NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SLOSHING IN RECTANGULAR TANK WITH VOF BASED ON UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2010-06-16
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Anewmethodforsloshingsimulationinaswaytankispresent,inwhichthetwophaseinterfaceistreatedasaphysicaldiscontinuity,whichcanbecapturedbyawell-designedhighorderscheme.BasedonNormalizedVariableDiagram(NVD),ahighorderdiscretizationschemewithunstructuredgridsisrealized,togetherwithanumericalmethodforfreesurfaceflowwithafixedgrid.Thismethodisimplementedinanin-housecodeGeneralTransportEquationAnalyzer(GTEA)whichisanunstructuredgridsfinitevolumesolver.Thepresentmethodisfirstvalidatedbyavailableanalyticalsolutions.Asimulationfora2-Drectangulartankatdifferentexcitationfrequenciesoftheswayiscarriedout.AcomparisonwithexperimentaldatainliteratureandresultsobtainedbycommercialsoftwareCFXshowsthatthesloshingloadonthemonitorpointsagreeswellwiththeexperimentaldata,withthesamegrids,andthepresentmethodgivesbetterresultsonthesecondarypeak.Itisshownthatthepresentmethodcansimulatethefreesurfaceoverturningandbreakupphenomena.