The open sea tests of the offshore floating type wave power device "mighty whale" - Performance of the prototype

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 517-524

  Ogata, Teruhisa ^a   Washio, Yukihisa ^a   Osawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuritani, Yasushi ^a   Yamashita, Seiya ^b   Nagata, Yoshinori ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b IHHI Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c Ship and Offshore Eng Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Open sea test; Response of hull motion; Wave energy; Wave height dissipation; Wave power device

Indexed keywords

OPEN SEA TEST;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; WATER WAVES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036437787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2002-28335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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