On the efficiency of wave energy caissons in array

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-72

  Thiruvenkatasamy, K ^a,b   Neelamani, S ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL STRUCTURES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

MULTI RESONANT OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN (MOWC) WAVE ENERGY CAISSONS;

CAISSONS;

CAISSON; EFFICIENCY; WAVE ENERGY;

CAISSONS; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE POWER DENIES;

EID: 0031062282     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1187(97)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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