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Copyright © 2015 J. L. Bautista-Jacobo et al. J. L. Bautista-Jacobo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

This work presents a comparative numerical study of the effect of using baffles, and its design, on the behavior of sloshing in a partially filled road tanker carrying LPG. Navier-Stokes equations and standard k -[straight epsilon] turbulence model are used to simulate fluid movement; the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method is used to track the liquid-gas interface. Velocity distributions, sloshing stabilization times, and contours of turbulent kinetic energy, which are of high importance in choosing the best design of baffles, are shown. The results show sloshing stabilization times of 22 and 21 s for road tankers with cross-shaped (Type I) and X-shaped (Type II) baffles, respectively, finding lower values of turbulent kinetic energy for Type II design, being, therefore, the best design of baffles for damping of sloshing and vehicle control among studied ones.

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Title
Effect of Baffles on the Sloshing in Road Tankers Carrying LPG: A Comparative Numerical Study
Author
Bautista-Jacobo, J L; Rodriguez-Morales, E; Montes-Rodriguez, J J; Gamez-Cuatzin, H
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN
1024123X
e-ISSN
15635147
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1691566807
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 J. L. Bautista-Jacobo et al. J. L. Bautista-Jacobo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.