ABSTRACT
Theoretical and experimental findings of the dynamic effect of liquid sloshing for an infinite number of sloshing modes have been presented in this chapter. High-mode sloshing also has some impacts on the sloshing dynamics. New control method was proposed for suppressing infinite sloshing modes. The methods produced a good control effect that reduced the unwanted transient and residual sloshing.
This chapter also reports nonlinear sloshing dynamics in liquid-filled rectangular containers. Operating containers with the addition of nonlinear sloshing is more challenging because of its complicated dynamics. Another new method was proposed to suppress nonlinear sloshing. The method provided a robust control effect for various working conditions and system parameters for the nonlinear sloshing in a rectangular container.
This chapter describes the pendulum-sloshing dynamics in the cable-suspended liquid container and link-sloshing dynamics in the link-supported liquid tank. Many methods were presented to reduce coupled oscillations. Experimental results were performed to validate the effectiveness of the nonlinear model and the dynamical behavior of this system. The effectiveness and robustness of the control method were also investigated experimentally.
