Assessing extreme loads on a tidal turbine using focused wave groups in energetic currents

S. Draycott, A. Nambiar, B. Sellar, T. Davey and V. Venugopal

Renewable Energy, 2019, vol. 135, issue C, 1013-1024

Abstract: Tidal stream turbines are subject to large hydrodynamic loads, including those induced by extreme waves. Scale model testing in the laboratory plays an important role in ensuring that full scale tidal turbines are designed and operated in a manner that is appropriate for harsh ocean environments where waves and tidal currents coexist.

Keywords: Extreme wave loading; Tidal stream turbine; NewWave; Focused wave groups; Blade bending moments; Combined wave-current (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.12.075

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