Efficient calculation of hydrodynamic properties of owc-type devices

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 210-218

  Evans, D V ^a   Porter, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WAVE POWER;

WAVE ENERGY DEVICES;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 0031273572     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: 1528896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2829098     Document Type: Article

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