Structural vibration control has received considerable research attentions in the past few
decades, with special emphasis on developing effective, affordable and applicable control …

The inerter has garnered much attention in the past two decades owing to its unique
mechanical characteristics. As a substitution of the capacitance element based on the …

The inherently advantageous geographical location of East and Southeast Asia provides a
great potential for the development of diverse ocean energy technologies along its densely …

A multi-functional floating foundation integrating an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) Wave
Energy Converter (WEC) with a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) is a promising …

Ocean waves are an ultra-low-frequency renewable energy source. Various point absorbers
have been developed over the past decades as small-sized wave energy converters …

A novel point absorber wave energy converter with a tuned inertial mass (TIM), which is
capable of significantly increasing the energy absorption and broadening the effective …

This paper introduces a novel point absorber wave energy converter (WEC) with tuned
variable inerter (TVI). Originally, the tuned inerter (TI), consisting of a tuning spring, an …

This paper deals with optimal tuning, control and performance evaluation of an inerter-
based point absorber (IPA) wave energy converter (WEC), which is a first step towards …

To increase the amount of energy captured from a vibrating buoy in the ocean with a simple
mechanism, this paper proposes a two-body point absorber wave energy converter (WEC) …

Offshore wind turbines (OWTs) are considered vital to the promotion of the development of
renewable energy. Especially, floating OWTs can be deployed over a larger area than …