Bragg scattering and wave-power extraction by an array of small buoys

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 466, Issue 2113, 2010, Pages 79-106

  Garnaud, Xavier ^a,b   Mei, Chiang C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Bragg resonance; Homogenization; Multiple scattering and radiation; Periodic buoy array; Wave power extraction

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY GAP; EXTRACTION; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESONANCE; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER;

ASYMPTOTIC THEORIES; BAND GAPS; BRAGG RESONANCE; BRAGG SCATTERING; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; EXTRACTION RATE; FUTURE DESIGNS; HOMOGENIZATION; INCIDENT WAVELENGTH; LINEAR ARRAYS; OCEAN WAVES; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PERIODIC BUOY ARRAY; POWER EXTRACTION; SCATTERING AND RADIATION; TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION COEFFICIENT;

BUOYS;

EID: 73949130086     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2009.0458     Document Type: Article

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