A THEORETICAL STUDY OF OSCILLATIONS OF TWO IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS IN A LIMITED TANK

Abstract

In the paper, the nonlinear oscillations of a two-layer fluid that completely fills a limited tank are theoretically studied. To determine any smooth function on the deflected interface, the Taylor series expansions are considered using the values of the function and its normal derivatives on the undisturbed interface of the fluids. Using two fundamental asymmetric harmonics, which are generated in two mutually perpendicular planes, the differential equations of nonlinear oscillations of the two-layer fluid interface are investigated. As a result, the frequency-response characteristics are presented and the instability regions of the forced oscillations of the two-layer fluid in the cylindrical tank are plotted, as well as the parametric resonance regions for different densities of the upper and lower fluids. The Bubnov-Galerkin method is used to plot instability regions for the approximate solution to nonlinear differential equations. At the final stage of the work, the nonlinear effects resulting from the interaction of fluids with a rigid tank that executes harmonic oscillations at the interface of the fluids are theoretically studied.