Wave power extraction from multiple oscillating water columns along a straight coast

S Zheng, A Antonini, Y Zhang, D Greaves… - Journal of Fluid …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The integration of oscillating water column (OWC) wave energy converters into a coastal
structure (breakwater, jetty, pier, etc.) or, more generally, their installation along the coast is …

Hydrodynamic analysis of hybrid system with wind turbine and wave energy converter

K Zhu, H Shi, S Zheng, S Michele, F Cao - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A practical model is developed to investigate the performance of a hybrid system with semi-
submersible floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) coupled to an array of point-absorbing …

Coast/breakwater-integrated OWC: A theoretical model

S Zheng, Y Zhang, G Iglesias - Marine Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Integrating wave energy converters into coastal structures such as breakwaters, seawalls or
jetties not only offers benefits in terms of construction costs but also improves wave energy …

Water-wave interaction with submerged porous elastic disks

S Zheng, MH Meylan, D Greaves, G Iglesias - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Hydroelastic interaction between water waves and submerged porous elastic disks of
negligible thickness in water of finite depth is investigated under the assumption of small …

Solution of inverse non-stationary boundary value problems of diffraction of plane pressure wave on convex surfaces based on analytical solution

OV Egorova, YK Kyaw - Journal of Applied Engineering Science, 2020 - aseestant.ceon.rs
Research in the field of unsteady interaction of shock waves propagating in continuous
media with various deformable barriers are of considerable scientific interest, since so far …

Hydrodynamic performances of wave energy converter arrays in front of a vertical wall

F Kara - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Wave power absorption with Wave Energy Converters (WECs) arrays in front of a vertical
wall is predicted with an in-house transient wave-multibody numerical tool of ITU-WAVE …

Understanding the fluid–structure interaction from wave diffraction forces on CALM buoys: Numerical and analytical solutions

CV Amaechi, F Wang, J Ye - Ships and Offshore Structures, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This research fills the gap in understanding fluid–structure interaction (FSI) from wave
diffraction forces on CALM buoys and cylindrical structures, based on the hydrodynamics …

Wave power extraction from a tubular structure integrated oscillating water column

S Zheng, G Zhu, D Simmonds, D Greaves, G Iglesias - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Integrating wave energy converters with marine structures such as breakwaters, piles, and
offshore wind turbines offers benefits in terms of wave power extraction, construction costs …

Hydrodynamic study of a novel breakwater with parabolic openings for wave energy harvest

C Zhang, D Ning - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrodynamic improvement of wave energy converter (WEC)'s performance tends to reach
a bottleneck in that it becomes difficult to further jump over the present low-efficiency stage …

Theoretical modelling of a new hybrid wave energy converter in regular waves

S Zheng, Y Zhang - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel hybrid wave energy converter (WEC) consisting of a floating oscillating water
column (OWC) and several oscillating floats hinged around is proposed. Both water …