This review focuses on the most suitable form of hydrodynamic modeling for the next
generation wave energy converter (WEC) design tools. To design and optimize a WEC, it is …

This paper reviews key issues in the physical and numerical modelling of marine renewable
energy systems, including wave energy devices, current turbines, and offshore wind …

This paper presents a numerical model for analyzing the nonlinear interaction between the
moored Submerged Floating Tunnel (SFT) and surface waves. The mechanics model of the …

A full time-domain two-dimensional (2-D) numerical model was established for the coupled
dynamic analysis of submerged floating tunnel (SFT) structures. For hydrodynamic loads, a …

The applications of the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method on the regularized
boundary integral method (RBIM) for simulating water wave transformation over complex …

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 …

We report on the development and validation of a new numerical wave tank (NWT) solving
fully nonlinear potential flow (FNPF) equations, as a more efficient variation of Grilli et al.'s …

A wave energy converter must be designed to survive and function efficiently, often in highly
energetic ocean environments. This represents a challenging engineering problem …

Abstract Commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code ANSYS–CFX which solves
the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations (RANSE) is used to simulate waves in a …

A porous-media-tuned liquid damper (PMTLD) can serve as an effective and economical
dynamic vibration absorber. Placing porous media within a water tank can improve the …