Hydrodynamic optimisation of small arrays of heaving point absorbers
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Heaving buoys, point absorbers and arrays.
Absorption of wave energy may be considered as a phenomenon of interference between incident and radiated waves generated by an oscillating object; a wave-energy converter (WEC) that displaces water. If a WEC is very small in comparison with one wavelength, it is classified as a point absorber (PA); otherwise, as a 'quasi-point absorber'. The latter may be a dipole-mode radiator, for instance a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2198-6444,2198-6452
DOI: 10.1007/s40722-016-0064-4