Non Breaking Wave Forces at the Front Face of Seawave Slotcone Generators

Mariano Buccino, Davide Banfi, Diego Vicinanza, Mario Calabrese, Giuseppe Del Giudice and Armando Carravetta
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Mariano Buccino: Department of Hydraulic, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Clauio 21, Naples, Italy
Davide Banfi: Department of Hydraulic, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Clauio 21, Naples, Italy
Diego Vicinanza: Department of Civil Engineering, Second University of Naples, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa (Caserta), Italy
Mario Calabrese: Department of Hydraulic, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Clauio 21, Naples, Italy
Giuseppe Del Giudice: Department of Hydraulic, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Clauio 21, Naples, Italy
Armando Carravetta: Department of Hydraulic, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Clauio 21, Naples, Italy

Energies, 2012, vol. 5, issue 11, 1-25

Abstract: The Seawave Slotcone Generator (WAVEnergy SAS, 2003) is a wave energy converter based on the overtopping principle. Although it has been effectively researched during the last decade, no design tool has been supplied to estimate the hydrodynamic loads the waves exert on its front face. In this article a set of well reliable 3D experiments has been re-analyzed, in order to get indications on possible calculation methods. It is shown that the Japanese design tools for monolithic sea dikes may be reasonably adapted to the present case. Finally a new approach is presented, which is based on the so called momentum flux principle ; the resulting predictive equation fits the experimental data remarkably well.

Keywords: wave energy converters; Seawave Slotcone Generator (SSG); wave forces; physical model tests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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