A review of wave-energy extraction

Marine Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 185-201

  Falnes, Johannes ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Spectral energy parameters; Upper bounds to converted energy; Wave absorption as wave interference

Indexed keywords

WATER WAVES; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WAVE POWER;

OSCILLATING SYSTEM; SPECTRAL ENERGY PARAMETERS; WAVE SPECTRUM;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WAVE POWER;

OCEAN WAVE; OSCILLATION; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 36349023758     PISSN: 09518339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marstruc.2007.09.001     Document Type: Review

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