Nonlinear time-domain simulation of a land-based oscillating water column

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 276-285

  Koo, Weoncheol ^a   Kim, Moo Hyun ^b  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air duct area; Fully nonlinear numerical wave tank; Gap; Hydrodynamic efficiency; Intake toe slope; Oscillating water column; Quadratic models; Skirt depth; Viscous and pneumatic parameters inside a chamber; Wave energy conversion

Indexed keywords

AIR DUCTS; FULLY NONLINEAR NUMERICAL WAVE TANK; GAP; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; INTAKE TOE SLOPE; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; QUADRATIC MODELS; SKIRT DEPTH; VISCOUS AND PNEUMATIC PARAMETERS INSIDE A CHAMBER;

AIR INTAKES; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COLD STORAGE; COMPRESSED AIR; DUCTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PNEUMATICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE VESSELS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FREE SURFACE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATING FLOW; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 79251626641     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000051     Document Type: Article

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