THE EFFECT OF DIFFRACTION ON THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WAVE ENERGY IN THE LEE OF AN OVERTOPPING TYPE WAVE ENEGRY CONVERTER ARRAY
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Keywords

wave energy converter
wave energy shadow
scattering
diffraction
breakwater
wave dragon

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Monk, K. U., Zou, Q., & Conley, D. (2012). THE EFFECT OF DIFFRACTION ON THE REDISTRIBUTION OF WAVE ENERGY IN THE LEE OF AN OVERTOPPING TYPE WAVE ENEGRY CONVERTER ARRAY. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(33), waves.16. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v33.waves.16

Abstract

A computationally efficient approximate analytical solution based on the classic solution for diffraction about a semi-infinite breakwater, is developed to assess the wave energy shadow down-wave of a single row array of overtopping type wave energy converters approximated as partially transmitting breakwater segments. The approximations associated with the solution are mitigated by a comparison with the mathematically exact but more computationally expensive boundary element method for the same problem. The approximate analytical solution is compared with a non-physical solution where diffraction is not accounted for to quantify the net re-distribution of wave energy by the diffraction mechanism with increasing down-wave distance from the array.
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