The effects of LNG-tank sloshing on the global motions of LNG carriers

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-20

  Lee, S J ^a   Kim, M H ^a   Lee, D H ^a   Kim, J W ^b   Kim, Y H ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coupled dynamic analysis; Filling level vs. sloshing effect; Frequency domain coupled analysis; Navier Stokes solver with SOLA scheme; Peak frequency shift and split; Sloshing and motion interactions; Time domain simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; LIQUID SLOSHING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COUPLED DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FILLING LEVEL; MOTION INTERACTIONS; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; PEAK FREQUENCY SHIFT; PEAK FREQUENCY SPLIT; SLOSHING EFFECT; TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; LIQUID SLOSHING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SHIP MOTION; SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33750990764     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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