free surface effect
English
Noun
free surface effect (plural free surface effects)Category:English lemmas#FREESURFACEEFFECTCategory:English nouns#FREESURFACEEFFECTCategory:English countable nouns#FREESURFACEEFFECTCategory:English multiword terms#FREESURFACEEFFECTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FREESURFACEEFFECTCategory:Pages with entries#FREE%20SURFACE%20EFFECTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FREE%20SURFACE%20EFFECT
- (physicsCategory:en:Physics#FREESURFACEEFFECT, mechanical engineeringCategory:en:Mechanical engineering#FREESURFACEEFFECT) The tendency of liquids and liquid-like aggregates to move in response to changes in the attitude of a craft's cargo holds, decks, or liquid tanks in reaction to operator-induced motions (or sea states caused by waves and wind acting upon the craft).
Further reading
free surface effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia