Assessment of boundary-element method for modelling a free-floating sloped wave energy device. Part 2: Experimental validation

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 342-357

  Payne, Grégory S ^a   Taylor, Jamie R M ^a   Bruce, Tom ^a   Parkin, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental validation; Numerical modelling; Physical modelling; WAMIT; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER;

FREE-FLOATING SLOPED WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER; POWER TAKE-OFF MECHANISM;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHIP DESIGN; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 38849104547     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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