Effects of Transverse Baffle Design on Reducing Liquid Sloshing in Partially Filled Tank Vehicles

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="130570.fig.0015a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/130570/figures/130570.fig.0015a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Liquid fill level of 0.4</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="130570.fig.0015b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/130570/figures/130570.fig.0015b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Liquid fill level of 0.5</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="130570.fig.0015c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/130570/figures/130570.fig.0015c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Liquid fill level of 0.6</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="130570.fig.0015d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/130570/figures/130570.fig.0015d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Liquid fill level of 0.8</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Figure 15: Effects of Transverse Baffle Design on Reducing Liquid Sloshing in Partially Filled Tank Vehicles 