An investigation into the hydrodynamic efficiency of an oscillating water column

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 273-278

  Morris Thomas, Michael T ^a   Irvin, Rohan J ^b   Thiagarajan, Krish P ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; WAVE INTERACTION;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; HYDRODYNAMICS; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

HYDRODYNAMICS; OSCILLATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 38149120665     PISSN: 08927219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2426992     Document Type: Article

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