Analysis of lateral sloshing forces within road containers with high fill levels

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 302-312

  Romero, J A ^a   Ramirez O ^b   Fortanell, J M ^b   Martinez, M ^b   Lozano, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL TRANSPORTE   (Mexico)

^c CONCYTEQ ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Experimental approach; Heavy vehicle rollover; Sloshing; Tank trucks

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TANK TRUCKS; TRANSDUCERS;

EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH; HEAVY VEHICLE ROLLOVERS; HIGH FILL LEVELS; ROAD CONTAINERS;

LIQUID SLOSHING;

EID: 33947581428     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO42     Document Type: Article

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