Abstract
Wave Carpet is a novel deep offshore wave-power floating system concept funded by the Office of Naval Research that will have low overall life cycle cost due to an integrated design and be rapidly re-deployable. In this paper we numerically model the Wave Carpet motion using a coupled hydro-elastic time-domain solution. The problem is resolved by the finite element method in two-dimensions with certain restrictions on the initial distribution of the potential function. Typical results of the geometrical and physical parameters on energy distribution along the carpet are presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2288-2293 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Oceans Conference Record (IEEE) |
| Volume | 4 |
| State | Published - 2003 |
| Event | Celebrating the Past... Teaming Toward the Future - San Diego, CA., United States Duration: Sep 22 2003 → Sep 26 2003 |