Rollover stability analysis of tank vehicles based on the solution of liquid sloshing in partially filled tanks

Tank vehicles have quite poor roll stability in driving. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to investigate tankers’ roll stability by vehicle dynamic modeling. As a fluid–solid coupling multi-body system, tank vehicle’s dynamic modeling must take liquid sloshing into account. The conventional...

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Main Authors: Xue-lian Zheng, Hao Zhang, Yuan-yuan Ren, Ze-hong Wei, Xi-gang Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814017703894
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author Xue-lian Zheng
Hao Zhang
Yuan-yuan Ren
Ze-hong Wei
Xi-gang Song
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Hao Zhang
Yuan-yuan Ren
Ze-hong Wei
Xi-gang Song
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description Tank vehicles have quite poor roll stability in driving. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to investigate tankers’ roll stability by vehicle dynamic modeling. As a fluid–solid coupling multi-body system, tank vehicle’s dynamic modeling must take liquid sloshing into account. The conventional solution on liquid sloshing by hydrodynamics is difficult and time-consuming, and the modeling of tankers obtained by this method was a distributed parameter system with infinite degree of freedoms. It was quite difficult and complicated to analyze tankers’ dynamic features and to design active control system by the distributed parameter system. Therefore, three different methods to describe liquid sloshing effects in partially filled tanks with elliptical cross sections were proposed in this article, which are the estimation of liquid sloshing, the improved estimation of liquid sloshing, and the modeling of equivalent mechanical model for liquid sloshing. Then, the dynamic modeling of tank vehicles was commenced based on that. It was found out that the roll stability performance of tank vehicles obtained by different models differs with each other. The quasi-static model obtained by the estimation of liquid sloshing could get an estimation on tanker’s rollover threshold quickly and easily, but it is with poor accuracy. The improved quasi-static model obtianed by the improved estimation of liquid sloshing could give a more accurate result on tanker’s rollover threshold, the solution is also easily and quickly. Rollover analysis based on equivalent mechanical model of liquid sloshing could reflect vehicle’s dynamics and is with high accuracy, but the process is of great complexity.
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spelling doaj.art-354cc950482e40b0ad81b7b8ef1bc8c32022-12-21T19:57:56ZengSAGE PublishingAdvances in Mechanical Engineering1687-81402017-06-01910.1177/1687814017703894Rollover stability analysis of tank vehicles based on the solution of liquid sloshing in partially filled tanksXue-lian Zheng0Hao Zhang1Yuan-yuan Ren2Ze-hong Wei3Xi-gang Song4School of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaResearch Institute of Highway Ministry of Transport, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaDepartment of Basic Courses, Guangdong Mechanical and Electrical Polytechnic, Guangzhou, ChinaBosch Automotive Components (Changchun) Co., Ltd, Changchun, ChinaTank vehicles have quite poor roll stability in driving. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to investigate tankers’ roll stability by vehicle dynamic modeling. As a fluid–solid coupling multi-body system, tank vehicle’s dynamic modeling must take liquid sloshing into account. The conventional solution on liquid sloshing by hydrodynamics is difficult and time-consuming, and the modeling of tankers obtained by this method was a distributed parameter system with infinite degree of freedoms. It was quite difficult and complicated to analyze tankers’ dynamic features and to design active control system by the distributed parameter system. Therefore, three different methods to describe liquid sloshing effects in partially filled tanks with elliptical cross sections were proposed in this article, which are the estimation of liquid sloshing, the improved estimation of liquid sloshing, and the modeling of equivalent mechanical model for liquid sloshing. Then, the dynamic modeling of tank vehicles was commenced based on that. It was found out that the roll stability performance of tank vehicles obtained by different models differs with each other. The quasi-static model obtained by the estimation of liquid sloshing could get an estimation on tanker’s rollover threshold quickly and easily, but it is with poor accuracy. The improved quasi-static model obtianed by the improved estimation of liquid sloshing could give a more accurate result on tanker’s rollover threshold, the solution is also easily and quickly. Rollover analysis based on equivalent mechanical model of liquid sloshing could reflect vehicle’s dynamics and is with high accuracy, but the process is of great complexity.https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814017703894
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Hao Zhang
Yuan-yuan Ren
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Xi-gang Song
Rollover stability analysis of tank vehicles based on the solution of liquid sloshing in partially filled tanks
Advances in Mechanical Engineering
title Rollover stability analysis of tank vehicles based on the solution of liquid sloshing in partially filled tanks
title_full Rollover stability analysis of tank vehicles based on the solution of liquid sloshing in partially filled tanks
title_fullStr Rollover stability analysis of tank vehicles based on the solution of liquid sloshing in partially filled tanks
title_full_unstemmed Rollover stability analysis of tank vehicles based on the solution of liquid sloshing in partially filled tanks
title_short Rollover stability analysis of tank vehicles based on the solution of liquid sloshing in partially filled tanks
title_sort rollover stability analysis of tank vehicles based on the solution of liquid sloshing in partially filled tanks
url https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814017703894
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