Liquid Sloshing Dynamics
Theory and Applications

This book deals with almost every aspect of liquid sloshing dynamics.

Raouf A. Ibrahim (Author)

9780521838856, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 19 May 2005

972 pages, 366 b/w illus. 10 tables
24.9 x 17.5 x 5.1 cm, 2 kg

'…a remarkable and comprehensive contribution to sloshing dynamics… The reviewer highly recommends this book for graduates and Ph. D students in this field, as well as researchers and engineers in various industries that use storage tanks, because it contains not only original aspects but also acts as a tutorial through its discussions of how analytical results compare with measurements. It represents an important addition to the fluid-structure interaction bookshelf.' Journal of Sound and Vibration

The problem of liquid sloshing in moving or stationary containers remains of great concern to aerospace, civil, and nuclear engineers; physicists; designers of road tankers and ship tankers; and mathematicians. Beginning with the fundamentals of liquid sloshing theory, this book takes the reader systematically from basic theory to advanced analytical and experimental results in a self-contained and coherent format. The book is divided into four sections. Part I deals with the theory of linear liquid sloshing dynamics; Part II addresses the nonlinear theory of liquid sloshing dynamics, Faraday waves, and sloshing impacts; Part III presents the problem of linear and nonlinear interaction of liquid sloshing dynamics with elastic containers and supported structures; and Part IV considers the fluid dynamics in spinning containers and microgravity sloshing. This book will be invaluable to researchers and graduate students in mechanical and aeronautical engineering, designers of liquid containers, and applied mathematicians.

Preface
Introduction
1. Fluid field equations and modal analysis in rigid containers
2. Linear forced sloshing
3. Viscous damping and sloshing suppression devices
4. Weakly nonlinear lateral sloshing
5. Equivalent mechanical models
6. Parametric sloshing (Faraday's waves)
7. Dynamics of liquid sloshing impact
8. Linear interaction of liquid sloshing with elastic containers
9. Nonlinear interaction under external and parametric excitations
10. Interactions with support structures and tuned sloshing absorbers
11. Dynamics of rotating fluids
12. Microgravity sloshing dynamics
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Mechanical engineering [TGB], Engineering: general [TBC]