TY - GEN
T1 - Experimental methods for road tankers. A critical review
AU - Otremba, Frank
AU - Romero Navarrete, José A.
AU - Lozano Guzmán, Alejandro A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The transportation of liquids involves several situations derived from the curved shape of the cargo containers, including a comparatively high center of gravity, which negatively shifts when the container is partially loaded, and the vehicle is subjected to steering or braking accelerations. Aiming at reducing these effects several experimental approaches have been applied, involving different tank shapes and the use of baffles, tested under laboratory or field conditions, at full scale or at a down-scale. However, the scope of such approaches has been limited, mainly because the potential effect of other components of the vehicle on the road tanker behavior, has been neglected. In this paper, a critical review is presented of the experimental approaches considered so far, identifying specific experimental needs to improve the performance of the vehicles, from both the road safety and the environmental perspective.
AB - The transportation of liquids involves several situations derived from the curved shape of the cargo containers, including a comparatively high center of gravity, which negatively shifts when the container is partially loaded, and the vehicle is subjected to steering or braking accelerations. Aiming at reducing these effects several experimental approaches have been applied, involving different tank shapes and the use of baffles, tested under laboratory or field conditions, at full scale or at a down-scale. However, the scope of such approaches has been limited, mainly because the potential effect of other components of the vehicle on the road tanker behavior, has been neglected. In this paper, a critical review is presented of the experimental approaches considered so far, identifying specific experimental needs to improve the performance of the vehicles, from both the road safety and the environmental perspective.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101233858&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2020-23069
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2020-23069
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85101233858
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
BT - Mechanics of Solids, Structures, and Fluids
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2020
Y2 - 16 November 2020 through 19 November 2020
ER -