Wind and Structures

Volume 14, Number 5, 2011, pages 435-447

DOI: 10.12989/was.2011.14.5.435

Computational fluid dynamics simulation for tuned liquid column dampers in horizontal motion

Cheng-Hsin Chang

Abstract

A Computational Fluid Dynamics model is presented in this study for the simulation of the complex fluid flows with free surfaces inside the Tuned Liquid Column Dampers in horizontal motion. The characteristics of the fluid model of the TLCD in horizontal motion include the free surface of the multiphase flow and the horizontal moving frame. In this study, the time depend unsteady Standard k-

Key Words

CFD; TLCD; VOF; sliding mesh.

Address

Cheng-Hsin Chang : Department of Civil Engineering and Wind Engineering Research Center Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei County, Taiwan