Wave power extraction from an oscillating water column at the tip of a breakwater

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 626, Issue , 2009, Pages 395-414

  Martins Rivas, Hervé ^a   Mei, Chiang C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; COMPRESSIBILITY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; POWER TAKEOFFS; SURFACE WATERS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

AIR COMPRESSIBILITY; ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; EIGENFUNCTION EXPANSIONS; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; GRID CONNECTIONS; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; POWER EXTRACTION; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES;

EXTRACTION;

BREAKWATER; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; DIFFRACTION; OCEAN WAVE; WATER COLUMN; WAVE POWER;

EID: 64049105569     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009005990     Document Type: Article

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