LIQUID CARGO SHIFTING AND THE STABILITY OF CARGO TANK TRUCKS. VOLUME 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The literature pertaining to the sloshing of fluids in cargo containers was examined and analyzed for its relevance to the safety of cargo tank trucks. The information which was obtained covered the areas of accident experience, industry hauling practices, the design of transport trucks, the mechanics of fluid slosh including types of sloshing waves, slosh frequencies and forces imposed upon the tank, experimental methods for studying slosh, vehicle response to internal liquid slosh motions, and approaches toward mitigating slosh. In addition to literature review, the results of an inquiry into worldwide regulatory restraints on cargo tank truck design and operation are reported. Also, the risk of suffering rollover during operation of slosh-loaded cargo tank trucks was analyzed and the results reported for the example case of bulk gasoline transportation. Considerations pertinent to potential new U.S. regulations covering the fluid slosh potential of cargo tank trucks are also discussed.
-
Corporate Authors:
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
2901 Baxter Road
Ann Arbor, MI United States 48109-2150Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Ervin, R D
- Barnes, M
- Wolfe, A
- Publication Date: 1985-9
Media Info
- Pagination: 11 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crashes; Fluids; Gasoline; Highway safety; Laws; Liquids; Motor vehicles; Rollover crashes; Sloshing; Stability (Mechanics); Tankers; Trucks
- Old TRIS Terms: Truck laws & regulations
- Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00479402
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: UMTRI-85-35/1
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Feb 28 1989 12:00AM