Wave spectral bandwidth as a measure of available wave power

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Smith, George H ^a   Venugopal, Vengatesan ^b   Fasham, Jack ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spectral bandwidth; Tuning; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

POWER TRANSFER FUNCTIONS (PTF); SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER;

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TUNING; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33751314249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2006-92379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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