Numerical simulation of a heave-only floating OWC (oscillating water column) device

Energy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 799-806

  Luo, Yongyao ^a   Wang, Zhengwei ^a   Peng, Guangjie ^b   Xiao, Yexiang ^a   Zhai, Liming ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Zhang, Qi ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic mesh; Floating; NWT (Numerical wave tank); OWC (Oscillating water column); Wave energy

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; FREQUENCY BANDS; MOORING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TURBINES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

DYNAMIC MESH; FLOATING; NUMERICAL WAVE TANKS; OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN; WAVE ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DAMPING; ELASTICITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84908473613     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.08.079     Document Type: Article

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