This paper focuses on sloshing loads acting on partially filled tanks simulated in two-dimensions, i.e. an infinitely long tank. Investigation was carried out first by Finite Element Method (FEM) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach, considering the structure as rigid wall. Thereafter, fluid structure interaction (FSI) model using finite element method for both fluid and structural degrees of freedom was implemented. Typical test cases were considered, for which experimental results were available in open literature and already compared with other CFD results in previous works. Comparisons are widely discussed and hints are reported about assumptions and practical issues making such analyses very challenging.
Simulations of a sloshing experiment by FEM CFD and FEM FSI approaches
RIZZO, CESARE MARIO;TANI, GIORGIO;VIVIANI, MICHELE
2012-01-01
Abstract
This paper focuses on sloshing loads acting on partially filled tanks simulated in two-dimensions, i.e. an infinitely long tank. Investigation was carried out first by Finite Element Method (FEM) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach, considering the structure as rigid wall. Thereafter, fluid structure interaction (FSI) model using finite element method for both fluid and structural degrees of freedom was implemented. Typical test cases were considered, for which experimental results were available in open literature and already compared with other CFD results in previous works. Comparisons are widely discussed and hints are reported about assumptions and practical issues making such analyses very challenging.
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