Non breaking wave forces at the front face of Seawave Slotcone Generators

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4779-4803

  Buccino, Mariano ^a   Banfi, Davide ^a   Vicinanza, Diego ^b   Calabrese, Mario ^a   Del Giudice, Giuseppe ^a   Carravetta, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Physical model tests; Seawave Slotcone Generator (SSG); Wave energy converters; Wave forces

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS; WAVE POWER;

HYDRODYNAMIC LOADS; NEW APPROACHES; NON-BREAKING WAVES; PHYSICAL MODEL TEST; PREDICTIVE EQUATIONS; SEAWAVE SLOTCONE GENERATOR (SSG); WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS; WAVE FORCE;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84870734803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5114779     Document Type: Article

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