Investigation of finite water depth sloshing in a tank in presence of slat screens using model test and CFD

摘要

Experiments and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) are used to study the effect of slat screens with 3 different solidity ratios Sn (the ratio between solid area and total area of the screen under the mean free-surface) on sloshing in a two-dimensional tank in finite water depth (h/l=0.4, h and l are the water depth and length of the tank). The steady-state responses of the waves and horizontal forces are analyzed. The effect of solidity ratio on the natural/resonant frequency of sloshing is addressed. In addition, the effect of initial conditions on the steady-state results is also depicted.