significantly increased the number of road accidents for the last few decades. Significant research is needed to investigate and to come up with optimum baffles designs that can help to increase the rollover stability of the partially filled tankers. In this investigation, a detailed analysis of the anti-slosh effectiveness of different baffle configurations is presented. This investigation extends the already available studies in the literature by introducing new modified rectangular tank’s shapes that correspond to maximum rollover stability as compared to the already available standard tank designs. The various baffles configurations that are analysed in this study are horizontal, vertical, vertical–horizontal and diagonal. In the current study, numerical investigations are performed for rectangular, elliptical and circular tank shapes. Lateral sloshing, caused by constant radius turn manoeuvre, was simulated numerically using the volume-of-fluid method, and effect of the different baffle configurations was analysed. The effect of tank fill levels on sloshing measured in terms of horizontal force and pressure moments is also reported for with and without baffles configurations. Vertical baffles were the most effective at reducing sloshing in modified rectangular tanks, whereas a combination of horizontal and vertical baffles gave better results for the circular and elliptical tanks geometries.

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2017-10-01

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Ali, S., Kamran, M. A., & Khan, S. (2017). Effect of baffle size and orientation on lateral sloshing of partially filled containers: a numerical study. European Journal of Computational Mechanics, 26(5-6), 584–608. https://doi.org/10.1080/17797179.2017.1386023

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