Energy extraction through flapping foils

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

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 389-395

  Simpson, Bradley J ^a   Licht, Stephen ^a   Hover, Franz S ^a   Triantafyllou, Michael S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOTIONS; ENERGY EXTRACTION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FLAPPING FOIL; LINEAR MOTION; PHASE ANGLES; UNSTEADY MOTION;

AIRFOILS; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ASPECT RATIO; MECHANICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 77957991439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2008-58043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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