Yang Dou¹, Hao Qin¹, Yuzhi Zhang^1,2, Ning Wang¹, Haiqing Liu^3,4, Wanli Yang^1,2,4,*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.21, No.12, pp. 3091-3122, 2025, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2025.070082 - 31 December 2025

Abstract In recent years, tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) have emerged as a focal point of research due to their remarkable potential for structural vibration mitigation. Yet, progress in this field remains constrained by an incomplete understanding of the fundamental mechanisms governing sloshing-induced loads in liquid-filled containers. Aqueducts present a distinctive case, as the capacity of their contained water to function effectively as a TLD remains uncertain. To address this gap, the present study investigates the generation mechanisms of sloshing loads under non-resonant cases through a two-dimensional (2D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model developed in ANSYS Fluent.… More >

Yang Dou¹, Hao Qin¹, Yuzhi Zhang^1,2, Ning Wang¹, Haiqing Liu^3,4, Wanli Yang^1,2,4,*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.21, No.11, pp. 2673-2700, 2025, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2025.069719 - 01 December 2025

Abstract In recent years, tuned liquid dampers (TLDs) have attracted significant research interest; however, overall progress has been limited due to insufficient understanding of the mechanisms governing sloshing-induced loads. In particular, it remains unclear whether the water in aqueducts—common water-diversion structures in many countries—can serve as an effective TLD. This study investigates the generation mechanisms of sloshing loads during the first-order transverse resonance of water in a U-shaped aqueduct using a two-dimensional (2D) numerical model. The results reveal that, at the equilibrium position, the free surface difference between the left and right walls, the horizontal force… More >

Jialong Jiao¹, Mengyun Jiang¹, Hang Xie^2,3,*, Yuanming Chen¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.21, No.9, pp. 2075-2100, 2025, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2025.069064 - 30 September 2025

Abstract The growing demand for ocean space has generated significant interest in multi-body floating systems, where gap resonance in confined regions plays a critical role in ensuring the safety of offshore operations. This study develops a numerical tank model using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method, implemented through the open-source code DualSPHysics, to investigate hydrodynamic resonance in a twin-floater system and to examine the influence of internal tank sloshing on its hydrodynamic characteristics. The hydrodynamic behavior of the gap flow between a fixed twin-floater system in the numerical tank is validated through systematic comparison with experimental… More >

Zhibo Chen¹, Jingfa Li^1,*, Bo Yu¹, Jianli Li¹, Wei Zhang²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.29, No.4, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011004

Abstract Using liquid hydrogen as fuel is helpful to the aviation industry to achieve the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. However, the liquid hydrogen storage tank will inevitably slosh during the use inhydrogen-powered aircraft, thus it is necessary to study the thermodynamic characteristics of liquid hydrogen storage tank during the sloshing process. In this paper, the thermodynamic behavior of liquid hydrogen storage tank under external excitation is studied by using Volume of Fluid(VOF) model and Lee model through numerical simulation methods. The changes of pressure and temperature in the process of tank sloshing under… More >

Mingming Zhao, Jialong Jiao^*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.20, No.5, pp. 1045-1061, 2024, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.043744 - 07 June 2024

Abstract Predicting the response of liquefied natural gas (LNG) contained in vessels subjected to external waves is extremely important to ensure the safety of the transportation process. In this study, the coupled behavior due to ship motion and liquid tank sloshing has been simulated by the Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. Firstly, the sloshing flow in a rectangular tank was simulated and the related loads were analyzed to verify and validate the accuracy of the present SPH solver. Then, a three-dimensional simplified LNG carrier model, including two prismatic liquid tanks and a wave tank, was introduced. Different More >

Peilei Yan^1,2,*, Endong Guo^1,2, Houli Wu^1,2, Liangchao Zhang^1,2

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.139, No.2, pp. 1655-1678, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.044760 - 29 January 2024

Abstract A coupled numerical calculation method combining smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and the finite element method (FEM) was implemented to investigate the seismic response of horizontal storage tanks. A numerical model of a horizontal storage tank featuring a free liquid surface under seismic action was constructed using the SPH–FEM coupling method. The stored liquid was discretized using SPH particles, while the tank and supports were discretized using the FEM. The interaction between the stored liquid and the tank was simulated by using the meshless particle contact method. Then, the numerical simulation results were compared and analyzed… More >

Alireza Doustvandi, Mehrzad Tahamouli Roudsari^*, Behnoush Niazi

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.17, No.1, pp. 55-70, 2023, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2022.017458 - 02 March 2023

Abstract Liquid storage, particularly oil and petrochemical products which are considered hazardous liquid, are an important part of the oil industry. Thin-walled vertical cylindrical steel storage tanks are widely used in recent years. Due to high sensitivity of these structures in an earthquake and other external excitations may lead to catastrophic consequences. For instance, huge economic losses, environmental damages, and casualities, many studies have been done about these structures. past studies showed that liquid storage tanks, equipped with a floating roof, are potentially vulnerable while subjected to seismic loads and earthquake has been considered as one… More >

Chao-Feng Shih¹, Yung-Wei Chen^1,3,*, Jiang-Ren Chang², Shih-Ping Soon¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.127, No.3, pp. 993-1012, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.012702 - 24 May 2021

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In this paper, the equal-norm multiple-scale Trefftz method combined with the implicit Lie-group scheme is applied to solve the two-dimensional nonlinear sloshing problem with baffles. When considering solving sloshing problems with baffles by using boundary integral methods, degenerate geometry and problems of numerical instability are inevitable. To avoid numerical instability, the multiple-scale characteristic lengths are introduced into T-complete basis functions to efficiently govern the high-order oscillation disturbance. Again, the numerical noise propagation at each time step is eliminated by the vector regularization method and the group-preserving scheme. A weighting factor of the group-preserving scheme is introduced

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Lin Gao, Mingzhen Wang

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.24, No.3, pp. 643-651, 2018, DOI:10.31209/2018.100000031

Abstract With the rapid development of the petrochemical industry, the number of largescale oil storage tanks has increased significantly, and many storage tanks are located in potential seismic regions. It is very necessary to analyze seismic response of oil storage tanks since their damage in an earthquake can lead to serious disasters and losses. In this paper, three models of vertical cylindrical oil storage tank in different sizes, which are commonly used in practical engineering are established. The dynamic characteristics, sloshing wave height and hydrodynamic pressure of the oil tank considering the liquid-structure coupling effect are… More >

Byung-Hyuk Lee¹, Se-min Jeong², Sung-Chul Hwang², Jong-Chun Park³, Moo-Hyun Kim⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.91, No.1, pp. 43-63, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.091.043

Abstract The violent free-surface motions interacting with floating vessels containing inner liquid tanks are investigated by using the newly developed Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method for 2-dimensional incompressible flow simulation. In the present numerical examples, many efficient and robust algorithms have been developed and applied to improve the overall quality and efficiency in solving various highly nonlinear free-surface problems and evaluating impact pressures compared to the original MPS method proposed by Koshizuka and Oka (1996). For illustration, the improved MPS method is applied to the simulation of nonlinear floating-body motions, violent sloshing motions and corresponding impact More >