Maximum power from a turbine farm in shallow water

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 714, Issue , 2013, Pages 634-643

  Garrett, C ^a   Cummins, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

coastal engineering; geophysical and geological flows; shallow water flows

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; TIDAL POWER;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FLOWS; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SHALLOW WATER FLOW; TIDAL FREQUENCIES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS;

FRICTION;

ADVECTION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GEOPHYSICS; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN WAVE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; STEADY FLOW; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84871871567     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.515     Document Type: Article

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