Fluid-structure interaction analysis of 3-D rectangular tanks by a variationally coupled BEM-FEM and comparison with test results
✍ Scribed by Koh, Hyun Moo; Kim, Jae Kwan; Park, Jang-Ho
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 279 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-8847
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✦ Synopsis
A variationally coupled BEM-FEM is developed which can be used to analyse dynamic response, including free-surface sloshing motion, of 3-D rectangular liquid storage tanks subjected to horizontal ground excitation. The tank structure is modelled by the finite element method and the fluid region by the indirect boundary element method. By minimizing a single Lagrange function defined for the entire system, the governing equation with symmetric coefficient matrices is obtained. To verify the newly developed method, the analysis results are compared with the shaking-table test data of a 3-D rectangular tank model and with the solutions by the direct BEM-FEM. Analytical studies are conducted on the dynamic behaviour of 3-D rectangular tanks using the method developed. In particular, the characteristics of the sloshing response, the effect of the rigidity of adjacent walls on the dynamic response of the tanks and the orthogonal effects are investigated.