Seismic Response of Partially Filled Rectangular Liquid Tank With Internal Objects

Abstract

Sloshing is a phenomenon describing the disturbance in an unrestrained free surface of liquid in a container. It encompasses a wide spectrum of problems of engineering interest. The container in question may be a tea cup, a kerosene jerkin, a water or oil tank, a liquid transporting road tanker, a reservoir or even an ocean. The problem of sloshing is common to all such containers which are partially filled and thus have unrestrained free surface. This dissertation makes a small but honest attempt to study the seismic response of partially filled rigid rectangular tank, with internal objects, firmly supported to the ground. The novelty of this PhD is that it focuses on a special class of container with submerged internal objects