Numerical simulation of an oscillating water column device using acode based on Navier-Stokes equations

Energy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 513-530

  Teixeira, Paulo R F ^a   Davyt, Djavan P ^a   Didier, Eric ^b,c,d   Ramalhais, Rubén ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Numerical simulation; Oscillating water column; Turbine model; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBINES; VISCOUS FLOW; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

AERODYNAMIC MODELING; COMPLEX ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN DEVICES; TAYLOR-GALERKIN METHOD; TURBINE MODELING; WAVE ENERGY;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRONT; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; OCEAN WAVE; SIMULATION; WALL; WATER COLUMN; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 84885948780     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.08.062     Document Type: Article

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