Coupled analysis of nonlinear structural motion and fluid sloshing

Abstract

Fluid sloshing in containers is modeled using a finite element formulation previously proposed by the authors for problems with moderate motions [1], extending in this work its application to arbitrarily large rotations and small deformations relative to a floating frame of reference moving with the fluid. This novel approach is used to investigate the coupling effects originated by the incidence of environmental sea waves on rigid floating vessels with internal flexible structural parts and fluids oscillating inside rigid or flexible tanks

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