Fluid load stabiliser

Disclosed invention lessen the chance or completely prevent the vehicle from overturning on a corner due to shifting of the liquid load carried by providing a tank with a network of cells or anti-slosh baffles configured in such a way as to prevent surge, dampen, or dissipate energy of sloshing liqu...

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1. Verfasser: Carpenter, Bradley John
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Zusammenfassung:Disclosed invention lessen the chance or completely prevent the vehicle from overturning on a corner due to shifting of the liquid load carried by providing a tank with a network of cells or anti-slosh baffles configured in such a way as to prevent surge, dampen, or dissipate energy of sloshing liquid motion by segmenting the flow field of the tank into a number of sub-flow fields. A liquid transport apparatus comprising a tank having a central axis and opposed lateral walls, and paired wheels on either side of the central axis, wherein the tank comprises an internal network of cells, the cells configured such that in use, movement of liquid in a direction generally orthogonal to the central axis of the tank and between adjacent cells of the network of cells is retarded by liquid flow control means in a cell wall to allow for the minor flow of liquid laterally from cell to cell such that under conditions of liquid movement within the tank, kinetic energy transferred from the liquid to one of the opposed lateral walls of the tank is reduced as compared with the case where no cells are present, and wherein the network of cells is formed from three or more layers of cells formed by two or more dividers, and wherein the two or more dividers are each configured to inhibit the upward movement of liquid during liquid tank cornering, the liquid flow control means being configured such that the liquid which has filled the cells beneath the lower of the two or more dividers remains generally static.