The effect of water depth on the performance of a small surging wave energy converter

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1265-1274

  Folley, M ^a   Whittaker, T J T ^a   Henry, A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Point absorber; Shallow water; Surge; Wave energy; Wave force

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

INCIDENT WAVE FORCE; SHALLOW WATER; WATER DEPTH; WATER ENERGY CONVERTER;

WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; SHALLOW WATER; WATER DEPTH; WATER WAVE; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE FORCE; WAVE POWER;

EID: 34147182243     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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