Effect of baffles on a partially filled cubic tank: Numerical simulation and experimental validation

Computers and Structures

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 198-205

  Eswaran, M ^a   Saha, U K ^a   Maity, D ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian formulation; Baffles; Displacement; Fluid structure interaction; Pressure; Sloshing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LIQUID SLOSHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ARBITRARY-LAGRANGIAN-EULERIAN FORMULATION; BAFFLED TANKS; BAFFLES; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DISPLACEMENT; EULERIAN; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FLUID MODELS; FULLY COUPLED; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SLOSHING; SLOSHING EFFECTS; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 58149492530     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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