Numerical simulation of 2d liquid sloshing

Li Cai, Jun Zhou, Fengqi Zhou, Wenxian Xie, Yufeng Nie

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Abstract

In this paper, we present an extended ghost fluid method (GFM) for computations of liquid sloshing in incompressible multifluids consisting of inviscid and viscous regions. That is, the sloshing interface between inviscid and viscous fluids is tracked by the zero contour of a level set function and the appropriate sloshing interface conditions are captured by defining ghost fluids that have the velocities and pressure of the real fluid at each point while fixing the density and the kinematic viscosity of the other fluid. Meanwhile, a second order single-fluid solver, the central-weighted-essentially- nonoscillatory(CWENO)-type central-upwind scheme, is developed from our previous works. The high resolution and the nonoscillatory quality of the scheme can be verified by solving several numerical experiments. Nonlinear sloshing inside a pitching partially filled rectangular tank with/without baffles has been investigated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1250014
JournalInternational Journal of Applied Mechanics
Volume4
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2012

Keywords

  • CWENO-type central-upwind scheme
  • ghost fluid method
  • incompressible multifluids
  • Liquid sloshing

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