Nonlinear hydrodynamic and real fluid effects on wave energy converters

HA Wolgamot, CJ Fitzgerald - … , Part A: Journal of Power and …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Ocean wave energy has been of interest since at least the mid-1970s and great advances in
the understanding of the fundamental principles of wave energy extraction and converter …

Tsunami-like solitary waves im**ing and overtop** an impermeable seawall: Experiment and RANS modeling

SC Hsiao, TC Lin - Coastal Engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
This study investigates tsunami-like solitary waves im**ing and overtop** an
impermeable trapezoidal seawall on a 1: 20 slo** beach. New laboratory experiments are …

A particle image velocimetry investigation on laboratory surf-zone breaking waves over a slo** beach

O Kimmoun, H Branger - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2007 - cambridge.org
Particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were performed in a wave tank under water
waves propagating and breaking on a 1/15 slo** beach. The wave transformation …

[BOEK][B] Numerical modeling of water waves

P Lin - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Modelling large-scale wave fields and their interaction with coastal and offshore structures
has become much more feasible over the last two decades with increases in computer …

A numerical study of solitary wave interaction with rectangular obstacles

P Lin - Coastal Engineering, 2004 - Elsevier
A well-validated numerical model is employed to study solitary wave interaction with
rectangular obstacles. The characteristics of wave transformation in terms of wave reflection …

Structural permeability effects on the interaction of a solitary wave and a submerged breakwater

CJ Huang, HH Chang, HH Hwung - Coastal engineering, 2003 - Elsevier
The unsteady two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations and Navier–Stokes type model
equations for porous flows were solved numerically to simulate the interaction between a …

An improved incompressible SPH model for simulation of wave–structure interaction

X Liu, H Xu, S Shao, P Lin - Computers & Fluids, 2013 - Elsevier
An improved two-dimensional Incompressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (ISPH)
model is developed to simulate free surface flow interaction with structures. In this model, the …

Hydrodynamic performance of an oscillating water column wave energy converter by means of particle imaging velocimetry

I López, A Castro, G Iglesias - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
In an OWC (oscillating water column) wave energy converter the dam** exerted by the
turbine on the movements of the water column is one of the main factors, if not the main …

The near wall effect of synthetic jets in a boundary layer

M Jabbal, S Zhong - International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2008 - Elsevier
An experimental investigation to analyse the qualitative near wall effect of synthetic jets in a
laminar boundary layer has been undertaken for the purpose of identifying the types of …

Wave propagation modeling in coastal engineering

PLF Liu, IJ Losada - Journal of Hydraulic Research, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we review various numerical models for calculating wave propagations from
deep water to surf zone, including wave breaking. The limitations and the approximations for …