25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-2.7.4

SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS SIMULATION OF FUEL TANK SLOSHING

R. Banim, R. Lamb*, M. Bergeon*
BAE SYSTEMS, ATC, UK; *Airbus, UK

Keywords: SPH, meshless, fuel slosh, free surface

The Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics technique has been used to compute the transient flow field and tank wall forces resulting from fuel slosh in a 2-dimensional model of a partially full wing tank. The simulations show the movement of the fuel and location and magnitude of peak wall pressures.

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