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Time Step Size Effect on the Liquid Sloshing Phenomena

Received: 15 April 2015     Accepted: 21 April 2015     Published: 24 April 2015
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Abstract

In this paper, the effect of the time step size on the numerical results of the liquid sloshing problem was studied for a laterally moving three-dimensional (3D) rectangular tank in a battery cell. The commercial software "Fluent" has been used to predict the local flow characteristics in the tank. To simulate 3D incompressible viscous two phase flow in a tank, partially filled with liquid, the volume of fluid (VOF) method based on the finite volume method has been considered. The comparison between numerical and experimental results confirms the validity of the numerical method.

Published in International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences (Volume 1, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20150101.12
Page(s) 8-13
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Keywords

Fluid Dynamics, Turbulent Flow, Volume of Fluid, Liquid Sloshing

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    Abdallah Bouabidi, Zied Driss, Mohamed Salah Abid. Time Step Size Effect on the Liquid Sloshing Phenomena. Int J Fluid Mech Therm Sci. 2015;1(1):8-13. doi: 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20150101.12

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  • Laboratory of Electro-Mechanic Systems (LASEM), National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

  • Laboratory of Electro-Mechanic Systems (LASEM), National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

  • Laboratory of Electro-Mechanic Systems (LASEM), National School of Engineers of Sfax (ENIS), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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