Tribological design constraints of marine renewable energy systems

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

Volumn 368, Issue 1929, 2010, Pages 4807-4827

  Wood, Robert J K ^a   Bahaj, Abubakr S ^b   Turnock, Stephen R ^a   Wang, Ling ^a   Evans, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sustainable Energy Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bearings; Gearboxes; Tidal; Turbines; Wave; Wind

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONDITION MONITORING; ENERGY CONVERSION; OSCILLATING CYLINDERS; TIDAL POWER; TRIBOLOGY; TURBINES;

BEARINGS; CAVITATION EROSION; CURRENT RESEARCHES; DESIGN TRENDS; ENERGY DEMANDS; GEARBOXES; LINEAR MOTION; LOADING CONDITION; MARINE ENERGY; MARINE ENERGY SYSTEMS; MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY; OFFSHORE ENERGY; OFFSHORE WINDS; ROTATIONAL MOTION; TIDAL; TIDAL STREAMS; TRIBO-CORROSION; TRIBOLOGICAL DESIGN; WAVE MACHINE;

WIND POWER;

EID: 78149301566     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0192     Document Type: Review

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