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: Received: 17 January 2024 / Approved: 18 January 2024 / Online: 18 January 2024 (13:55:36 CET)
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Kara, F. Enhancements of Wave Power Absorption with Arrays and a Vertical Breakwater. Preprints2024, 2024011405. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1405.v1
Kara, F. Enhancements of Wave Power Absorption with Arrays and a Vertical Breakwater. Preprints 2024, 2024011405. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1405.v1
Kara, F. Enhancements of Wave Power Absorption with Arrays and a Vertical Breakwater. Preprints2024, 2024011405. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1405.v1
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Kara, F. (2024). Enhancements of Wave Power Absorption with Arrays and a Vertical Breakwater. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1405.v1
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Kara, F. 2024 "Enhancements of Wave Power Absorption with Arrays and a Vertical Breakwater" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.1405.v1
Abstract
The capability of in-house transient wave-multibody computational tool of ITU-WAVE are extended to predict the wave power absorption with Wave Energy Converters (WECs) arrays placed in front of a vertical breakwater. The analyses of hydrodynamic exciting and radiation forces are approximated solving boundary integral equation at each time interval. The reflection of incoming waves due to a vertical wall is predicted with method of images. The constructive or destructive performance of WECs arrays with different array configurations is measured with mean interaction factor. The behaviour of the exciting and radiation hydrodynamic forces of each WEC due to a vertical wall effect shows considerable differences than those of WECs arrays without a vertical wall influence. When the wave power absorption with WECs arrays with and without a vertical wall effect are compared, it is shown with numerical experiences that WECs placed in front of a vertical wall have much greater effects on wave power absorption. This can be attribute to the hydrodynamic interaction, standing waves, and nearly trapped waves in the gap between a vertical wall and WECs arrays. The analytical and other numerical results are used to for the validation of the numerical results of the present ITU-WAVE computational tool for exciting and radiation forces, and mean interaction factor of WECs arrays which show satisfactory agreements.
Keywords
mean interaction factor; absorbed wave power; multibody interaction; WECs arrays; method of images
Subject
Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology
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