BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV4I2012,
     title={Study of Sloshing Impact on the Tanker Wall for Different Fluids with Varying Accelerations},
     author={Ratnakumar G and Dr. P. Ravindra Babu},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={4},
     number={2},
     pages={10--16},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV4I2012.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

In this Thesis three types of fluids are used to study the effect of sloshing in a tanker. Sloshing is the phenomena that occur in a partially filled tanker. Sloshing is the periodical oscillations in a tanker due to the external disturbances. In some stable conditions sloshing generally leads to cyclic stress and fatigue in thin walled tank structures. If that effect is nearer to the natural frequency of the tanker then beating phenomenon takes place which leads to severe collapse. Earlier various studies were made experimentally and numerically to analyze the effect of sloshing on the fuel tank. In this work transient analysis is performed using ANSYS 14.5. A Sequence of numerical experiments has been carried out to estimate the pressure developed over the tanker wall and the free surface displacement of the fluids from its mean static level. Simulations are compared for the three different fluids to validate the effect of sloshing on the tanker. This is performed for variable accelerations and the results are compared. It was found from CFD transient simulation of fluids interface with tanker periphery.

Sloshing, ANSYS, VOF, Elliptical fuel storage tanker