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Experimental Study on A Sloshing Mitigation Concept Using Floating Layers of Solid Foam Elements
Indexed by:期刊论文
Date of Publication:2019-03-01
Journal:CHINA OCEAN ENGINEERING
Included Journals:EI、SCIE
Volume:33
Issue:1
Page Number:34-43
ISSN No.:0890-5487
Key Words:anti-sloshing; sloshing; floating foam; potential flow; liquid tank
Abstract:A sloshing mitigation concept taking advantage of floating layers of solid foam elements is proposed in the present study. Physical experiments are carried out in a liquid tank to investigate the hydrodynamic mechanism of this concept. Effects of the foam-layer thickness, excitation amplitude, and excitation frequency on the sloshing properties are analyzed in detail. It is found that the floating layers of solid foam elements do not evidently affect the fundamental natural sloshing frequency of the liquid tank evidently among the considered cases. At the resonant condition, the maximum wave height and dynamic pressure are greatly reduced as the foam-layer thickness increases. Higher-order pressure components on the tank side gradually vanish with the increase of the foam-layer thickness. Cases with different excitation amplitudes are also analyzed. The phenomenon is observed when the wave breaking in the tank can be suppressed by solid foam elements.