Application of fluid-structure interaction simulation of an ocean wave energy extraction device

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 748-757

  Agamloh, Emmanuel B ^a   Wallace, Alan K ^a   von Jouanne, Annette ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoy; Computational fluid dynamics; Ocean wave energy

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FLUID FLOW PROBLEM; OCEAN WAVE ENERGY;

WATER WAVES;

BUOYS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER WAVES;

BUOY SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; OCEAN WAVE; SIMULATION; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 38049048716     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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