A joint numerical and experimental study of asurging point absorbing wave energy converter (WRASPA)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 4, Issue PART B, 2009, Pages 869-875

  Bhinder, Majid A ^a   Mingham, Clive G ^a   Causon, Derek M ^a   Rahmati, Mohammad T ^b   Aggidis, George A ^b   Chaplin, Robert V ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING WAVES; COMMERCIAL CODES; COMMERCIAL PACKAGES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW-3D; GRID GENERATION; LANCASTER UNIVERSITY; MOVING BODY; NONLINEAR SIMULATIONS; NONLINEAR WAVES; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMAL CODES; POWER PRODUCTION; RIGID-BODY MOTION; SMALL SCALE; WAVE ABSORPTION; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVEBREAKING;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MESH GENERATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVE POWER;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 77952979546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2009-79392     Document Type: Conference Paper

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