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Study on tank shape for sloshing assessment of LNG vessels under unrestricted filling operation

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Conventional liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels with membrane cargo containment systems have tank filling restrictions from 0.10 to 0.70 H (with H the internal tank height). The main reason for such restrictions is high sloshing loads around these filling depths. The new designs of prismatic LNG cargo tanks are proposed by increasing the lower chamfer length. Numerical sloshing analysis was used to optimize tank shape out of the several candidates. To validate the effectiveness of the modified tank, 1/50 scaled model tests were conducted. In these tests, 24 different irregular seaways were tested for both the conventional and the optimized tank and their statistical pressures were compared. Modified tank design was quite effective in reducing sloshing loads for a 0.30 H filling depth, and it did not significantly increase sloshing loads at other filling conditions. This study demonstrated the possibility of all filling operations for an LNG cargo containment system.

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  1. Marine Research Institute, Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd, Geoje, Gyeongsangnamdo, Korea

    Jong-Jin Park, Jang-Hoon Seo, Chang-Hun Jin, Ki-Hun Joh, Byung-Woo Kim & Yong-Suk Suh

  2. Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University, 588 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-744, Korea

    Sang-Yeob Kim & Yonghwan Kim

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Park, JJ., Kim, SY., Kim, Y. et al. Study on tank shape for sloshing assessment of LNG vessels under unrestricted filling operation. J Mar Sci Technol 20, 640–651 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-015-0318-1

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