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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 13, Number 4, April 2002 , pages 355-368
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2002.13.4.355
 


Axisymmetrical free-vibration analysis of liquid-storage tanks considering the liquid compressibility
Cho JR, Lee JK

 
Abstract
    In this paper, we address the numerical investigation on the effect of liquid compressibility onto the natural frequency of liquid-filled containers. Traditionally the liquid motion has been treated as an ideal fluid motion. However, from the numerical experiments for the axisymmetrical free-vibration of cylindrical liquid-storage tanks, we found that the relative difference in natural frequencies between ideal and compressible motions becomes remarkable, as the slenderness of tank or the relative liquid-fill height becomes larger. Therefore, in such cases of dynamic systems, the liquid compressibility becomes an important parameter, for the accurate vibration analysis. For the free-vibration analysis of compressible liquid-structure interaction we employed the coupled finite element formulation expressed in terms of the acoustic wave pressure and the structure deformation.
 
Key Words
    axisymmetrical free vibration, liquid compressibility, acoustic wave, coupled liquid-structure formulation, relative difference, parametric variation
 
Address
Cho JR, Pusan Natl Univ, Sch Mech Engn, Pusan 609735, South Korea
Pusan Natl Univ, Sch Mech Engn, Pusan 609735, South Korea
 

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