An approximate solution for the wave energy shadow in the lee of an array of overtopping type wave energy converters

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-132

  Monk, Kieran ^a   Zou, Qingping ^b   Conley, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b The University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Scattering; Shadowing; Wake; Wave dragon; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; ARRAY; ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; DIFFRACTED WAVES; DIRECTIONAL SPREADING; DOMINANT MECHANISM; ENERGY EXTRACTION; FAR FIELD; INCIDENT WAVE ENERGY; INCIDENT WAVES; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT; NATURAL VARIABILITY; PARTIAL REFLECTION; RANDOM WAVES; SHADOW REGIONS; SHADOWING; TRANSMITTED WAVES; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE DRAGON; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BREAKWATERS; DIFFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SCATTERING; WAKES;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BREAKWATER; OVERTOPPING; WAKE; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 84870233683     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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