Conceptual design of OWC wave energy converters combined with breakwater structures

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 479-489

  Sundar, Vallam ^a   Moan, Torgeir ^b   Hals, Jørgen ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOATING BODIES; HINGED FLAP; LONG WAVES; OCEAN-WAVE ENERGY; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; RENEWABLE SOURCES; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE ENERGY DEVICES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BREAKWATERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; MACHINERY; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 80053964906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2010-20508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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