Experimental investigation on the dynamic response of a moored wave energy device under regular sea waves

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 725-743

  Vijayakrishna Rapaka, E ^a   Natarajan, R ^a   Neelamani, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Floating wave energy device; Mooring loads; Motion response; Scope

Indexed keywords

FLOATING BREAKWATERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOORING; OSCILLATIONS; RESONANCE; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

MOTION RESPONSE; WAVE ENERGY DEVICE;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOATING STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; WAVE POWER;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOATING STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; WAVE POWER;

EID: 1842865574     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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