Autoparametric interaction of a liquid surface in a rectangular tank with an elastic support structure under 1:1 internal resonance

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda
2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Tumolin Rocha ◽  
Jose Manoel Balthazar ◽  
Angelo Marcelo Tusset ◽  
Vinicius Piccirillo ◽  
Jorge Luis Palacios Felix

Author(s):  
Takashi Ikeda

Abstract The nonlinear coupled vibrations of an elastic structure and liquid sloshing in a rectangular tank, partially filled with liquid, are investigated. The structure containing the tank is vertically subjected to a sinusoidal excitation. In the theoretical analysis, the resonance curves for the responses of the structure and liquid surface are presented by the harmonic balance method, when the natural frequency of the structure is equal to twice the natural frequency of one of the sloshing modes. From the theoretical analysis, the following predictions have been obtained: (a) Due to the nonlinearity of the fluid force, harmonic oscillations appear in the structure, while subharmonic oscillations occur on the liquid surface, (b) the shapes of the resonance curves markedly change depending on the liquid depth, and (c) when the detuning condition is slightly deviated, almost periodic oscillations and chaotic oscillations appear at certain intervals of the excitation frequency. These were qualitatively in good agreement with the experimental results.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (0) ◽  
pp. G1000103
Author(s):  
Kazunori OZAWA ◽  
Masakazu TAKEDA ◽  
Masahiro WATANABE

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (822) ◽  
pp. 14-00552-14-00552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki TAKAHARA ◽  
Eiji NAKATSUGAWA ◽  
Yutaka NAKANO

Author(s):  
Jannette B. Frandsen

A fully nonlinear 2-D σ-transformed finite difference solver has been developed based on inviscid flow equations in rectangular tanks. The fluid equations are coupled to an elastic support structure. Sloshing motion are simulated during structural vibration cycles at and outside resonance. The wave tank acts as a Tuned Liquid Damper (TLD). The TLD response is highly nonlinear due to the liquid sloshing. The solver is valid at any water depth except for small depth when shallow water waves and viscous effects would become important. Results of liquid sloshing induced by horizontal base excitations are presented for small to steep non-breaking waves. The effectiveness of the TLD is discussed through predictions of coupling frequencies of the tank-structural system for different tank sizes and mass ratios between fluid and structure. Good agreement is achieved between numerical model and first-order theory. It was found that the system response is extremely sensitive to small changes in forcing frequency. Furthermore, the solver removes the need for free-surface smoothing for the cases considered herein. The numerical model provides a quick and accurate way of determining system eigenfrequencies which can be hard to identify and interpret in physical experiments. Therefore the numerical solver could serve as a valuable guidance to physical experiments. The present studies can easily be expanded to include multiple wave tanks to investigate tank interaction effects, and thus cover suppression of a wider range of frequencies.


Author(s):  
Dongya Zhao ◽  
Zhiqiang Hu ◽  
Gang Chen

Two-dimensional liquid sloshing in rectangular tank of FLNG system is investigated both numerically and experimentally. In numerical simulation, a time-domain scheme has been developed based on potential flow theory in boundary element method. Tank movement is defined by wall boundary condition to produce a reciprocating oscillation. Nonlinear free surface condition is adopted to capture free surface elevation. Energy dissipation caused by viscous effects is considered by applying artificial damping term to the dynamic free surface condition, which is also vital to achieve a steady-state solution. For comparison, experiments of a rectangular tank filled with water subjected to specified oscillation are carried out. As coupling effects between sloshing and tank motion is not included in this research, the testing apparatus is required to produce consistent oscillation movement and not affected by the change of filling condition and sloshing load. Liquid surface elevations in several typical places of the tank were measured. Sloshing related parameters including oscillation amplitude, frequency and filling level are analyzed systematically. It’s found that numerical simulation results have good agreement with phenomenon observed under small amplitude excitation, and this nonlinear analysis method is proved to be effective in capturing liquid surface elevation. It is found that sloshing in tank is sensitive to filling level as well as excitation frequency, especially in the crucial combination cases of them. For given filling level, sloshing tends to be violent near corresponding natural frequencies, and viscous damping has limited contribution to sloshing amplitude when resonance occurs. This fundamental investigation also paves path for the study of more complicated sloshing problems.


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