Abrasion testing of fibre rope on impermeable fabrics for wave energy converter systems

Tom Mackay and Isabel ML. Ridge

Renewable Energy, 2022, vol. 201, issue P1, 993-1009

Abstract: The NetBuoy system is being developed as means of providing low cost buoyancy, typically for use in the wave energy converter (WEC) sector where many devices rely on large, heavy and expensive fabricated steel hulls/structures to absorb the incoming wave energy.

Keywords: Fibre rope; Abrasion; Impermeable rubber membranes; Wear (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.11.052

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