Hydrodynamic principles of wave power extraction

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

Volumn 370, Issue 1959, 2012, Pages 208-234

  Mei, Chiang C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy from ocean waves; Water wave scattering and radiation; Wave power; Wave body interaction

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; HYDRODYNAMICS; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER;

COLUMN SIZE; COMPACT ARRAYS; FLOATING BODIES; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTH; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; POWER EXTRACTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; WATER WAVE SCATTERING; WAVE-BODY INTERACTION;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84855998386     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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