RANS-VOF modelling of the Wavestar point absorber
- Submitting institution
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University of Plymouth
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 227
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.renene.2017.02.079
- Title of journal
- Renewable Energy
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- First page
- 49
- Volume
- 109
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- ISSN
- 0960-1481
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2017
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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5
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper demonstrates the predictive capability of the open-source computational fluid dynamics software, OpenFOAM, when simulating regular wave interactions with the Wavestar wave energy device. It shows these methods are capable of predicting the highly nonlinear wave loading and body-motion associated with wave energy capture and supports the uptake of these methods by the wave energy industry. The paper is one of the few examples which have used an existing commercial device and has led directly to international collaboration via publications (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.08.059; ISBN 978-1-138-58535-5) and a successful Expression of Interest under the EPSRC lead agency agreement with Science Foundation Ireland.
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- Non-English
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