Review on the Progress and Issues in Liquid Tank Sloshing of Ships

• Published in: China ocean engineering Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 709 - 724
• Main Authors: Zhang, Zhen, Tao, Ai-feng, Wu, Qiao-rui, Xie, Yong-he
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2023; Springer Nature B.V; College of Harbor,Coastal and Offshore Engineering,Hohai University,Nanjing 210098,China%College of Naval Architecture and Maritime,Zhejiang Ocean University,Zhoushan 316022,China; Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Coastal Disaster and Protection,Hohai University,Nanjing 210098,China
• Subjects: Cargo ships; Coastal Sciences; Defects; Engineering; Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Impact loads; Liquid sloshing; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Merchant ships; Nonlinearity; Numerical and Computational Physics; Ocean engineering; Oceanography; Offshore Engineering; Shipping; Simulation; liquid cargo ship; progress review; naval architecture and marine engineering; large deformation; liquid tank sloshing
• ISSN: 0890-5487; 2191-8945
• DOI: 10.1007/s13344-023-0060-0

With the development of large liquid cargo ships, liquid tank sloshing has gradually become a hot research topic in the area of shipping and ocean Engineering. Liquid tank sloshing, characterized by strong nonlinearity and randomness, not only affects the stability of the ship but also generates a huge impact force on the wall of the tank. To further investigate liquid tank sloshing, a comprehensive review is given on the research process of the most focused subjects of liquid sloshing. Summarizing the existing research will help to identify issues in the current field and provide useful references. The methods for investigating sloshing, the research progress and the situations worldwide are discussed. The advantages and defects of experiments and numerical simulations are also explored. The problems which need to be explored in the future are subsequently proposed.