Rubber tubes in the sea

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

Volumn 370, Issue 1959, 2012, Pages 381-402

  Farley, F J M ^a   Rainey, R C T ^a,b   Chaplin, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaconda; Bulge wave; Capture width; Distensibility; Distensible; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ANACONDA; CAPTURE WIDTH; DISTENSIBILITY; DISTENSIBLE; WAVE ENERGY;

SEAWATER;

EID: 84856012317     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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