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Completed TRL 4 (started at 2, targeting 4)
The overall objective of the project is to determine the practicality of a floating damper consisting of hollow spheres. This will involve a thorough literature search followed by a number of test cases with accompanying data analysis. The following test cases are notionally envisioned to meet these objectives. Each of these tests will use PE spheres floating in a water tank.
Floating baffles have the potential to reduce weight, cost and complexity of slosh control devices.
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