Numerical study on liquid sloshing in baffled tank by nonlinear finite element method

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 193, Issue 23-26, 2004, Pages 2581-2598

  Cho, J R ^a   Lee, H W ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Baffle installation height; Baffled tank; Direct time differentiation; Nonlinear liquid sloshing; Opening width; Semi Lagrangian free surface tracking

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERPOLATION; KINEMATICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

BAFFLED TANKS; FLOW VELOCITY; MESH REGULARITY;

LIQUID SLOSHING;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942531394     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2004.01.009     Document Type: Article

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