Effect of Baffles on the Sloshing in Road Tankers Carrying LPG: A Comparative Numerical Study

<div>Magnitude of velocity vectors in the central longitudinal plane at (a) 1 s, (b) 10 s, and (c) 21 s after starting of Stage <svg height="8.43779pt" id="M66" style="vertical-align:-0.04980946pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.38798 8.99888 8.43779" width="8.99888pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M303 0V28C221 34 213 39 213 125V525C213 610 221 616 303 622V650H38V622C120 616 128 610 128 525V125C128 40 120 34 38 28V0H303Z" id="g121-71"></path><glyph.data ascent="989" descent="-360" horiz-adv-x="341" vert-adv-y="341"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,4.433,0)"><path d="M303 0V28C221 34 213 39 213 125V525C213 610 221 616 303 622V650H38V622C120 616 128 610 128 525V125C128 40 120 34 38 28V0H303Z" id="g121-71"></path><glyph.data ascent="989" descent="-360" horiz-adv-x="341" vert-adv-y="341"></glyph.data></g></svg> for the three configurations of road tanker (red arrows indicate the position of the baffles).</div>

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Figure 8: Effect of Baffles on the Sloshing in Road Tankers Carrying LPG: A Comparative Numerical Study 