A numerical analysis of liquid load in elliptical road containers undergoing a steady-state turning manoeuvre is presented for containers of unrestricted size and for containers of fixed capacity. The liquid load is expressed in terms of the horizontal and vertical forces and the overturning moment created by these forces around the middle bottom point of the container. The moment is obtained by integrating the liquid free-surface equation and using numerical calculation of the resulting expressions. An optimization study with an objective to minimize the peak overturning moment is performed on containers of fixed capacity to identify the optimal height/width ratio of the container. The results of this investigation being of general nature, i.e. with no restriction for an application, are particularly intended for road tankers under steady state turning manoeuvre, where they can be applied with high degree of accuracy.


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    Title :

    Shape optimization of elliptical road containers due to liquid load in steady-state turning


    Additional title:

    Formoptimierung von elliptischen Fahrzeugtanks für flüssige Transportgüter hinsichtlich stationärer Kurvenfahrt


    Contributors:
    Popov, G. (author) / Sankar, S. (author) / Sankar, T.S. (author)

    Published in:

    Vehicle System Dynamics ; 25 , 3 ; 203-221


    Publication date :

    1996


    Size :

    19 Seiten, 17 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 4 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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