The Characteristics of Wave Impacts on an Oscillating Wave Surge Converter

Alan Henry; Ashkan Rafiee; Pal Schmitt; Frederic Dias; Trevor Whittaker

The Characteristics of Wave Impacts on an Oscillating Wave Surge Converter

Alan Henry, Ashkan Rafiee, Pal Schmitt, Frederic Dias, Trevor Whittaker

Queen's University Belfast

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Abstract

Wave impacts on an Oscillating Wave Surge Converter are examined using experimental and numerical methods. The mechanics of the impact event are identified experimentally with the use of images recorded with a high speed camera. It is shown that it is the device which impacts the wave rather than a breaking wave impacting the device. Numerical simulations using two different approaches are used to further understand the issue. Good agreement is shown between numerical simulations and experimental measurements at 25th scale.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Proceedings of The Twenty-third (2013) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Pages	566-573
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	The 23rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference - Alaska, Anchorage, United States Duration: 30 Jun 2013 → 05 Jul 2013

Conference

Conference	The 23rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference
Country	United States
City	Anchorage
Period	30/06/2013 → 05/07/2013

Keywords

Wave Energy Converter
Oyster
OWSC
Wave Impact
Slam
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

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Henry, A, Rafiee, A, Schmitt, P, Dias, F & Whittaker, T 2013, The Characteristics of Wave Impacts on an Oscillating Wave Surge Converter. in The Proceedings of The Twenty-third (2013) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference . pp. 566-573, The 23rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Anchorage, United States, 30/06/2013. <http://www.isope.org/publications/publications.htm>

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