Comparative study of MPS method and level-set method for sloshing flows

This paper presents a comparative study of a meshless moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method and a grid based level-set method in the simulation of sloshing flows. The numerical schemes of the MPS and level-set methods are outlined and two violent sloshing cases are considered. The computed results are compared with the corresponding experimental data for validation. The impact pressure and the deformations of free surface induced by sloshing are comparatively analyzed, and are in good agreement with experimental ones. Results show that both the MPS and level-set methods are good tools for simulation of violent sloshing flows. However, the second pressure peaks as well as breaking and splashing of free surface by the MPS method are captured better than by the level-set method.