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The effect of liquid viscosity on sloshing characteristics

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A series of sloshing model tests for various viscous liquids were carried out and the effects of liquid viscosity on sloshing are investigated quantitatively in this paper. The experimental results show that the liquid viscosity has an important effect on sloshing pressure, which is the mean value of those peak pressures from several consecutive periods. Energy dissipation due to viscous friction leads to reduction of sloshing pressure and the dissipation effect is more remarkable, especially when liquid viscosity becomes higher. As a result of viscous damping effect, the rising time of impact pressure is longer in higher viscosity liquid.

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Acknowledgments

The work presented in this paper has been carried out under the co-support provided by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Finance of China (Grant No. 201335), and by NSFC (51239007). The authors would like to acknowledge the co-support.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Chang-Fang Zou, De-Yu Wang, Zhong-Hua Cai & Zhe Li

  2. The Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Ship and Deep-Sea Exploration, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Chang-Fang Zou, De-Yu Wang, Zhong-Hua Cai & Zhe Li

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Zou, CF., Wang, DY., Cai, ZH. et al. The effect of liquid viscosity on sloshing characteristics. J Mar Sci Technol 20, 765–775 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-015-0329-y

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